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FIRST AMONG EQUALS
President Galligan Says Farewell
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4
Letter from the President
Hannaford Charitable Gift
Academic Vice President
to Retire;
Outcomes Success
5 College Plans $7 Million Psychologist
Arts Building
6 Politicians Visit Campus
7 My Slice of the Pie
8 New Vice President for
Advancement
9 Colby-Sawyer TEDx Talks;
Data Driven
10 Trustees Elect Chair
11 College Elects Three to
Board of Trustees
12 Diamond Williams 18: into Literary History
Learning to Shine
13 Faculty Colloquium Series;
Presidential Blue Key Society
14 Celebrating Women Artists
15 Juniors Humanitarian
Project Wins Support
16 The Dreams and
Nightmares of a Social
18 School of Health Professions
Opens Door to
Graduate Programs
OUT & ABOUT
20 On Top of the World
22 Taking, and Eliminating,
Risks: Amigo Khadka 14
24 Out of the Classroom and
26 On the Frontlines of
Democracy
27 Alumni Fall Festival 2015
28 Pioneering Revitalization
in Franklin Falls
30 Sense of Place
44 Sally Shaw Veitch 66:
Her Legend Grows
45 Portfolio
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48 The Season in Sports
54 Hall of Fame Inductees
CONNECTIONS
56 A Picture-Perfect Moment
57 Alumni News
58 Class Notes
77 In Fond Memory
78 From the Archives:
Presidential Transitions
80 Epilogue: Falling, and
Staying, in Love with
Colby-Sawyer
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 DEAR FRIENDS,
from the president
As I boot up my laptop and begin this letter, I know its the last
one Ill write to you as your president. Thus, its a bittersweet
moment. Im excited about Colby-Sawyers future and its
infinite possibilities. Im honored to have served as your presi-
dent and proud of all weve achieved together, but Im sad my
time with you is drawing to a close.
One of the first letters I wrote to you was about stars. I wrote
about the Galligan familys arrival in New London in July 2006.
We drove into town late at night after a 19-hour trek in two cars
with six people and two dogs all the way from Tennessee. I told
you that as we got out of our respective cars, Susan and I wan-
dered into the backyard of the Presidents House, and we
looked up. Neither of us had ever seen so many stars, not even
at sea. The sky was aglow with light, beauty and promise.
Those stars were an incredible start to our 10 rewarding, won-
derful years in New London. Weve worked with so many fan-
tastic, dedicated people that trying to list them all would take
pages, and Id risk omissions because so many have helped in
so many ways. From faculty, staff and senior officers to stu-
dents, alumni and friends both far and near, its been a collabo-
rative, invigorating and engaging experience.
Of course, there have been challenges. All of us have lost
friends and family members during the past decade, and tran-
sition gives us an opportunity to reflect on those losses and to
know that those folks will always be with us and a part of our
Colby-Sawyer family.
Weve accomplished much, and weve succeeded because of
what weve done together. We havent always agreed. But, as I
recall looking up at the stars that night and seeing distant gal-
axies, universes and planets, I know that any planet on which
everyone agrees on everything is a boring place where I would
not want to live.
COMPOSITE PHOTO: GARRETT EVANS
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Weve loved living in New London and being part of the
Colby-Sawyer community. Weve also loved the ways in which
it has changed. Were a much more diverse and, I hope,
welcoming community than ever before. Our diversity makes
us stronger, improves our mutual learning, and connects us
more deeply and meaningfully to the rest of the world.
In January, Professor of Fine and Performing Arts Jon Keenan;
my daughter, Aisling; and I traveled with eight students to
Nepal the home of three of our group members. A trip like
that wouldnt have been possible 10 years ago. But it was in the
stars, so to speak, and we hope Colby-Sawyer community
members have more trips ahead to places around the globe.
Our Nepal group bonded over our two weeks together, and
when we parted, we knew that although wed have reunions,
wed never be as connected as we were when we separated at
the end of the trip. Im sure youve all had similar experiences
and emotions. Now, Susan and I feel like that about Colby-
Sawyer. Well keep in touch, and well visit, but itll never be
exactly the same again.
So, as we leave, we say thank you. And we wish all the best to
the next president as he or she looks into the New London sky
and steers our Colby-Sawyer ship by those fabulous stars.
Gratefully,
Thomas C. Galligan Jr.
President and Professor of Humanities
Read President Galligans farewell interview on page 32.
 short stories SNAP THIS
Colby-Sawyer now has two SnapChat geofilters, one bursting with
icons unique to the college that offers a sense of place and the other
featuring the Chargers logo. Try them out when youre on campus:
Just download SnapChat, allow the app to use your location, and the
next time you send a Snap, swipe left to find the geofilter you prefer.
PHOTO: KATE SEAMANS

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CORDS
 3-D LITERATURE: VICTOR AT HALLOWEEN

RON RE
On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his

SITE: AA
fellow-traveller in relief against the sky, gigantic in height, and
muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that

COMPO
he was headless! but his horror was still more increased on
observing that the head, which should have rested on his
shoulders, was carried before him ...
Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Hannaford Charitable Foundation Gift Supports Sustainability

Colby-Sawyer received a $10,000 gift from the Hannaford Chari-

table Foundation to support the purchase of a commercial-size
food composter.

In requesting the gift, then-Director of Development Glen

PHOTO: GREG DANILOWSKI

Kerkian wrote, There is a synergy between Hannafords publicly
stated mission of creating healthy communities and its corpo-
rate values of community responsibility and environmental
stewardship, Colby-Sawyers commitment to environmental
sustainability expressed both through our academic offerings
and campus facilities and operations and the colleges
mission to provide an accessible, first-rate education. Kathy Bonavist, vice president for Advancement, and Peter Monigle, manager
at Hannaford in New London.

The $32,000 Ecovim composter was installed in the dining hall
in January and can handle 50 percent of the normal vegetable
food waste generated in the dining hall in Ware Student Center,
which keeps one ton of post-consumer waste every month from
ending up in a landfill.
Thanks to the generosity of Hannaford, we are now able to
convert food waste into a usable soil amendment for use on our
campus landscape, said White. The installation of the Ecovim
is a perfect embodiment of Colby-Sawyers strategic theme to
live sustainably.

Students in the Principles and Practices of Sustainability class The $10,000 gift from the Hannaford Charitable Foundation
taught by Jen White 90, director of Sustainability and assistant follows on the heels of a $5,000 grant that supported building
professor of Environmental Studies, researched organic waste the colleges LEED-silver certified Windy Hill School.
solutions. Those results became the foundation for a Capstone
project completed by Pooja Byanjankar 15. In a presentation to Kate Seamans
senior staff and the Board of Trustees just before her graduation,
she recommended the Ecovim as the best option.

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 Academic Vice President Deborah A. Taylor to Retire
by Randy S. Hanson
Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculty Deborah A. Taylor,
Ph.D., will retire in June after 40 years at Colby-Sawyer.
in the loop
Hired in 1976 as an instructor in social and behavioral studies,
Vice President Taylor is one of the longest serving faculty
members in the colleges history. Vice President Taylors
teaching shaped the lives of hundreds of students at Colby-
Sawyer and spanned generations, as the children of some of her
former students later took classes with her. She was an innova-
tive, scholarly instructor who developed enduring connections
with her students. Graduates still drop by to say hello years after
studying with her. A colleague who co-taught with Vice President
Taylor emphasized her organizational strengths, her ability to
communicate clearly, her warmth for students, her passion for
psychology and the academy, and her dedication to preparing
students for the workforce and graduate school as the most
salient reasons for her success.
In 1997, Vice President Taylor received the colleges highest
teaching accolade, the Jack Jensen Award for Excellence in
Teaching. In 1998, she was honored with the New Hampshire
Excellence in Education Outstanding Teacher in Postsecondary
Education (EDies Award).
During her tenure at the college, Vice President Taylor served in
a number of administrative positions that include acting dean
Outcomes Report Shows Success
The graduate outcomes report for Colby-Sawyers Class of 2014
indicates that six months after graduation, 97 percent of the
class was either employed or pursuing graduate studies. The
annual survey conducted by the Harrington Center for Experien-
tial Learning, with a 57 percent response rate, indicates 77
percent of the graduates were employed; 39 percent of the
employed graduates received job offers from their internship site
and 82 percent of those graduates accepted the position.
Ninety percent of graduates were employed at organizations
either directly or somewhat related to their major, an increase of
five percent over the previous year. Sixty percent of employed
graduates indicated that their jobs had definite career potential.
Employment was spread across the country and globe, with
31 alumni working outside New Hampshire and two in Myanmar
and Malaysia. Notable employers included Apple, Inc.;
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Fidelity Investments;
Harvard Business School; J.P. Morgan; Nike; Simon Pearce; State
Street Bank; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Wells Fargo.
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of students, vice president of Student Development, chair of the
Department of Social Sciences and Education, academic dean
and, finally, academic vice president and dean of faculty. Among
her administrative achievements, she oversaw the regular reac-
creditation process, the transformation of the curriculum into a
four-credit model, multiple revisions and refinements of the col-
leges liberal arts program, and a tremendous expansion of the
faculty: 63 percent of the current faculty was hired during Vice
President Taylors tenure as AVP and academic dean.
For 40 years, Vice President Taylor has been passionately dedi-
cated to Colby-Sawyer. Shes an award-winning educator who, in
various roles, has served as a mentor and model for many col-
leagues while working to enhance teaching and student learning
by hiring quality faculty and refining the colleges curriculum.
At Commencement on May 7, Vice President Taylor will be rec-
ognized for her extraordinary career at Colby-Sawyer with the
Susan Colgate Cleveland Medal for Distinguished Service and
an honorary degree from the institution she has served so long
and so well.
editors note: See page 80 for Vice President Taylors Epilogue.
Randy S. Hanson, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Social Sciences and
Education Department. He joined the college in 1996 and holds a B.A. from
Washington University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.
Students pursuing masters and doctoral degrees enrolled at
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cranbrook
Academy of Art, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at
Tufts University, the Graduate School of Political Management at
George Washington University, and others.
Three departments boast that 100 percent of their responding
graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate school: Exercise
and Sport Sciences; Nursing and Public Health; and Social Sci-
ences and Education. They are followed by Business Administra-
tion at 93 percent; Arts, Humanities and Multidisciplinary
Studies at 91 percent; and Natural and Environmental Sciences
at 88 percent.
Nursing graduates reported a median salary of $50,000. Overall,
34 percent of the employed graduates reported annual salaries
higher than $40,000.
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Colby-Sawyer Plans $7 Million Arts Building

In October, Colby-Sawyers Board of Trustees approved plans to con-

struct a new arts building sited on the southeast end of campus
near the Curtis L. Ivey Science Center.

The 15,000-square-foot space will be home to studios, a black box

theater, a box office, and a gallery with views of Mount Kearsarge, as
well as faculty offices and outdoor art areas.

The timeline for the $7 million project will include planning, final
design and permitting through July; construction begins in August.

One of the most important factors when high school students

choose a college is the space in which their major is housed, said
President Thomas C. Galligan Jr. Colby-Sawyer has a curriculum
grounded in the liberal arts, and this new building will impact every
one of our students while also providing a beautiful, functional
home for our arts majors. Beyond that, the building will enhance the
colleges already substantial role as a hub for performances and
exhibitions in the region.

Sustained fundraising efforts mean the college will be able to

complete the project without incurring any new debt, and an
endowment created through an alumnas gift will support the
buildings operation.

The new arts building will be a tangible example of the colleges

continuing enhancement of its facilities to meet the academic needs
of its students, said Tom Csatari, chair of the Board of Trustees,
and the funds raised for the project reflect the commitment of loyal
alumni and friends of the college to provide the very best experience
for our students.
The building will be designed by the S/L/A/M Collaborative
of Glastonbury, Conn., which designed the Windy Hill School
and the Ware Student Center expansion.
Kate Seamans
top: The front of the arts building will face into campus with convenient
parking. The entrance is on the far right; trees will be planted in front of
the black box theater. middle: The back of the building will face Mount
Kearsarge, which will be framed within the large window at the end of the
gallery. bottom: The nearly final plans include four studios as well as a
gallery, faculty offices, a conference room, and exits into an art yard for
outdoor projects and kiln firings.
Renderings courtesy of S/L/A/M Collaborative.

SUSANS SWAMP

Sandip Subedi 17 of Pang, Nepal,

posted this image of Susans Swamp
on Instagram in November with the
comment, Never realized the swamp
could look this beautiful.

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 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
and a HOST of POLITICIANS
VISIT CAMPUS
in the loop
Colby-Sawyer may be a little off the cam-
paign trail, situated well north of the
Manchester media hub, but several pres-
idential candidates and their representa-
tives made the trek to campus to boost
their campaigns.
On Sept. 8, Colby-Sawyer hosted two
events: one with Democratic presidential
candidate Lincoln Chafee, former gov-
ernor of Rhode Island, and the other with
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who
spoke on behalf of Democratic presiden-
tial candidate Hillary Clinton.
A month later, Sen. John McCain
(R-Ariz.) joined GOP candidate Sen.
Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) for a town hall
meeting in Lethbridge Lodge.
Republican presidential candidate Ben
Carsons campaign representative
inquired about a November event, but
the candidate didnt return to the state
until December.
Republican Ohio governor and presiden-
tial candidate John Kasich held a town
hall in December. In January, while stu-
dents were on break, Republican candi-
date Carly Fiorina drew a crowd of area
residents.
PHOTO: KELLIE M. SPINNEY
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Republican presidential candidate Jeb
Bush held a town hall meeting in
Wheeler Hall on Feb. 3. Approximately
250 students, faculty, staff and campus
visitors attended.
PHOTO: AARON RECORDS 15
The same day, actress Eliza Dushku
(Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel)
spoke at Lethbridge Lodge in support
of presidential candidate Sen. Bernie
Sanders (D-Vt.).
Politicos not running for office visited as
well. On Oct. 8, former Republican N.H.
Governor and White House Chief of Staff
John H. Sununu discussed his book The
Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency
of George H.W. Bush in an interview held
in the Archives Reading Room with Texas
attorney Talmage Boston. The interview
will be featured in Bostons next book.
PHOTO: GIL TALBOT
On Oct. 19, Colby-Sawyer hosted a presi-
dential primary symposium with N.H.
Secretary of State Bill Gardner. He dis-
cussed his role in overseeing the primary
since the 1970s and maintaining the
states first-in-the-nation status. Gard- The course covered the history of the
ners visit took place in conjunction with primary and marketing strategies of past
the course N.H. Primary: Marketing the and present presidential candidates, and
Presidency, a symposium for first-year it featured other guest speakers such as
students taught by Assistant Professor of advocacy group directors, campaign
Business Administration Jonathan managers, government officials and
McCosh, D.B.A. political experts.
On Feb. 2, billionaire environmentalist
and philanthropist Tom Steyer, president
of NextGen Climate, encouraged stu-
dents to vote and make their voices
heard in the New Hampshire primary.
Kate Seamans
clockwise from top right:
Carly Fiorina; Senators
Lindsay Graham (l) and John McCain (r);
PHOTO: KATE SEAMANS
Talmage Boston (l) and John Sununu (r); Jeb Bush.
MY
SLICE
of the
PIE
by Mathew Nosal 17
My passion for poetry is surpassed only by my passion for pizza,
so I suppose it should come as no surprise that while reading
American Sonnet, a poem not just by Billy Collins, but by past
Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins, I was distracted
by these lines:
A slice of this place, a length of white beach,
a piazza or carved spires of a cathedral ...
The poem is about love, longing and postcards as a vehicle for
compressed and compartmentalized language. I had the
audacity to write to Billy Collins and ask if, when he wrote a slice
of a piazza, five words on top of each other, he intended for the
reader to think about a slice of pizza.
I wouldnt have written to him if I hadnt been urged to by Pro-
fessor of Humanities Ann Page Stecker, my instructor for Studies
in Literary Theory. When I asked the pizza question in class and
she told me to go to the source, I figured what the heck. A
postage stamp, like a postcard, costs a couple of quarters. I
hastily wrote a letter, signed it MN and dropped it off in the
mailroom.
I forgot about it for a week or two.
And then a white envelope appeared in my mailbox. It was post-
marked from Orlando, Fla., and my name was scribbled on the
front. It bore an Elvis stamp and BC was the return address.
My hands shook as I tore open the envelope. It was blue inside
and smelled like the post office. Inside was the letter I had sent
Billy Collins with his reply scribbled on the other side. I could
practically see Collins leaning back in a bright red armchair,
reading my letter, turning it over in his hands and penning a
response with nonchalance.
A slice of this place,
a length of white beach,
a piazza or carved spires
of a cathedral
He wrote that he did not intend to reference pizza in his poem,
but that he recognized after writing it that a slice of/a piazza
rings a pizza bell and decided to leave it. The lesson to take,
he wrote, is that words in poems relate to the words around
them and not just the other words in the sentence in which they
play a syntactic role. Words in a good poem, he said, appear
to be enjoying the company of the words around them, not
just those in front or back. He also told me to say hi to my
English professor.
Collinss message about happy words is masterful and invalu-
able advice for a poet, but it pales in comparison to the greater
message I garnered from the experience. Writing to Collins illus-
trated literature as a two-sided endeavor and showed me that I
can become part of literary discourse instead of merely reading
about it. When I typed up my question from the safety of my
dorm room, I was becoming part of the conversation; I was
bridging the gap between hungry college student and illustrious
poet. Billy Collinss poem pierced my life with its existence, and I
was able to turn it over, send it back and pierce his, however
briefly. Thats a nice, warm, sticky sentiment, albeit a bit cheesy.
Sure, I asked an egregiously stupid question. Sure, Collins prob-
ably rolled his eyes when he read it. Nonetheless, he took the
time to forge a connection by responding, which made quite the
impact on me as a student, a reader and a participant in the lit-
erary conversation.
Matthew Nosal 17 of Manchester, N.H., majors in English and
creative writing.
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 Child Development Program Expands Career Options

Child development majors have a new career option thanks

I N WITH THE BLUE: to a collaboration with Ready, Set, Connect! (RSC) Autism
The new Chargers Treatment Program at Crotched Mountain in Concord and
in the loop

mascot went for
a walkabout this fall to
encourage students to
join him in the Hogan
PHOTO: KATE SEAMANS
Manchester. Student interns at RSC learn the principles of
Applied Behavior Analysis under the close, ongoing supervi-
sion of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Child develop-
ment majors who complete internships with the program

Sports Center and are eligible for Registered Behavior Technician credentials
support athletics. and the opportunity to work for RSC in the future.

Diane Edwards, director of Windy Hill School

Tell Me Your Story: Recapturing NEW VICE PRESIDENT FOR

Colby-Sawyers (Oral) History ADVANCEMENT

The Oral History Project started in This fall, Colby-Sawyer appointed

2012 to celebrate Colby-Sawyers 175th
anniversary sends students out to
interview alumni during Homecoming
(previously known as Alumni Fall Fes-
tival). The audio recordings help fill gaps
in the colleges history, particularly from
the sparsely documented 1970s and 80s.
Oral histories are a tool to balance the
scales, says Professor and Chair of
Social Sciences and Education Randy S.
Hanson, particularly as history and other
forms of scholarship move into areas
where there arent necessarily a lot of
archives kept. Kelli Bogan, college archi-
vist, says it is one thing to review docu-
ments from the colleges past and rules
in student handbooks; it is another to sit
down with alumni who can share anec-
dotes of how they got around such rules.
Bogan hopes that alumni can provide
information about lost traditions such
as Ski Day. Oral histories, she says, have
been helpful in providing more informa-
tion about this costumed ski day, but it is
still unknown how it started or when,
what it was like and why it stopped.
Bogan also hopes alumni can provide
information about Junior Day, another
tradition the Archives is rediscovering.
To participate in an oral history interview,
email reference@colby-sawyer.edu
or call 603.526.3360.
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Kathleen Bonavist as vice president for
Advancement. Vice President Bonavist
comes to the college from Muskingum
University in New Concord, Ohio, where
she was vice president for Institutional
Advancement. She succeeds Vice Presi-
dent Elizabeth Cahill, who held the posi-
tion for 13 years.
Vice President Bonavist is responsible for
the development and implementation of
the colleges comprehensive advance-
ment strategic plan and for maintaining
the infrastructure that maximizes philan-
thropic investments in the colleges edu-
cational mission. She also participates in
college governance while overseeing staff
in development, alumni relations, annual
giving and the Adventures in Learning
program for area residents.
Vice President Bonavist joined the
college during its Power of Infinity Cam-
paign, the third and largest comprehen-
sive campaign in Colby-Sawyers history.
With a goal of $60 million, the campaign
was launched in April 2015 after a
21-month silent phase. Commitments to
date total more than $24 million.
It is an honor to join such a wonderful
organization at such an auspicious time
to be able to share in Colby-Sawyers
traditions and help shape its future
through the Power of Infinity Campaign,
said Vice President Bonavist.
Vice President Bonavist has more than
10 years of experience in higher educa-
tion administration and consulting, most
recently at Muskingum, where she raised
significant funding for capital projects
and increased annual giving. Additional
leadership roles in higher education
include enrollment management posi-
tions at Manhattanville College in Pur-
chase, N.Y.; Paul Smiths College in Paul
Smiths, N.Y.; and The Sage Colleges in
Troy and Albany, N.Y. She also has exten-
sive business experience.
Vice President Bonavist earned a bache-
lors degree in English from Siena
College in Loudonville, N.Y., and she
attended the Harvard Graduate School
Institute for Educational Management at
the Harvard Institutes for Higher Educa-
tion in Cambridge, Mass.
Kellie M. Spinney

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TEDx Talks Come to Colby-Sawyer

On Nov. 8, five faculty speakers addressed the theme Youth and
Culture at TEDxColby-Sawyer College (TEDxCSC) before an audi-
ence of 100 students, faculty, staff and community members in
Wheeler Hall.
TEDx was created in the spirit of TEDs mission, ideas worth
spreading. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers
combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small
group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the
TEDx program, but TEDx events are self-organized, though
subject to certain rules and regulations.
The speakers were President and Professor of Humanities
Thomas C. Galligan Jr., Associate Professor of Social Sciences
and Education Lynn J. Garrioch, Associate Professor and Chair
of the Humanities Department Melissa Meade, Assistant
Professor of Humanities Paul M. Robertson and Assistant
Professor of Social Sciences and Education Omari Jackson Sr.
President Galligan spoke last and grabbed the audiences atten-
tion by tossing his notes periodically. He focused on Socrates
dictum in The Apology: The unexamined life is not worth living.
As an educator, said President Galligan, Im not trying to con-
vince other people to adopt my views. Im trying to get them to
think for themselves and make up their own minds.
TEDxCSC was the brainchild of seniors Jovana Stojanova and
Pawas Manandhar, whose morning ritual as roommates
included watching TED Talks over coffee. One morning, they
decided they should organize one at Colby-Sawyer.
You do this and Ill do that and woo! well be done! said
Stojanova, recalling their early thoughts on the project. It turned
out, though, that TEDx had a detailed process for the history and
political studies majors to navigate in order to obtain a license.
Stojanova, who encountered a barrage of emails, piles of forms
and many delays, said it was worth it when they received their
license in 2014. Soon after, she left for a semester in Nepal,
Manandhars native country, and this fall was the last opportu-
nity to use the license before it expired.
Manandhar and Stojanova are quick to thank others for the
events success, and that includes a long list of volunteers as
well as Associate Professor of History and Political Studies Eric
Boyer, who advised them on speakers; Jimmy Sferes, the col-
leges audio/visual specialist; and Director of Campus Activities
Sarah Braun.
Media studies major Abhineet Kumar 17 will compile the audio
and video into different versions of the talks and upload them to
ted.com/watch/tedx-talks.
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YEARS that
Colby-Sawyer has
hosted the annual 5K
Dash & Stroll, an open-
ing week tradition. The
noncompetitive fun run
and walk, open to stu-
dents, faculty, staff and
community members of
all ages, was established
by President Galligan
during his first year at
the college.
RANK of Colby-Sawyer
on the OnlineColleges.net
list of best online colleges
in New Hampshire. The
website also ranked
Colby-Sawyer #2 for
affordability.
15 VOCALISTS
in the a cappella
group CSC Riffed.See
colby-sawyer.edu/csc-riffed
to watch them perform at
the Andover Community
Coffee House.
data driven
TRUCKLOADS NEW FACULTY MEMBERS were
of items diverted welcomed to campus this fall, including
from landfills thanks to four in nursing and public health, one in
students in the exercise and sport sciences and a new chair
Sustainability Core Club for business administration.
who took on the See colby-sawyer.edu/faculty2015.
throwaway culture and
salvaged items
discarded last spring to
sell back to students at
the second annual 200 VETERANS served on Jan. 13 at the
10th Annual Disabled Veterans
Dinner sponsored by Colby-Sawyer. They
ReChargers Resale in
September. See enjoyed good food and met staff, faculty and
colby-sawyer.edu/ alumni volunteers who helped serve dinner
combat-waste. (prepared by Sodexo chefs) and provided
entertainment.

5 STUDENTS in the Investment Management

course faced down challengers from some of
New Englands most prestigious educational
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the Take Back the Tap
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STUDENTS
1 NEW LONDON
identified as the safest
college town in the state,
institutions to advance to the final round of the campaign would like to see named to the based on its position as
Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research on campus. The group is fall Deans the fifth safest place to live
Challenge, a global equity research competition working to install water- List. in New Hampshire with
that provides students with hands-on mentoring refilling stations in every zero violent crimes per
and intensive training in financial analysis. residence hall. 1,000 people. See
See colby-sawyer.edu/research-challenge. colby-sawyer.edu/safenh.

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in the loop
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS PETER F. VOLANAKIS AS CHAIR
by Linda Varnum P95
The Board of Trustees has elected Peter F.
Volanakis of Hanover, N.H., as its next
chair. He will begin his three-year term on
July 1 and succeed Thomas C. Csatari, also
of Hanover, who has served since 2011.
Volanakis, who retired as president of
Corning Incorporated in 2010, joined the
board in 2012. He is chair of the colleges
Presidential Search Committee and the
Finance and Enrollment Committee, and
he serves on the Board Organization
Committee. In the past, he has served on
the Academic Affairs and Investment
Committees as well as the Admissions
Tuition Pricing Policy Group.
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THINK
OUTSIDE
THE
CLASS
For a lot of college
students, a classroom
is four walls and a ceiling.
At thinkoutsidetheclass.com,
our students show how
Colby-Sawyer is so
much more.
Over the past three years as a trustee,
I have developed deep appreciation
and respect for the unique role that
Colby-Sawyer plays in the New England
higher education scene, said Volanakis.
The faculty, administration and my
fellow trustees are all outstanding folks
with whom I really enjoy working. One
senses a deep pride of association
among them, students and alumni. Im
proud to be part of that.
Pete will be a fabulous board chair he
brings intelligence, dedication, incredible
leadership experience and a great sense
of humor to the position, said President
Thomas C. Galligan Jr. Pete follows a
long line of fantastic chairs, and I am
confident he will be among the best we
have ever had.
A dedicated and enthusiastic supporter
of Colby-Sawyer outside the boardroom,
Volanakis and his wife, Cathy, have also
supported the college with generous
gifts to the Colby-Sawyer Fund, the arts
building and marketing initiatives.
Volanakis earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree cum laude in economics from
Dartmouth College and a Master of Busi-
ness Administration degree from the
Tuck School at Dartmouth.
Prior to returning to Dartmouth for his
M.B.A., he spent three years in consumer
products advertising with the Leo Burnett
Company in Chicago. Volanakis is a
member of the Advisory Board of the
Norris Cotton Cancer Center, an emeritus
director of the Corning Museum of Glass,
a former board member of the SPX Cor-
poration, and a former member of the
Board of Overseers of the Tuck School.
During his 28 years at Corning,
Volanakiss roles included managing
director of Corning Germany; executive
vice president of Siecor Corporation, a
Corning equity venture; senior vice
president of Advance Display Products,
Life Sciences, Specialty Materials and
Central Engineering; and president of
Corning Technologies. In 2000, Volanakis
joined the Corning Board of Directors
and was named its chief operating officer
in 2005 and its president in 2007. His
service at Corning also included director-
ships of the Dow Corning Corporation
and the Corning Foundation.
Volanakis currently serves as a director of
the Vanguard Group and as a trustee of
Vanguard Mutual Funds.
Secretary of the College Linda Varnum P95
holds a B.S. from Franklin Pierce University.
COLBY-SAWYER ELECTS THREE TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
by Linda Varnum P95
Colby-Sawyer Colleges Board of Trustees
has elected Thomas W. Tom Hoyt and
William T. Bill Hopwood as members of
the board to serve three-year terms. The
board also elected Maria Cmpean 13 to
serve a one-year term as a Winton-Black
Trustee, a distinction usually given to
alumni who have graduated between three
and nine years prior to election.
MARIA CMPEAN 13
Maria grew up in central Romania and gradu-
ated magna cum laude with a B.A. in biology
and a minor in chemistry. She studied for one
semester in Strasbourg, France; was a
Wesson Honors Scholar and a member of
the Alpha Chi National Honor Society; and
made the Deans List every semester. An
active member of the student community,
she served as president of the Cross Cultural
Club and vice president of the Biology Club.
Maria was also an Admissions tour guide, an
orientation leader, a peer tutor, a laboratory
assistant for organic chemistry, an interna-
tional student mentor and a resident
assistant.
Since graduating, Maria has served as her
classs correspondent and pursued interests
in biomedical and translational research at
Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston,
where she is a technical research assistant
and studies neurodegenerative diseases.
Outside work, Maria volunteers with the Big
Sister Association of Greater Boston and as
an English as a Second or Other Language
(ESOL) teacher at Rosies Place, an organiza-
tion that helps poor and homeless women.
Maria resides in Brookline, Mass.
William T. Bill Hopwood
For more than two decades, Bill ran Spring-
house Energy Systems, a successful business
that provided micro and macro siting to
wind energy developers for utility class and
commercial wind energy development. The
company also worked with photovoltaics and
pioneered the grid-connected market for
photovoltaics in Pennsylvania and addressed
traditional off-grid applications.
Bill is co-trustee of the John M. Hopwood
Charitable Trust, which funds a wide range of
endeavors with emphasis on environmental
and energy programs. He is also president
and founder of An Environmental Trust, Inc.,
whose sole focus is to fund environmental
projects. Bill was involved with the startup of
the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy
Fund and served as a board member and
CFO until 2003. He also served on the board
of PennFuture, a statewide environmental
organization. In 2001, Bill was honored with
the Winds of Change Award for lifetime com-
mitment and contributions to renewable
energy.
Bill earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in busi-
ness from Nathaniel Hawthorne College in
1973. He and his wife, Jane, reside in Elkins,
N.H. They have three grown children.
Thomas W. Tom Hoyt
Tom grew up in Penacook, N.H., and gradu-
ated from Merrimack Valley High School in
1980. He earned his Bachelor of Science
degree in business communications from
Babson College in 1984.
Tom joined Mascoma Savings Bank in New
London as business development officer in
2001; he is now the banks inaugural public
relations and social media coordinator. Prior
to his finance career, Tom was a well-known
local radio and television personality, and he
has served as the public address announcer
for Dartmouth College soccer and basketball
since the 1980s.
Tom is a corporation member at Davids
House and Alice Peck Day Memorial Hos-
pital. He is also a member of the Marketing
and Development Committee for the Grafton
County Senior Citizens Council and the
colleges Presidents Community Forum.
Tom and his wife, Kimberly Cotton Hoyt, reside
top to bottom: Maria Cmpean,
in West Lebanon, N.H., and have one son. Kim William T. Bill Hopwood, Thomas
is an associate director of The Dartmouth W. Tom Hoyt
College Fund. Both Hoyts are avid golf travelers
and have played together at nearly 300 courses
in 39 states with a lifetime goal of 500/50.
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in the loop
DIAMOND
WILLIAMS 18:
LEARNING
TO SHINE
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
by Mary McLaughlin
D
iamond Williams 18 has had one goal since childhood:
to become a college graduate. Growing up in Chicago,
she attended KIPP Ascend, a public charter school
focused on motivating children to see themselves as college
bound. Williams took the KIPP message to heart and vowed to
be the first person in her family to attend college.
After KIPP, Williams attended North Lawndale College Prepara-
tory High School (NLCP). There, she became involved in the
Girl/Friends Leadership Institute, which uses art to help teenage
girls heal from domestic violence, sexual assault and harass-
ment. Williamss art is dance, and through Girl/Friends, she par-
ticipated in One Billion Rising, an international campaign to end
violence against women. She paired inspirational movement
with powerful words and danced in downtown Chicago as part
of the global initiative.
After years with the program, Williams was hired by Girl/Friends
as a youth director to inspire other girls to use art to heal, inspire
and advocate. Together, they held marches to end gender vio-
lence; sponsored the Clothesline Project, which displays t-shirts
made by survivors of violence against women; and held a Get
Consent awareness rally.
Through her involvement with Girl/Friends, Williams was trained
in issues of sexual health and reproductive justice. She was
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skilled at helping people understand and explore their options,
and she began to see herself as a leader. She became a resource
not only to the girls in the program but also to her friends.
As Williams explored her college options, she learned about
Colby-Sawyer, which has had a relationship with NLCP since
2009. Williams knew some NLCP students who were studying at
Colby-Sawyer and others who had graduated from the college.
She contacted Colby-Sawyer and set up an interview with an
admissions counselor via Skype.
Though Williams had never spoken to the counselor or set foot
on campus, she was surprised by how easily the conversation
flowed. We just connected, Williams says. She knew where my
head was at, and what I wanted to be.
On campus for an overnight visit, Williams saw the annual
dance show and could picture herself as a Colby-Sawyer student.
She knew she was ready.
Williams was offered a space in Colby-Sawyers Progressive
Scholars Program, which awarded her a scholarship to cover the
cost of tuition. She is using the opportunity to pursue two of the
passions she developed at North Lawndale: majoring in psy-
chology and staying involved in dance as a performer and chore-
ographer. She is also working to start a dance club that builds on
her Girl/Friends experience.
Excited about her work in psychology, Williams says her classes
have helped her learn a lot about herself. They have also con-
firmed that she wants a career in psychology. She thinks she
might want to work with survivors of rape or other trauma, but
one thing is for sure she knows she wants to help people.
In the meantime, Williams is getting all she can from her
Colby-Sawyer experience, and with each day she moves one
step closer to her goal: graduating college.
Mary McLaughlin, M.Ed., is the director of Residential Education.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
Student Activities International & Diversity Initiatives hosted
a weeklong series of events in November to celebrate and
explore cultures from around the world. It was Colby-
Sawyers sixth year participating in International Education
Week, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State
and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs
that prepare citizens for a global environment and attract
future leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange
experiences in the United States. Campus events included a
Diversity Dialogue Series discussion of Navajo history,
culture and philosophy with Academic Administrative Assis-
tant Harriette Yazzie-Whitcomb, as well as student-led
workshops featuring international dance and language.
FALL FACULTY COLLOQUIUM SERIES
The Faculty Colloquium Series features monthly research pre-
sentations by Colby-Sawyer faculty.
In September, adjunct faculty member in the Humanities
Department Elizabeth M.G. Krajewski, Ph.D., discussed the
written accounts of the lives of saints. Examining the frequent
misinterpretation of hagiographical narratives as historical
biographies or fanciful folktales, Dr. Krajewski shared her
research on early medieval Celtic saints and revealed how
Biblical influence, combined with sophisticated storytelling,
has created religious narratives of deep spiritual insight.
In October, Associate Professor of Humanities Michael
Jauchen presented his research on appropriative writing. He
highlighted examples of artistic influence and distinguished
them from contemporary examples of appropriative writing,
which borrows heavily from other sources often without
attribution. Deliberate appropriative writing, he explained,
allows authors to closely examine the language we use and
challenge notions of literary and social authority.
Professor Jauchen concluded his presentation with an excerpt
from his appropriative remix response to Sherlock Holmes. His
S/H applies theories from Roland Barthes to Sir Arthur Conan
Doyles work to create a mystery composed of sentences that
only raise more questions as the text progresses.
Novembers Colloquium featured Associate Professor of Social
Sciences Lynn Garrioch presenting The Dreams and Night-
mares of a Social Psychologist: A New Paradigm for Selecting
the Perfect Juror. Read about how she rejects the common jury
PHOTO: TARREN BAILEY 06
selection process used by trial consultants as biased and
unjust, and her alternative, on page 16.
Jaclyn Goddette 16 et al.
PRESIDENTIAL BLUE KEY SOCIETY
INDUCTS INAUGURAL CLASS
This fall, Colby-Sawyer revived the Key Club, an organization
established for campus tour guides in the 1940s that was dis-
continued at the turn of the century. The decision to recreate
the organization in a broader capacity as the Presidential Blue
Key Society was made to empower student leaders to share
their learning experiences with other students, as well as the
internal and external community.
Members embody and inspire the learning spirit of Colby-
Sawyer and act as formal and informal ambassadors on
campus and beyond. They serve on admissions panels,
connect with alumni and offer their perspectives to the Board
of Trustees. They are invited to participate in a monthly collo-
quium series led by campus leaders that provides them with a
comprehensive understanding of higher education, and each
member is matched with an alumni mentor.
The inaugural members, inducted during Alumni Fall Festival,
are Asra Batool 17, a business administration major from Islam-
abad, Pakistan; Kaitlyn Cahill 16, a business administration
major from Spencer, Mass.; Ashley Cooper 16, a business
administration major from Corpus Christi, Texas; Sonia Diaz 17,
a biology major from Scarborough, Maine; Morgan Forrest 18,
a business administration major from Brewer, Maine;
Noorulhuda Ismael 18, a health care management major from
Concord, N.H.; Ben Maines 18, a biology major from Abbot,
Maine; Sharthak Neupane 17, a business administration major
from Sindhupalchowk, Nepal; Mai Nguyen 17, a business
administration major from Hanoi, Vietnam; and Hermella
Tekle 16, a history and political studies major from Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kellie M. Spinney
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 CELEBRATING
on the hill
WOMEN
ARTISTS
by Kellie M. Spinney
O
n Sept. 17, the Fine and Per-
forming Arts Department
opened its first exhibition under
the curatorship of Sonja C. Davidow 56
Endowed Chair of Fine and Performing
Arts Bert Yarborough. Working Women:
36 Contemporary Women Artists fea-
tured diverse works in painting, drawing,
printmaking, sculpture, photography,
ceramics and graphic design by 36
nationally and internationally recognized
female artists.
As Professor Yarborough described it, the
exhibition filled the Marian Graves Mugar
Art Gallery with personal narratives,
private fantasies, unexplained mysteries,
and beautiful objects created in the
pursuit of personal and universal truths
in works that ranged from minimalism to
realism, from delicate to explosive.
In planning his first exhibition, Professor
Yarborough was determined to continue
the tradition of quality programming real-
ized by the former gallery director of five
years, Professor of Fine and Performing
Arts Loretta Barnett. In keeping with this
vision, Professor Yarborough planned an
exhibition that would expose students
the majority of whom are female to
outstanding contemporary work while
celebrating women from a variety of back-
grounds, ages, races and ethnicities. To
make his plan a reality, he drew on con-
nections gathered from his 40-year rela-
tionship with the Fine Arts Work Center in
Provincetown, Mass., where he currently
chairs the Visual Committee.
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The artists are teachers, working profes-
sionals, mothers and activists individ-
uals fully engaged in the world, said
Professor Yarborough. Such works are
not often seen in a liberal arts college
setting like ours, and we were fortunate
to have such an outstanding group of
artists showing in our gallery.
Professor Yarborough also wanted to
engage students in hands-on learning
opportunities throughout the exhibition
process. His gallery intern, Elaine Miller
16, and students in the Exhibition
Foundations class participated in every
aspect of the process, from organizing
artists and their materials to receiving,
unpacking and installing artwork and
then, when the show closed on Nov. 3,
repacking and shipping the objects.
Students from Associate Professor Hilary
Walrods upper-level Publication and
Design class participated in a catalog
design competition. Professor Walrod
and I juried and selected the winning
design created by Ryan ODonnell 16,
said Professor Yarborough. It was a diffi-
cult choice to make, as all the students
created strong entries. Id like to thank
the Cultural Events Committee and the
offices of Advancement and Admissions
for their enthusiastic support of the cata-
logs production.
As Professor Yarborough plans upcoming
exhibitions, he looks forward to the
future of the arts at Colby-Sawyer and to
breaking ground this summer on the
new arts building (see page 5). This
addition to campus ensures the fine and
performing arts continuing role in the
creative education of generations of
Colby-Sawyer students, he said.
View the catalog for Working Women:
36 Contemporary Women Artists at
colby-sawyer.edu/working-women.
Kellie M. Spinney is the communications and
online content coordinator in the Office of
College Communications. She came to Colby-
Sawyer in 2013 and holds a B.A. in English from
the University of New Hampshire.
Large Bone Spill, Breon
clockwise from top left:
Dunigan; Its Time To Go, Vicky Tomayko; Phoebe
Legere, Amy Arbus
Juniors Humanitarian Project Wins Support
by Jaclyn Goddette 16
Last spring, two students were named finalists in The Resolu-
tion Projects Social Venture Challenge at the Clinton Global
Initiative University. Deepesh Duwadi 17 and Nawaraj Shahi
17 received a $3,000 grant to implement their Life Free from
Lead initiative, which aims to reduce exposure to lead-acid
batteries in Nepal.
The main source of energy in rural Nepal is solar home systems,
which Shahis family has used for almost a decade. While the
solar panels harness the suns renewable energy, they include
batteries that expire after five years. Villagers unaware of poten-
tial side effects melt the lead in the batteries to make pots and
water jugs or dispose of the batteries in rivers. A conversation
with his brother about the health hazards associated with using
lead batteries inspired Shahi, an environmental studies major
from Kaigaun, Nepal, to develop a solution. As the scope of his
project grew, Shahi partnered with Duwadi, a biology major from
Kathmandu, Nepal. Research in their science courses suggested
exposure to expired lead was the cause of a rise in brain damage,
cancer and heart disease in Nepali villages.
STEPPING ONTO THE WORLD STAGE
Encouraged by Sujan Sherstha 15 and Sandip Subedi 17, both of
whom attended the Clinton Global Initiative University in 2014,
Shahi and Duwadi applied for the 2015 conferences Social
Venture Challenge. Established in 2007 by The Resolution Project
and in collaboration with President Bill Clintons foundation, the
Social Venture Challenge provides $100,000 in funding to under-
graduate proposals.
They proposed to travel to Dunai, Nepal to highlight the hazards
of exposure to lead-acid batteries and teach proper disposal
methods. The rural village, which is the headquarters of the
Dolpa district, has fewer than 2,000 people and relies heavily on
solar home systems.
Out of 500 applications, Shahi and Duwadi were selected along
with 150 other projects to compete for the Social Venture Chal-
lenge during the Clinton Global Initiative held in Coral Gables,
Fla., last March, where they were named finalists.
They wanted us to provide evidence our project would
succeed, said Shahi, but our project has never been tried. I
had to convince them that, based on my experience growing
up in Nepal, Life Free from Lead would work.
Shahi and Duwadi planned to implement the project this
January, but effects of the recently passed constitution and
7.8-magnitude earthquake postponed their efforts. Among other
new obstacles, a petroleum blockade in the southern region of
the country caused a 30 percent increase in airfares from Kath-
mandu to Dunai. Despite the setback, Shahi was able to visit
Dunai and collect more research for the project. Partnering with
Nepali nonprofit organizations, he distributed brochures to the
community and produced several public service announcements
that aired on a local radio station.
Shahi and Duwadi plan to launch the project officially this
summer. The next phase is establishing a battery collection
center so community leaders will be able to efficiently transport
them to the nearest recycling factory in India.
We have made a commitment to the people in Dunai, says
Duwadi. The messages of support we have received from
people there and at Colby-Sawyer indicate we have met our first
goal of spreading global awareness.
Jaclyn Goddette 16 is an English major from Newport, N.H., and a student
employee in the Office of College Communications. A recent visitor to
Nepal, she vows to return there as soon as possible.
Nawaraj Shahi 17, center to the left of Chelsea Clinton, at the Clinton Global
Initiative University in March 2015 at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla.
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 The Dreams and
Nightmares of a Social
Psychologist: A New
on the hill
Paradigm for Selecting the
Perfect Juror
by Lynn Garrioch, Ph.D.
Over the past 15 years, my primary interest
has been teaching Psychology and the Law
and related courses. Then, in spring 2014, I
taught Group Dynamics and Processes, an
experience that renewed my interest in my
own research.
As part of the course requirements, my students became mock
jurors who watched and then deliberated on an abbreviated
trial of a real death penalty case, Ohio State v. Mark Ducic. I
watched their recorded deliberations with fascination. Two
mock jurors dominated the conversation, though the others
vehemently disagreed with them. Those others rarely spoke,
but when they did, everyone listened. In the end, my students
reached a unanimous not-guilty decision a verdict different
from the real jury. I was left to ponder the group dynamics that
led to their contentious agreement.
The following academic term, I taught the honors course
The Exonerated. In it, students learned about factors that con-
tribute to wrongful convictions. They read research showing
that because jurors believe confident eyewitnesses are accurate
witnesses, misidentified perpetrators are often convicted. In
fact, confident eyewitness testimony is the most powerful testi-
mony in a criminal case, more compelling even than fingerprint
and DNA evidence.
Toward the end of the course and the emergence of the
Black Lives Movement, a black man named Ricky Jackson was
released from prison in November 2015 after serving 40 years
for a crime he did not commit. It took most of my life for him
to be exonerated. As my students and I read the appalling
details of Jacksons case, I became increasingly disheartened
about the failures of our legal system. My background led me
to reinvest my energy in applied research with the hope of pre-
venting wrongful convictions.
THE IDEAL JUROR
Since 1970, social scientists, especially social psychologists,
have been consulting in trials to construct the profile of the
ideal juror in certain high-profile cases. Scientific jury selection
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is the application of social science techniques and research to
determine which potential jurors may be agreeably biased to
one side (or the other) in a court case. Scientific jury selection
remains one of the more flashy and controversial services of
the lucrative trial consulting industry. Today, many social psy-
chologists cringe at the use and misuse of social scientific
research in this booming industry. For example, a social psy-
chologist might recommend to a defense lawyer that Caucasian
men of a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to convict,
so the defense lawyer should use peremptory challenges to
strike these men. Lawyers cant strike a potential juror based
on race, but many admit they can easily hide that theyre doing
so. In theory, peremptory challenges provide a more impartial
jury. In reality, lawyers are trying to strike people who will be
unsympathetic toward their client regardless of the facts of the
case. As I think about the role of peremptory challenges, Im
reminded of infamous defense lawyer Clarence Darrows quip
about jurors:
I try to get a jury with little education but with much human
emotion. The Irish are always best for the defense. I dont
want a Scotsman, for he has too little human feelings; I dont
want a Scandinavian, for he has too strong a respect for law
as law. In general, I dont want a religious person, for he
believes in sin and punishment. The defense should avoid
rich men who have a high regard for the law, as they make
and use it. The smug and ultra-respectable think they are the
guardians of society, and they believe the law is for them.
While Darrows clever remarks are meant to amuse, they also
bring a chill. Our legal system appears to be a game in which
lawyers, with the use of social psychologists expertise, find the
best pawns to help them win their case. I have nightmares
about the dubious role social psychologists play in selecting a
biased jury.
Based on some preliminary research, however, Ill offer a different
model of selecting the perfect juror. My new model represents
my dreams for social psychologists in their efforts to assist and
help improve the legal system. Recently, I analyzed the video-
taped jury deliberations of Colorado v. Laura Trujillo after a
five-day trial. Trujillo, 20 and confined to a wheelchair, fell asleep
one night after taking painkillers and woke in the morning to find
her daughter, Alize, dead on the floor. Trujillos boyfriend, Randy
Ramirez, confessed he beat Alize to death and was sentenced to
30 years in prison. Trujillo stood trial for also being criminally
responsible for her daughters death. The coroner deemed it one
of the worst cases of child abuse. The prosecutors claimed Tru-
jillo knew Ramirez was abusive and didnt take reasonable steps
to protect her daughter. The real jury deliberated for more than
10.5 hours. The jurors concluded that Trujillo had known about
some of Ramirezs abuse of Alize but had been unaware of the
serious abuse. They found her guilty of child abuse, and her
recklessness caused injury other than serious bodily injury to the
child. Trujillo was sentenced to two years in prison.
At first blush, this case is remarkable only because the delibera-
tions were taped. The deliberation room is sacred only
jurors enter and leave during deliberations, and there are
usually no cameras. This, however, is one of a handful of cases
and deliberations that have been taped to help academics
understand how jurors make their decisions. I analyzed the
recorded deliberations and assessed the themes that emerged
based on the positive and negative nonverbal behavior (e.g.,
rolling of the eyes, banging the table, head nodding), the verbal
behavior (e.g., number of times jurors spoke, their under-
standing of the legal charges) and analytical reasoning strate-
gies employed (e.g., conjunctive decision-making rules,
disjunctive decision-making rules). A number of interesting
themes emerged, but I was most struck by the jury deliberation
length and legal complexity, and how those factors interacted
with two juror characteristics (i.e., need for cognition and need
for closure). Specifically, as the jury deliberations moved past
the five-hour point, jurors with a low need for cognition and
high need for closure began to dominate the jury deliberations.

PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS

People with a high need for cognition love to solve puzzles,
enjoy debate and engage in analytical thinking. Those with a
low need for cognition, however, seem irritated by such efforts
and just want to know the answer without working through the
problem. It seems problematic to have such people on a jury.
The jurists who displayed a low need for cognition throughout
the jury deliberations were more likely to engage in negative
interpersonal behaviors such as eye rolling, sighing and
interrupting.
THE JURORS CHALLENGE
Despite the glitz and glamour of programs such as Law and
Order, being a juror is not always exciting. It may be for the
first hour, or even the first day, but as the trial progresses with
complex legal language, and challenging scientific information
and testimony, the excitement wanes, especially for those with
a low need for cognition. As such, long trials, complex cases
and long deliberations can be particularly challenging. This may
seem intuitive, but I would argue lawyers do not, but should,
seek to eliminate jurors with a low need for cognition.
The second personality variable that appeared prominently in
the Colorado v. Laura Trujillo deliberations was a high need for
closure. Such individuals desire predictability, prefer order
and structure, and show discomfort with ambiguity; they are
ultimately very decisive and closed-minded. Jury deliberations
rarely offer predictability, order and structure. Further, jurors
often have to deal with ambiguity and contradictory evidence.
A person with a high need for closure would find jury delibera-
tions frustrating and would take many opportunities to mini-
mize discussion. The Trujillo jurors with this need for closure
engaged in disturbing interpersonal behavior throughout the
deliberations, but especially after the fifth hour. They even
engaged in character assassinations of other jurors; one
claimed she was horrified by the moral values of many of the
as i watched these jury
deliberations, my heart broke
other people in the room. These jurors would interrupt others
to shut down their arguments. Further, they would redirect the
conversation to how they could end the jury deliberations and
get out of the room.
As I watched these jury deliberations, my heart broke as I
thought about Alize, who had been beaten to death by her
mothers boyfriend, and Ricky Jackson, who spent 40 years
in prison for a crime he did not commit. My dream is that we
reform our system for choosing jurors. I would offer that
lawyers should not look at demographic characteristics such
as socioeconomic status, race or gender to assess whether a
person is appropriate for a specific jury but rather they should
assess peoples ability to deal deliberately with complex, ambig-
uous legal cases using their high need for cognition and low
need for closure. My nightmares are complex and heart
wrenching as I think of all the people who have been wrongfully
convicted and are still in prison serving time for a crime they
did not commit, but my dreams are simple. Social psycholo-
gists have the tools to aid the legal system. We simply have to
use them for good.
Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Education Lynn Garrioch joined
the faculty in 2001. She holds a B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University in
Waterloo, Ontario, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of
Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia.

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 School of Health Professions
on the hill

Opens Door to Graduate Programs

by Kellie M. Spinney

It was a banner year for the Colby-Sawyer Nursing Program.

In May, the program celebrated its 30th graduating class
and equally long partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center. Then, on Sept. 1, the college announced
the establishment of the School of Health Professions.

THE SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS represents the realized and anticipated growth
in the colleges health professions academic programs and its deepening partnership with
Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Dean of the School of Health Professions and the Gladys A. Burrows
Distinguished Professor of Nursing Dr. Susan Reeves 88 heads the school.

According to President Thomas C. Galligan Jr., the school will better position Colby-Sawyer
to inspire philanthropy to support education in the health professions. The [school] will
enable Colby-Sawyer to further strengthen the partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock as we
imagine the potential for cross-appointment of faculty, new collaborations on the use of
space and equipment, and the provision of educational opportunities in a variety of health
professions for prospective students from both traditional populations and Dartmouth-
Hitchcock employee groups, he said.

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In January, Associate Professor of Nursing and Public Health Joan Loftus,
D.N.P., and Assistant Professor of Nursing and Public Health Lisa E. Wilson,
M.S.N., accompanied 14 nursing students to Puerto Penasco, Mexico, on a
medical mission. The students learned nursing techniques and provided
much-needed medical supplies to the community.
MAKING HISTORY:
COLBY-SAWYERS FIRST GRADUATE PROGRAM
In collaboration with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and after faculty
approval in September of a Master of Science in Nursing degree
program, the Board of Trustees approved the program and a
revised institutional mission at its October meeting. The M.S.N.
will open Colby-Sawyer offerings to a new group of students,
especially Dartmouth-Hitchcock employees seeking advanced
educational and professional opportunities.
This February, the State of N.H. Higher Education Commission
approved the program, leaving just two hurdles to clear. The
college has submitted a proposal for substantive change with
the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
for review at its April meeting of the Commission for Institu-
tions of Higher Education. If approved, the college will begin
offering the program this fall and apply for approval with the
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
A NEW HOME ON CAMPUS
For nearly six years, the administrative offices of the nursing
and public health faculty were packed into the Caretakers
Cottage, while the nursing laboratory was located on Colgate
Halls lower level.
The department grew to the point where faculty members
were sharing offices. With the hiring of three new faculty
members, and in anticipation of further growth, it became
apparent that some creativity was needed to figure out where
on campus the department would best fit, said Dean Reeves.
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
Several options were considered, but ultimately, McKean Hall
met all the criteria.
In the fall, nursing and public health faculty moved into
McKean, formerly the colleges smallest residence hall. They
now have private offices, conference and meeting rooms, dedi-
cated space for the Student Nurses Association, and a reception
area for current students and prospective families.
Nursing laboratories and classrooms were built next door to
McKean on Colgate Halls third floor with views of the quad and
surrounding mountains. In simulated hospital and outpatient-
clinic rooms, students work in pairs, while faculty members
move between the six stations and interact with each team.
During off-hours, students have access to the space that is fully
equipped with the tools they need for hands-on training.
The new space has been designed to seamlessly combine
classroom and lab experiences, said Assistant Professor of
Nursing Mary Scott. Students can learn material from their
lectures and textbooks, then move right into the lab to practice
their skills.
The new nursing laboratory space in Colgate Hall and the dedi-
cation of McKean Hall as the home for the School of Health
Professions underscore the colleges commitment to current
and future academic programs in the health professions,
according to Academic Vice President Deborah A. Taylor, who
noted that the commitment extends to traditional-age and adult
students who benefit from these programs; to the faculty who
challenge and mentor students in their intellectual, professional
and personal development; and to the communities whose
health and well-being is improved through the work of Colby-
Sawyers graduates.
As Commencement approaches, the School of Health
Professions has even more to celebrate: The Class of 2016
will include the first R.N. to B.S. degree recipients, as well
as the most nursing (33) and public health (18) graduates in the
programs history.
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 ON TOP
of the WORLD
out + about

Alpine Communities Class

Explores Mount Washington
Last falls Alpine Communities
by Carrie Brewster 16
photos by Michael Seamans class studied the geology and flora
of New Hampshires alpine zone.
Going beyond classroom lectures,
Associate Professors of Environmental
Studies Laura Alexander and Harvey
Pine led a dozen students up Mount
Washington in the heart of the
White Mountains in mid-October.
For four days, they camped in
Tuckerman Ravine and experienced
the beauty of the delicate ecosystem.
The class hiked through rain, snow
and sunshine, learning about the
alpine environment in natures
greatest classroom.

clockwise from top left: The snowy

summit of Mount Washington on the first
morning; an Alpine Bluet survives through
tough conditions; Professor Alexander
points out flora on the trail that was first
studied in the classroom.

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 clockwise from top left: Rime ice
forms in the cold alpine air; stunted
krummholz trees shelter Sarah
Appleton 17 of Andover, Mass., from
the wind on the summit; a spotted
salamander hides in plain view on the
side of a trail; Jake Conroy 17 of
Conway, Mass., helps out Emmy Rioux
16 of Minot, Maine, at the campsite.

T he Lakes of the Clouds are suspended

at 5,032 with a view of forever.

Carrie Brewster is a senior majoring in

environmental science from Concord, N.H. After
graduation, she hopes to work in conservation,
see the world and make a difference.

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out + about
Taking, and
Eliminating, Risks:
Amigo Khadka 14
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
by Kate Seamans
Its noon on the kind of Monday in July that
gives Manhattan its reputation for swampy
summers, and the sidewalks are filling with
office workers hunting lunch.
Inside the J.P. Morgan building on Madison Avenue, bankers
float down on escalators to the frigid lobby, checking their
phones before hitting the streets or pinpointing their lunch
delivery person from the lineup outside the security checkpoint.
Among them is Amigo Khadka 14, the only analyst on a new
team dedicated to wholesale credit risk regulatory management.
For a moment, its hard to remember the serious-faced profes-
sional was a college student not long ago, but then he pushes
through the turnstile and smiles, and its Amigo, the energetic
summa cum laude business and Wesson Honors student
whose contributions are still felt on campus. While completing
a four-year degree in just three, Khadka worked to establish
Colby-Sawyer as the first certified Fair Trade private college in
New Hampshire; was on the 2013 team of student investment
fund managers named international champions in the under-
graduate Value Investing category at the Quinnipiac Global
Asset Management Education Forum III; was recognized with
his fellow Eco-Reps with the 2012 Presidents Leadership Award
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by Campus Compact for New Hampshire; helped plan the 2013
grand reopening of the Ware Student Center and a Relay for
Life fundraiser in his event management course; and, along
with Nischal Banskota 15, was a driving force in establishing
the colleges relationship with Maya Universe Academy in their
native Nepal.
Khadka is a long way from home no matter what; its a month
before he will find his Manhattan apartment, and hes been
commuting two hours each way from Connecticut for more
than a year.
At J.P. Morgan, though, hes carving out his own space in new
territory for both him and the bank. All day, often 12 hours a
day, he throws himself into the task of meeting new regulatory
pressures that swept through the banking industry in the wake
of the financial crisis. The regulators, he notes, have been trying
to limit the number of risky loans and have set measures for
each bank. His team was established to look into all the other
risk teams that focus on individual industries and make sure
their deals mergers, leveraged buyouts, corporate invest-
ments meet the regulations.
All job descriptions require attention to detail, right? Khadka
says. Working in a firm like this, I realize what could actually
happen if you dont pay attention to detail. Its very easy to skip
one minor number or something. My managers I report to
three vice presidents and a managing director make the
decisions, but when I do the work for them, its really important
to pay attention because its also my job to make sure they see
those small details that might easily escape. Minor details
make a huge impact.
Numbers may be the foundation of the business, Khadka has
discovered, but above them are the reading, writing, communi-
cation, creative thinking and analytical skills required to con-
sider a decisions repercussions. Everything we do is both art
and science, he says. Theres science in terms of how you
quantify things, but theres also an art aspect to the general
quality of judgment that needs to be considered while making
every decision.
I report to three vice presidents and
a managing director. They make the
decisions, but when I do the work
for them, its really important to pay
attention because its also my job to
make sure they see those small
details that might easily escape.
Minor details make a huge impact.
The idea of evaluating risk isnt completely new to Khadka.
He was on a risk team during his internship at GE Capital,
which helped set the stage for his current position, but even
before that, Khadka was calculating risks and hoping some-
body would take one on him.
Growing up in Kathmandu, Khadka knew he wanted to
formalize his interest in finance and attend college in the
United States. Coming to the U.S. was a risk, but Colby-
Sawyer had a lot of other Nepalese, so I never even felt home-
sick, he says. I wanted a liberal arts college with a business
program, and there actually arent many, but even Colby-Sawyer
was kind of a risk for me, as I didnt know about it before. Im
very fortunate I didnt choose a big university where I probably
wouldve been lost in the crowd. That was a huge decision.
Khadkas biggest risk so far has been turning down two full-
time offers with smaller firms and gambling that the offer of a
temporary position at J.P. Morgan, with all its global opportuni-
ties and internal mobility, would put him in the right place at
the right time for a permanent position. He won that bet.
The huge risk was in terms of strategic planning if the tem-
porary position didnt turn into something permanent by the
end of the year and my visa expired, Id have had to go back to
Nepal, Khadka says. Now I have a visa good for up to six
years. I was lucky with the visa lottery; some of my friends
didnt get one. And thats why you have to understand why
companies dont necessarily hire international students: They
hire someone, they train them for three months, and then the
visa doesnt work out. Its not the employees fault; its not the
managers fault. But if you were the manager, would you take
that risk? Luckily, mine did.
For now, Khadkas happy to be young and in New York City and
to see what happens next. Graduate school awaits, and he
thinks eventually hell return to Nepal and do something in the
education sector there. Hes learned, though, from his com-
pressed college years, not to rush things and to allow for flexi-
bility in the short term while sticking to long-term goals.
Completing my degree in three years seemed like the right
thing to do, but I look back and think maybe I shouldve stayed
for the full four years, Khadka says. But I got scared that if I
stayed another year, there might be diminishing returns on
what Id done, and in terms of going out to recruiters, it really
shows something if you did in three years what takes everyone
else four. So there was a trade-off.
Some close friends who knew Khadka as a student passionate
about justice and supportive of social entrepreneurial activities
were surprised hed choose to work in the banking industry, but
if hes made trade-offs to land his position, hes clear about
why hes there.
Theres a stereotype about bankers, but being in the bank,
especially in risk, all we do is make sure that something like the
financial crisis does not happen again, Khadka says. Im
helping, which is hard for people to digest because when you
work in the bank, youre a banker. But Im liable for whatever I
do, right? So I have to make sure I dont do anything thats
risky that puts me or the economy in danger.
The lunch hour is over. Packed escalators carry J.P. Morgan
employees back upstairs to what will be anything but a warm,
sleepy afternoon.
Really, Im working to change the industry from the inside,
Khadka says, as he swipes his ID and joins them.
Editors Note: This fall, Khadka welcomed Sujan Shrestha 15 to his team
at J.P. Morgan.
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 Out of the Classroom and into Literary
History: A Sojourn to Concord, Mass.
out + about

by Patrick D. Anderson, Ph.D.

photos by Michael Seamans

it is one thing to read about walden pond and have Thoreau
describe it; its another when you get to walk all along the
beach and run into the woods and see where Thoreaus cabin
was. So wrote one of the students in my course on 19th-
century writers of the American Renaissance after our field trip
to Concord, Mass., on a beautiful day in October.
About a month into the course, we had already immersed our-
selves in the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David
Thoreau, two key Transcendentalist thinkers and writers who
helped fashion a new attitude toward nature: one more spiri-
tual, personal and positive than that of their Puritan forebears.
holdings include the well-appointed study replete with books
and furniture from the Emerson house (which sits just across
the street), as well as the few simple possessions bed, desk,
chairs and walking stick from the cabin Thoreau built on
Emersons land a couple miles outside town.
Soon we were embarking on our own trek to Walden Pond and
the site of Thoreaus place in the woods. Each student spoke
glowingly of this experience; one argued that the study of liter-
ature should not be confined to the classroom, but should
instead be spent in part amongst nature, while another
claimed he could now see exactly where Transcendentalists

The day itself was made-to-order for Transcendentalists: blue skies

bathed in warm sunshine while autumnal hues reflected off the pond.
We were familiar with the finer points of Emersons Transcen-
dentalist manifesto Nature and Thoreaus first book, A Week
on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers which travels as much
into young Henrys mind as it does from Concord, Mass., to
Concord, N.H. when we headed two hours south to see
where Emerson and Thoreau lived, worked and socialized with
one another.
Our first stop, the Concord Museum, oriented us to the town
and its illustrious past; the museums most significant
were coming from. The day itself was made-to-order for Tran-
scendentalists: blue skies bathed in warm sunshine while
autumnal hues reflected off the pond.
In addition to Emerson and Thoreau, Concord was home
in the mid-19th century to such notable women writers as
Louisa May Alcott and Margaret Fuller, as well as to Americas
first important novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne. In fact, Haw-
thorne figured into another memorable part of the field trip:
our visit to the Old Manse. A venerable 18th-century house

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built by the Emerson family in 1770, the Old Manse overlooks
the revolutionary battlefield where the shot heard round the
world was fired in 1775. Hawthorne and his bride, Sophia,
moved into the Manse after they were married in 1842.

Touring the house, we could feel the presence of Concords

literary icons. The second-floor study features the desk where
Emerson wrote Nature, and a writing table where Hawthorne
penned Mosses from an Old Manse. Perhaps most notably, the
Old Manses grounds contain the garden Thoreau planted as a
wedding gift for the Hawthornes to discover when they arrived
home following their honeymoon.

It didnt take long for Sophia Hawthorne to, quite literally, leave
her mark on the house as well; with her wedding ring, she
etched some lovely passages into two of the Manses windows,
even getting Nathaniel to write a few words of his own on one
of them. Ive made this trip numerous times now many
alums cite it as one of the highlights of their English major
because, like most experiential learning, it brings authors to life
in ways that reading their books cannot. And nowhere does
Concords literary history come more alive for me than when
Im standing in front of these windows where the romantic
Hawthornes stood more than 160 years ago and reading
their words, still visible on the old panes of glass.

We ended our day at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, which on top

of a hill in a magnificent natural setting serves as the final
resting place for Emerson, Thoreau and the Hawthornes. And
yet, in the preceding hours, each of them had spoken to us
through our exploration of the places that defined them.
Walking through the garden at the Old Manse, one student
imagined Thoreau moving about the rows of plants and
seeds, which seemed like a better place for him and his words
than at a desk or in a parlor For her and for all of us
who left the classroom for a day this place served as a
legacy its previous inhabitants would have approved of, for,
though they are no longer there, we find them in the way the
river moved, how the garden grew, and in poetry on window-
panes all unexpected discoveries that deepened our under-
standing of how the place these writers called home shaped
some of the most significant texts in American literature.

Patrick D. Anderson joined the faculty in 1977 and is the Gibney

Distinguished Professor of Humanities. He holds an A.B. from the
University of Notre Dame and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University
of Michigan. He teaches courses in American studies, American literature,
Native American culture, and film. At Commencement on May 7,
Professor Anderson will receive the Gown Award.

opposite page: Along the shores of Walden Pond;

this page, top to bottom: the Old Manse, home of Nathaniel and
Sophia Hawthorne; a passage etched in a window of the Old
Manse; a moment of reflection on North Bridge, where the
Battle of Concord and the American Revolution began.

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 On the
FRONTLINES
of DEMOCRACY
out + about

by Jaclyn Goddette 16

F
or many, a presidential election
overshadows local elections. But
for history and political studies
majors Meaghan Burke 16 of Acton,
Mass., and Thomas McGrath 17 of
PHOTO: JACLYN GODDETTE 16
Boston, Mass., local races signify the
importance of small-scale democracy,
and the opportunity to explore their
major through summer internships with
the Massachusetts Democratic and
Republican parties.
BEHIND THE SCENES
For Burke, working at the Massachusetts
Democratic Partys Summer Street office
in downtown Boston meant entering
data, filing and scanning paperwork,
researching news stories and compiling
press clippings. They gave us a variety
of projects to see what we were good at
and what we were interested in, said
Burke. The internship exposed me to
many types of politics and allowed me
to go behind the scenes to see what
upholds the party.
One long-term task pushed Burke into
new territory. In honor of the 50th anni-
versary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
the MDP launched the 1965 Project to
register 1,965 new voters. In typical
grassroots fashion, Burke approached
people with clipboard in hand, asking if
they wanted to register or update their
voter information.
It wasnt in my comfort zone, but it
helped me build interpersonal skills,
said Burke. It was also a project that
honors something worth remembering.
Though Burke has always been inter-
ested in history and politics, she entered
Colby-Sawyer as a nursing major. An
introductory history course with Assis-
tant Professor of Social Sciences and
Education Malachy Flynn changed her
direction. I had more fun in that class,
said Burke. Her internship transformed
that fun into passion. There are 90-year-
olds running for office, and 20-year-old
delegates, said Burke. Observing pas-
sionate people made her realize she also
holds strong opinions. I didnt think I
would feel so connected to certain
issues, but my internship showed me
how people debating issues can affect
people on the ground, she said.
ACROSS THE AISLE
From Summer Street, it is a short
subway ride to Merrimac Street, where
McGrath interned with the Massachu-
setts Republican Party. Like Burke, much
of McGraths work focused on data. His
favorite task, however, was writing polit-
ical updates. A tutor with Colby-Sawyers
Student Learning Collaborative (formerly
the Academic Development Center),
McGrath has long considered writing
his strongest skill, and the internship
helped further develop his abilities. If
someone picks up a mailer, you only
have seconds before they throw it away,
he said. We need to tell people our
message in the most direct way
possible.
For McGrath, seeing his writing as an
official document was evidence that he
was applying what hed learned at Colby-
Sawyer. That was my language, he said
with pride. It was something I wrote.
Another highlight included meeting Gov-
ernor Charlie Baker at the Lincoln-Reagan
Reception, an evening celebrating Repub-
lican state leaders, after he spent hours
calling party members to solicit for the
event. The experience exceeded his expec-
tations. The best and hardest parts of
my internship were intertwined, he said.
At Lincoln-Reagan, we saw our work
come to fruition.
McGrath says his internship is the first
step in launching a political career, an
interest developed in Associate Pro-
fessor of Social Sciences and Education
Eric Boyers course The American Presi-
dency. I dont know what office I want
to run for, said McGrath, but electoral
politics fascinate me.
Burke and McGrath returned to campus
with stronger research, analytical and
communication skills. Their summer
experiences also contributed to more
focused career goals and a greater
respect for their chosen discipline.
Burke, once unsure about what she
would do with her degree, now feels
reassured. There are definitely opportu-
nities for careers in both history and
political studies, she said.
McGrath hints that law school may be in
his future, but he, like Burke, is keeping
all his options open.

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SAVE THE DATE HOMECOMING 2016
New Name, Same Great Tradition
Make plans now to be on campus Oct. 14 16.

clockwise from top left:

Members of the Class of 1955 were joined by
President Galligan for the wine pairing dinner;
Members of the Class of 2005 celebrate their
10th Reunion; (lr) Jane Hardy Roiter 65, Ann
Hodgkinson Low 65, Leah Caswell 65, Chris
Murray McKee 65, Nobuko Nishino Akashi 65,
Tina Biggs Ferraro 65 and Susan Woodruff
Macaulay 65 enjoy a cocktail party at the
Presidents House in honor of their 50th
Reunion; Alumni baseball players bundled up
for their annual game; (lr) Kelly Griffin 15,
Marion James 14 and Conley Dion 16 watch the
varsity soccer games from the alumni tent at
Kelsey Fields.

spring 2016 27
out + about
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
Sustainable Learning
Initiative Helps Pioneer
Revitalization in
Franklin Falls
by Jennifer White 90
T
he city of Franklin, N.H., just half an hour east of New
London, is on the cusp of a sustainable revitalization.
And, thanks to broad and emerging community-based
partnerships between local organizations and Colby-Sawyer
College, our students are positioned to both learn from and
contribute to that effort.
The vision, spearheaded by Todd Workman, executive director
of the nonprofit PermaCityLife, is to create a model for cities to
become more self-reliant and to transition away from depen-
dence on fossil fuels. The hope, Workman said, is to pioneer a
new approach to building a collaborative and resilient down-
town using the principles of permaculture to differentiate how
we derive our livelihood, food supply, transportation, energy,
shelter, culture and sense of community.
Our students are already exploring the feasibility and advance-
ment of some of these innovative projects, including a locally
themed restaurant and microbrewery; a volunteer-run coffee
shop; a co-working space; an art gallery and music venue; multi-
generational mixed-use housing; fossil fuel-free energy produc-
tion; permaculture/edible landscaping; ecologically sound
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storm-water management; and expanded bike trails, a kayak
park and other outdoor recreation options. More plans include
an arts cooperative, a performance center, a downtown with
fewer cars and alternative transportation, zero-waste and com-
mercial composting, a food hub and farmers market, a holistic
health center, and a hostel with function space and a caf.
The initiative is intended to be flexible and
modular so faculty can tailor an existing
assignment or entire course to focus on
an aspect of the citys work and planning.
In 2014, a small team of faculty and staff at Colby-Sawyer
received support through an Innovation Grant from the
college, funded by the Davis Educational Foundation, to
research, design and implement the Sustainable Learning Ini-
tiative at Franklin Falls, a comprehensive curricular program
paired with Franklins revitalization efforts. It is a model for an
innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary, community-based
living laboratory replicable in other locations, and it addresses
the financial sustainability of higher education as well as the
planetary sustainability of our human institutions. The team is
composed of Laura Alexander 98, associate professor and
chair of environmental studies; Jenisha Shrestha 14, former
Presidential Fellow; Pam Spear, director of the Baird Health
and Counseling Center; Hilary Walrod, associate professor of
graphic design and digital media; and me.
 The initiative is intended to be flexible and modular so faculty
can tailor an existing assignment or entire course to focus on
an aspect of the citys work and planning. Students have
already contributed to Franklins master plan, developed
company logos, created signage for the bike trail system, con-
structed an access database for the upcycled art gallery, and
conducted a parking inventory for redevelopment planning.
Interns are researching IT solutions, creating Geographic Infor-
mation Systems maps, developing tourism strategies and
exploring best practices for commercial compost.
Stakeholders have expressed an interest in exploring relation-
ships with Colby-Sawyers Sustainable Learning Initiative and
include Credere Environmental Associates, Franklin Business &
Industrial Development Corporation, Franklin Parks & Recre-
ation, Franklin Regional Hospital, Franklin Savings Bank,
Healthy Eating Active Living, Mass Development Group, Nobis
Engineering and Watts Water Technologies. And faculty across
the curriculum are working on course development in such
PHOTO: KATE SEAMANS
diverse topics as aquatic species biodiversity, interpersonal
skills for physicians, community ceramics classes and stu-
dent-run art exhibits, exercise prescription using urban green
spaces, calculating timed-release of river volumes, efficiency
and renewable energy, recreational event planning and best
practices for community gardens.
A NEW MAJOR: COMMUNITY-BASED SUSTAINABILITY
In fall 2016, Colby-Sawyer plans to welcome its first cohort into
a three-year community-based sustainability major that creates
experiential learning opportunities for students to explore,
design and develop sustainable solutions to current and
evolving community needs. The curriculum gives students
valuable professional work experience while theyre still in
school and encourages them to discover and develop their
talents and passions. Graduates will pay about 20 percent less
for their college education and can start their careers or enter
graduate school a year earlier by participating in January and
May intensives students will go outside the class and into
the businesses and community organizations that are doing
the work of energy independence, local food production and
zero waste. Whether as part of the major or in a single course,
our students can develop relevant skills for creative and
complex problem-solving, work directly with regional stake-
holders and potential employers and do their part to create a
resilient, vibrant, diverse and sustainable community in
Franklin Falls.
Learn more at sli-franklinfalls.com.
Jennifer White 90 is Colby-Sawyers director of Sustainability and an
assistant professor of Environmental Studies. She holds an A.A. from
Colby-Sawyer College, a B.A. from Colorado College and an M.A. from
Naropa University.
Grant Will Support Environmental
Stewardship and Service Learning
by Aaron Records 15
Colby-Sawyer received $3,000 as a Campuses for Environmental
Stewardship sub-grant from a four-state Campus Compact Coali-
tion. The funds, awarded to the Coalition by the Davis Education
Foundation, are intended to train an interdisciplinary team of
faculty at each participating campus to design and implement
courses which include service-learning components focused on
environmental stewardship. Colby-Sawyers grant will bolster
ongoing innovative projects by students and faculty in its Sustain-
able Learning Initiative (SLI). The SLI is an experiential learning
opportunity for Colby-Sawyer students to explore, design and
develop sustainable solutions to real and evolving community
needs in the nearby city of Franklin, N.H.
This spring, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Harvey
Pine will dedicate a portion of the grant to developing a service-
learning component in Fundamentals of Biogeochemistry. Stu-
dents will create presentations and other materials that inform
residents about how the program works, potential chemical threats
and remediation techniques in an informative manner utilizing
easy-to-understand language, he said.
Bill Spear, associate professor of Business Administration,
incorporated service learning into Sales and Strategic Marketing
last semester; his students worked on marketing for the CATCH
Neighborhood Housing Project. This spring, his Consumer
Behavior and Market Research students will identify factors for
success as CATCH remodels its RiverBend Mill into a 45-unit resi-
dential building.
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Education Kate Turcotte
will work with PermaCityLife, a nonprofit organization dedicated to
improving Franklins downtown community, the economy and
environment, to assess the intersection of the personal, social,
economic and environmental well-being of residents in Franklin.
Her sociology students will visit Franklin and examine its facilities,
parks, and other resources, and contribute to the citys under-
standing of a broad vision of sustainability that encompasses all
aspects of life.
Jennifer White 90, director of Sustainability and assistant pro-
fessor of Environmental Studies, says the funds will support the
colleges evolving SLI. At the end of the spring semester, students
will present their results to community stakeholders in Franklin,
and faculty will attend a regional best-practices conference in
September to relate their experiences.
Aaron Records 15 is a Presidential Fellow in the Office of College
Communications. He holds B.A. degrees in creative writing and
philosophy.
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sense place
ofplace

PUT TO THE TEST

In fall 2015, the Colby-Sawyer Testing Center opened in the Susan Colgate Cleveland
Library/Learning Center. Staffed by professional proctors and supported by student
workers who assist with proctoring and processing tests, the center offers more than
200 state and national assessment examinations, as well as professional
certifications and licensures, including the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS)
exam for nursing applicants and the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT).
Visit colby-sawyer.edu/testing-center for more info.
Photo by Greg Danilowski.

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feature

FIRST AMONG EQUALS:

President Galligan Says Farewell
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS

by Kate Seamans
with Thomas C. Galligan Jr.

32 colby-sawyer magazine
In February 2015, Colby-Sawyer Colleges eighth president, Thomas C. Galligan Jr., informed the Board
of Trustees that he would not seek a third term. His ten years of service will conclude on June 30, 2016.
A search committee chaired by trustee Pete Volanakis and composed of board members, faculty, staff,
a community member and a student worked with the firm AGB Search to identify candidates and
manage the process of appointing the colleges ninth president. The Board of Trustees plans to
announce President Galligans successor this spring.

I
n this second of a two-part farewell to President Galligan, he goes back to the READ PART I
beginning to consider his path to the Windy Hill and the early days of his of President Galligans farewell
presidency, its highs and lows, his philosophy on leadership, his Colby-Sawyer interview, Many Adventures
family, and what the future holds. Await: President Galligan Prepares
to Move On, at
colby-sawyer.edu/many-adventures
Based on your history, was a college presidency inevitable for you?

When I became dean of the law school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, I
went to a workshop for new deans. Another new dean said her goal was to be a
college president, and I wondered how she knew that. I had no thoughts about
being a college president. I became a dean because I was a professor of law com-
plaining about my dean, and I figured if I thought I could do a better job, I should
put up or shut up. Later, I was persuaded to be a candidate for the presidency of
the University of Tennessee, and I did pretty well in the process. Im glad it didnt
go my way, because it wouldnt have worked out. But it kind of got me thinking.
After eight years, I told my boss I wasnt going to be a dean anymore, and he said I
shouldnt give up the idea of another administrative appointment, and so here is
the power of suggestion: He said Id be a really good college president at a private
school or a small state school.

Were you familiar with Colby-Sawyer or the area at that point?

Our son, Patrick, was a junior at Bates College and our oldest daughter, Sarah, was
in her first year at Dartmouth. In the fall of 2005, soon after I got back to Tennessee
from visiting them, I received an email from Colby-Sawyers search firm that said
the college was looking for a president. I called my boss and asked what he knew
about the place. He said, What I know is good. Im going to nominate you. He
did, and the search firm called and told me to write a letter. Im a lawyer, so my
letter was a paragraph long. They called back and said, You know, thats a great
letter. Its really short. But this isnt a law school, so write a longer letter that
addresses some of the things the college is looking for.

I was talking about this recently with Tom Csatari, our board chair; he remembers
the letter and thought it was a little long. Hes a lawyer, too.

I was invited to interview in Manchester and then to campus. I did the first inter-
view alone, which was great because then I could visit Sarah. Susan came for the
second one. We stayed at the New London Inn. We ate at Peter Christians Tavern.
Nobody knew who we were. It was really nice to be anonymous in New London in
the winter. And I knew, for the interview, that I shouldnt get emotionally involved.

The next day, Beth Cahill, our former vice president for Advancement, picked me
up at the inn and took me to breakfast. I remember sitting in the Board of Trustees
Conference Room in Ware Student Center the next afternoon. I was with Anne

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feature
Toms Top 5 Films
1 Local Hero (1983)
2...............Meet John Doe (1941)
3 Ninotchka (1939)
4 Butch Cassidy and the You hope that people are as nice as they seem, and at Colby-Sawyer, theyre even
Sundance Kid (1969)
5 Amarcord (1973) Theres something I learned as a dean. When I went to the University of Tennessee,
Toms Top 5 Books
1 The Cider House Rules Susan kind of looked at me and said, Dont you get it? Position makes it easy to
by John Irving
2 The Age of Innocence I realized early on that Im just going to be who I am. So its going to be Tom
by Edith Wharton
3.......War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
4.............. The Glory of Their Times:
The Story of the Early Days
of Baseball Told by the
Men Who Played It
by Lawrence S. Ritter
5.....A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
Favorite Book made
into a Favorite Film
Bang the Drum Slowly
by Mark Harris
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Winton Black 75, 77, who was the board chair then and the Search Committee
chair, and Bill Berger, who was board vice chair. I was talking to them and listening
intently, but the window was right there, and snow had started to fall, and I realized
right then I was emotionally involved. So, lucky for me, here we are.
Whats the biggest difference between Dean Galligan and President Galligan?
Oh, gosh, age. But every day youre learning. So when we say that Colby-Sawyers
internal mantra is Always Learning, thats true, and it fits me as much as it fits the
institution. Im the same person, just with more experience.
How do you come into a new community a small college in a small town and
establish yourself as its leader?
nicer. At least most of the time. You listen, and you smile, and you absorb.
people were so friendly, and everybody wanted to get to know me, and I thought:
Wow. When I was a brand-new lawyer, it wasnt quite like this, and when I was a
brand-new professor, it wasnt quite like this. And isnt Knoxville a wonderful place?
enter a community. A lot of people want to meet you. So if youre even a little extro-
verted, its pretty easy. But youve got to be careful, and youve got to be yourself.
Galligan going to the grocery store, and if Im in sweatpants and havent shaved,
well, thats the way it is.
What was hardest about the transition?
Our youngest daughter, Jennifer, was starting high school and her sister, Aisling,
was a senior in high school, and we wanted her to finish in Tennessee with her
friends. So, for that first year, Susan and I were in different places. The six of us
drove up here to move me in. And then on a Sunday in August, they all went back.
Ill never forget how lonely I was that night. That was rough. I ran around Pleasant
Lake three times. It tired me out.
I would think so. Thats about 18 miles!
Its funny in retrospect; Aisling was in Knoxville and remembers that Susan
came up here at least every two weeks. Jenny and I were in New London, and we
remember that Susan was here about a week every two months. I would never want
to have that experience again. But at the same time, it was amazing because Jenny
and I had this wonderful year that now, when we talk about it, everybody else in the
family gags. She and I are probably the two most volatile people in the family, but
that year we were so nice to each other. I remember one time we were driving and I
said something, and she said something, and we looked at each other ready to
explode and then we realized, Oh, we cant do that; were all weve got. So, it was a
hard year, but it was a really good year, too.
Theres that fine line between having your support system and having room to be
your new self in a new place, too.
Right. And when I arrived, we had missed our goal of recruiting 300 new students
and had 238, and I knew nothing about undergraduate enrollment. That was going
 to be part of my learning curve. When my family drove away, I realized I had to deal
with that issue, and I had to learn so much in a short amount of time. And that was
a pretty lonely feeling, too, but one of the things I learned was that Colby-Sawyer is
a really supportive place. People stopped by to see how I was doing and if I wanted
coffee, faculty and staff both. But it was a lonely first month. Inside, not the people.

What is leadership to you?

I think a leader is first among equals, while some think leadership is something we
can bottle and teach. What you really are, when youre a leader, is a barometer. You
have to come up with ideas, but you have to trust not only your own sense of
whats right based on your values and the communitys values but also what you
sense the community wants to do, is ready to do and can do.

Students, faculty and staff come to you with concerns large and small. How do you
handle such an influx?

PHOTO: KATE SEAMANS

I try to be responsive and listen and say yes as much as I can. Mostly, I wish I had
more resources with which to fund the wonderful projects people propose. As for
complaints, you try to respond to as many as you can and not sound defensive or
angry. But in that regard Im lucky to have great friends who lose sleep for me. Exer-
above: President Galligan runs down Main
cise is a great cure for negative energy, too. I recommend it. Street during the 10th Annual 5K Dash & Stroll
last September.
Youve wanted people to think and act for themselves yet have noted many want to be
told what to do, though theyd say otherwise. What do you make of that disconnect?

We all think we want freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility, so some-
times its easier to be told what to do. Whoever sits in my chair is not an expert at
everything. Mary McLaughlin knows more about residential education than I do.

In January, the third group from Colby-Sawyer

went to Nepal to explore the culture and vol-
unteer at Maya Universe Academy. Upon
departing Nepal, President Galligan reflected:
It will be a long time before we process our
experiences in Nepal, but we will not forget
how much we have learned about this beau-
tiful, spiritual country, the world and our-
selves. I am moved by how much our Nepali
students care about their people and want to
give back. I am proud of them and all they go
through to attend college, and I see how
much their families sacrifice to send them to
Colby-Sawyer. When I look back on my presi-
dency, I know that this trip a symbol of
what it means to have a diverse, international
community at a college will be a highlight.
Left to right, on an island in Phewa Lake:
President Galligan, Aisling Galligan, Bibek
Thapa 17, Ayla Cordell 19, Lauren Morocco
17, Abhineet Kumar 17, Deepesh Duwadi 17,
Professor Jon Keenan, Prithul Karki 17, Will
Triebel 17 and Chris Gagne 17.

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 The college identifies four strategic themes:
Engaged Learning, Living Sustainably, Linking

THE Adventures in Learning celebrates its

10th anniversary.
to the World, and Dynamic Devotion to
Excellence.

DIFFERENCE
A DECADE The college hosts Isaac Nyamongo
of the University of Nairobi, Kenya, The Windy Hill School opens.
President Galligan, an expert in
maritime law, testifies before the U.S.

MAKES
feature

Thomas C. Galligan Jr. is appointed Colby-
Sawyer Colleges eighth president.
President Galligan founds the annual 5K
Dash & Stroll community event.
The Athletics Hall of Fame is established to
honor athletic excellence.
the colleges first Fulbright scholar
in residence.
Seamans Alumni House is burned in a
January training operation by the New
London Fire Department after it was
determined to be a sick building.
A December ice stormknocks out Colby-
Sawyers power and sends students home
early with finals to make up in the spring.
Trustees approve a new strategic plan
for the college.
President Galligan
co-chairs the Gulf Coast Oil
Symposium in New Orleans.
The symposium, coordinated
maritime liability under the Death on
by the Louisiana State Bar
Association, addresses the
environmental catastrophe
created by the massive oil
spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Colby-Sawyer is named a 2010
Great College to Work For by The
Chronicle of Higher Education.
House Committee on the Judiciary and
the U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary about the complex legal
issues arising from the Gulf Coast oil
spill. He also testifies before the U.S.
Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation regarding
the High Seas Act and the Limitation of
Liability Act.
Colby-Sawyer is one of 10 N.H.
colleges to receive a National Institute
of Health Award for Biomedical
Research and receives nearly $1
million in support of research
programs.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Colby-Sawyer receives a grant from the Global Beginnings launches with Trustees approve new Mission
National Science Foundation to students in Strasbourg, France, and Statement for the college.
incorporate the teaching of basic math Florence, Italy.
and reasoning skills across its liberal arts
curriculum.
Colby-Sawyer hosts the New
Construction begins on the Windy Hill Hampshire Womens Caucus in
School. November, an event focused on critical
The college begins a collaborative process that invites issues for women and families.
faculty, staff, trustees, students and alumni to have a
voice in the colleges priorities and direction. A Bachelor of Science degree in health studies with
concentrations in health promotion and wellness, public Colby-Sawyer introduces online summer courses.
health, and health care management is established.

President Galligan signs the American

College & University Presidents Climate Thomas C. Tom Csatari of Hanover, N.H., is
Colby-Sawyer launches the Progressive Scholars elected chair of the Colby-Sawyer College
Commitment, committing Colby-Sawyer to
Program with 19 students from Cambridge Board of Trustees.
reducing and eventually eliminating the
Rindge & Latin School and Malden High School
colleges global warming emissions and
to provide educational opportunities for mainly
accelerating educational efforts to equip
first-generation college students, and to bring
society to restabilize the Earths climate.
more geographic, racial and ethnic diversity to
the college.

PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS

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Windy Hill School earns Silver LEED
certification for green design.
Colby-Sawyer installs one of the largest
solar photovoltaic arrays in the state of
New Hampshire.
Colby-Sawyer begins celebrating its
175th year as an institution of teaching
and learning on July 4 and links all events
to the colleges strategic themes.
Colby-Sawyer introduces its new visual
identity, and Colby-Sawyer Magazine is
redesigned.
Ware Center remodel begins.
2012
Trustees approve new facilities master
plan as well as a new philosophy and
values statement.
The Business Administration Department
and its student investment fund
managers compete against more than 50
student-managed portfolios in five
categories and are named international
champions in the undergraduate Value
Investing category at the Quinnipiac
Global Asset Management Education
(G.A.M.E.) Forum III held in New York City.
In light of significant financial challenges and to achieve a balanced
budget, the college releases 15 full- and part-time staff members from
departments across campus.
Presidential Fellowship Program
launches to kick-start young alumnis
professional lives.
For the first time, gifts to the Colby-
Sawyer Fund exceed $2 million.
Colby-Sawyer celebrates the grand
opening of its freestanding sustainable
classroom.
Colby-Sawyer launches online
certificate programs.
A Davis Educational Foundation
award encourages faculty and
staff to change the landscape of
higher education.
Trustees approve a brand platform for
the college.
2013
Colby-Sawyer celebrates
the Ware Student Centers
grand reopening.
Thanks to a significant grant, Colby-
Sawyer installs its first wind turbine in
front of the Susan Colgate Cleveland
Library/Learning Center.
The Colby-Sawyer community
gathers to dedicate the Sally
Shaw Veitch Track and Field
and to rechristen the Kelsey
Athletic Fields as the Kelsey
Athletic Campus.
Colby-Sawyer offers online bachelors
degrees in accounting, business
administration, and healthcare
management.
An online R.N. to B.S. in nursing
degree is offered.
The graduate outcomes report for
the Class of 2014 indicates that six
Agreements between Colby-Sawyer
months after graduation, 97 percent
and the Community College System of
of the class is either employed or
N.H. pave the way for bachelor degree
pursuing graduate studies.
completion.
Colby-Sawyer is the first private
college in New Hampshire certified as
Colby-Sawyer brings facilities a Fair Trade college.
management operations in-house and
ends its contract with Sodexo.
The Board of Trustees approves a new The colleges M.S.N. program
proposal is approved by the N.H.
curriculum structure for its
Higher Education Commission.
undergraduate academic degree
The next step is a review by
program, and the college changes
from a predominantly three-credit- NEASC in April, but the college is
per-course model to a predominantly on schedule for a fall 2016
four-credit-per-course model. implementation.
2014 2015 2016
Colby-Sawyer is reaccredited by The Colby-Sawyers Board of Trustees approves plans to
Commission on Institutions of Higher construct a $7 million arts building. The board also
Education of the New England Association of approves the colleges first graduate program, an
Schools and Colleges. M.S.N. in nursing, pending all necessary approvals.
The Power of Infinity Campaign Colby-Sawyer celebrates its 15th Annual
launches with a $60 million goal to International Festival.
support scholarships, campus
improvements, student research
funds and more. Colby-Sawyer offers a program that
locks in tuition, room and board fees
at each incoming classs rate for four
Colby-Sawyers student retention
rate increases for the sixth years and sweetens the deal with a
four-year graduation guarantee.
consecutive year to 77.9 percent.
Colby-Sawyer establishes the School of Health
The Presidential Blue Key Society launches
Professions, housed in a renovated McKean Hall. A
as an expanded version of the Key Club. Ten
new nursing lab and classrooms are built on the third
students are inducted.
floor of Colgate.
President Galligan announces he will step
Colby-Sawyers Board of Trustees elects Peter F. Volanakis
down after 10 years in office when his as its next chair, effective July 1, 2016.
second term ends on June 30, 2016.
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 George Martin and Bill Foti know more about athletics. Jean Eckrich knows more
about exercise science. And so on. The president needs to rely on the experts,
empower, ask a few questions, and get out of the way. And the experts need to be
aware of how much confidence the president has in them.

How did staying in the classroom affect your presidency, and why was that so
important to you?
feature

I understand when Im teaching and the semester is coming to mid-terms or to the

end of the year the stress that my students are under and the stress that my faculty
colleagues are under. I get a better understanding for the life cycle of the institution.
I would never be anywhere as an academic and not want to teach at least some of
the time. The reason I got into this in the first place was teaching. The greatest
energy in any institution of learning is the classroom, whether physical or virtual.
The sparkle of learning when somebody gets it is incredibly infectious and exhila-
rating. Thats why I love it.

I also love to be able to think about whatever Im teaching. I love the intellectual
side of it, and the challenge of trying to communicate it clearly and engage with
people to think about it. Teaching lets me know what the typical Colby-Sawyer
student is like in a way I wouldnt if I just sat in this office and met the students
who lead the student government or the students who are in trouble or who just
want to stop by and introduce themselves. None of them are typical Colby-Sawyer
students.

Who is the typical Colby-Sawyer student, then?

Id say its someone who has done well in school but has some space between
what theyve done so far and what they can do. They might be a student who went
through high school and realized, Gosh, I guess I have to go to college for my
career. They get here and are looking four years ahead, anxious to get on with life,
but then they realize theyre actually in love with being a student in a place where
they can achieve at a level, intellectually and outside the classroom, that they never
have before. And so to use a business metaphor, the value added to their intellec-
tual life and their professional life is huge.
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS

It sounds like something worth waking up for.

Yes, it is.

What risks have you taken, and what risks do you wish you had taken?

Progressive Scholars was a risk, and Im really proud of that program. The huge
effort to have more students from other countries was a risk, and I couldnt be
more pleased that we took it.

It was a risk to borrow money to redo Ware into a student center. It was a risk every
year to hire more faculty because the budget is never certain, which is why support
from our alumni and friends is so important. Developing online programs was a
risk. Sometimes I wish I had pulled the trigger on a few things faster, but then
again, things happen when they do for good reason.

In terms of my value structure and what I believe about education, Colby-Sawyer

was at a crisis point regarding its lack of diversity. In retrospect, I would have loved

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 to have gone out to some major foundations and donors beforehand to get some
funding for those programs. On the other hand, when youre living in a global
world and youre three percent nonwhite and less than one percent international,
you need to take action. Another risk was changing athletic conferences. That was
Shakespearian in its drama, even Othello-like. To have stayed put at the time,
though I couldnt have slept at night.

What role has Susan played in your presidency?

A huge role. Shes been incredibly supportive and a part of college events, but shes
also been really active in the community as a volunteer in the Garden Club and was
its president. She served on the board of The Fells. She plays tennis. Shes in the
Colby-Sawyer College Singers and the Kearsarge Chorale. This year she is chair of
the Kearsarge Chorale Board. So shes been wonderful, and shes been a great
citizen of New London.

After 10 years in this town, what are some of your best memories?

PHOTO: GIL TALBOT

Well, the college, really. The memory etched in my mind is seeing the Loop. You go
back to points in your life and you can just see it. The Loop will always be crystal
clear to me. Driving up Main Street at night in the winter when the librarys lights
are on is so cool. Our fields on a clear day, the terraces those are the most won-
above: Susan and Tom Galligan in 2006, soon
derful visions. I remember running around Little Lake Sunapee one Labor Day with
after they arrived at Colby-Sawyer.
Sarah and it started to pour I remember how wet we were, and it was just so fun
to be running with my daughter.

Best memories whenever I get up in front of a room full of people, Im nervous.

I get butterflies. Even in class a little bit. And certainly when you get up in front of
1,500 people at Commencement Im listening to the National Anthem, and
I know as soon as its done, the first half hour or so is me talking and I feel my
knees but I will never forget how great it feels to be up there once the knees

THEN & NOW

2006 2016
Avg. H.S. GPA of first-year students 2.85 3.27 (fall 2015)

Countries represented 10 34 (fall 2015)

Endowment $23,827,592 $38,417,755 (end of 2015)

Majors 13 26

Full-time faculty 55 79

Wesson Honors Program members 58 89

New/acquired facilities square footage 56,294 (includes new arts building)

Online education options 5 bachelor and 1 A.A. degrees; 2 certificate programs; classes year-round

Athletic teams 17 21

CO2 emissions 8,070 MTCO2e 3,794 MTCO2e (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

Institutional budget $20.98m (200607) $64.65 m (201516)

Retention 70.9% 77.9% (fall 2015)

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 stop shaking in front of all those people with everybody in caps and gowns. The
best part is saying, Ladies and gentlemen, the Class of whatever year it is and to
hear the eruption. So Commencement will be among my most cherished memo-
ries because its really fun.

The people, too, you know, the friends that weve made. We went on an alumni trip
to Spain in 2013 right after really hard decisions had to be made. I remember how
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great everybody was on the trip. And alumni are key to the support of the school.
There have been some incredible leaders and loyal alums. What would be great for
the institution is if the group of those involved was even larger, so I envision a great
future with more opportunities for recent alumni to keep them connected to
Colby-Sawyer.

There were some tough times, too. Those hard decisions you mentioned involved the
2013 layoffs of 15 staff members. Was that the low point of your presidency?

Oh, absolutely. No question. The reductions in personnel and the affiliated deci-
sions were by far the hardest Ive had to make.

And there were sad times. Corey Worsham was a student and a soccer player who
died on Thanksgiving weekend during my first fall. Ill never forget that. And I dont
want to list a bunch of people, but I think one of the things you get out of this job is
a longitudinal history of the institution really quickly, which is great, but you also
then deal with transitions of birth and death. And so I remember those times and
those people.

Have you had to make sacrifices for this job?

No. I dont think that way. That first year being separated from Susan was really
hard. I love movies and havent watched as many as Id like. And sometimes you
have to do things that, for various reasons, youd rather not have done. For
PHOTO: GIL TALBOT

instance, somebody might make a decision you wouldnt have made, but youve
got to back them up. So theres a kind of internal cost with that. But I dont feel sac-
rifice. I just think Ive been lucky to have had the job and the opportunity.

One of the hard things about these jobs is that sometimes people take your deci-
sions personally, and thats hard because your relationship or your potential rela-
tionship with someone can be adversely affected by that reality. But I would say Ive
made incredibly wonderful friends whom I hope are better at keeping in touch than
I am because Im really bad at that. If theyre good at it, though, theyll be friends of
mine for the rest of my life.

What do you love about the law, and how did being a lawyer influence your
presidency?

What I love about the law is that at the end of the day there are very few set answers
the law is constantly changing. That and the fact that since law touches our lives
in almost every way, you need to be conversant in a lot of stuff to be a good lawyer.
Sounds like the liberal arts are helpful, right? So, my legal background taught me, in
part, how to keep teaching myself. It taught me how to ask questions, and it made
me more accepting of, if not always comfortable with, uncertainty.

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What is the place of liberal arts in 21st-century education, and what is its place at PRESIDENT GALLIGANS
Colby-Sawyer? NEXT ADVENTURE:
DEAN OF LSUS LAW CENTER
The place of liberal arts is firm. It has to be because its the foundation upon which
all learning is built. And so STEM science, technology, engineering and math On Feb. 4, President Galligan accepted
is critically important, but science and math are liberal arts. Thats half of STEM. the position of dean of Louisiana State
The liberal arts teach critical thinking. The liberal arts teach the ability to communi- Universitys Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
cate. The liberal arts teach the ability to understand somebody elses perspective. His role there begins July 1.
The liberal arts teach us how the great knowledge of our world is, in sum, a mirror.
Its a mirror and a prism at the same time. The LSU post is a homecoming for
the president; from 1986 to 1998, he
The liberal arts give us the skill to adapt in our lives. I never took accounting, but I taught at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center
like to think Im pretty good with a budget. Those are liberal arts skills. I never took at Louisiana State University, where he
public speaking, but I had to learn how to communicate my message. So its a was named the Dr. Dale E. Bennett
liberal arts skill. I appreciate popular culture, but I hope I can relate it back to other Professor of Law and was honored by
things and realize whats rubbish and what maybe has some enduring value. Thats the students as the Outstanding LSU
all the liberal arts, and I think our business graduates will become CEOs because of Professor six times.
their liberal arts education. Our nursing graduates are more compassionate and
better able to succeed because of their ability to analyze and to write. When I read When we came to Colby-Sawyer ten
about the presidential candidates, Im better able to evaluate my choice based on years ago, it felt right, said President
my liberal arts education. And when I look up at the stars at night, I dont wonder Galligan. Now, LSU feels just as right.
what they are. Im amazed by them, but I understand a little how the universe Its where I began my teaching career;
works because of my liberal arts education. So my life is fuller. its a fabulous place with wonderful
faculty, staff and students. And LSU has
I dont think the liberal arts are always going to be the heart of every educational energetic, dedicated leadership focused
experience, but theyre going to make the other things we do richer because theyre on the future of higher education.
a part of it. But, at the same time, they dont stand alone. So our philosophy majors
have to have an internship, and they put what they learn to work in the field. I see it President Galligan was one of 29 candi-
as part of a wonderful combination. Thats what makes Colby-Sawyer so special dates for the position and one of two
we really do combine the liberal arts with professional preparation. finalists.

What are your hopes for the college? We are pleased to bring Thomas Gal-
ligan back to LSU as the dean of the LSU
My hopes for Colby-Sawyer are that it figures out even more ways to emphasize the Law Center, LSU President F. King Alex-
liberal arts and engage in professional preparation. I hope every classroom is a ander said in a statement. We are
21st- and then a 22nd-century classroom. seeing more opportunities for our law
students than ever before with collabora-
I hope we have even more alternative education models to extend our mission both tions across campus, and we feel Tom is
through the distance medium and maybe through more hybrid programs. I the right leader to continue to grow and
imagine that our graduate programs in nursing will be thriving and that we will further these opportunities.
have expanded into other graduate programs.
The Law Center dean provides adminis-
I would hope that we are financially strong and stable but still providing opportunity trative oversight for all aspects of aca-
to significant numbers of students who could not otherwise afford a college educa- demic life within the center, including
tion. I hope that when we look at the population of our students, they are from all strategic planning, fiscal management,
over the United States as well as from New England. I hope we have new majors. personnel development, academic pro-
grams, research enterprises and student
It will be great when I come back to visit and can watch a night soccer match under enrollment. The dean also has primary
the lights. And I would love, when I walk down Main Street, to see stores that cater responsibilities for external initiatives
to a student population. And I would love, after I went to that night game, to be that include community outreach and
able to go to some wonderful little place on Main Street and have breakfast at 11 development. The dean will report to the
p.m. surrounded by a whole bunch of Colby-Sawyer students. executive vice president and provost and
serve as the chief academic and admin-
istrative officer for the Law Center.
Kate Seamans has been at Colby-Sawyer since 2007 and is the senior director of College
Communications. She holds a B.A. from Colby College and an M.F.A. from Lesley University.
Kate Seamans

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 Infinite Impact
gifts that make a difference

IN APRIL 2015, Colby-Sawyer publicly

launched the most ambitious and
exciting fundraising effort in our history:
the $60 million Power of Infinity
Campaign. The campaign acknowledges
the strengths and potential of our college,
the essential role of our alumni and
friends, and the infinite impact that
we can have together.

INFINITE ENGAGEMENT

OUR INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM

INFINITE POTENTIAL
PHOTOS: MICHAEL SEAMANS
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engages students within and beyond the
classroom. Every student completes a
comprehensive internship. Whether they
train nearby at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center, take part in the Colorado
River Watershed field study, or intern at
a New York City financial institution, our
students graduate with real-world
experience, ready to make a difference.

INFINITE CONNECTION
THIS IS A PLACE where students
feel at home. Here, they are encouraged
to embrace their differences, nurture
their talents, forge lifelong friendships
with professors and classmates, and
become what they are meant to be.
Long after they leave our campus,
students reap the benefits of their
college experience and take pride
in their Colby-Sawyer connection.
COLBY-SAWYER ALUMNI have gone
on to some of the nations most
prestigious graduate programs and have
excelled in virtually every arena. Our
graduates can be found in Fortune 500
companies and Silicon Valley startups.
Among our alumni and faculty are
legislators, military leaders, nurses and
lawyers, authors, educators, venture
capitalists, professional athletes,
Hollywood actors and producers,
California vintners, human rights and
environmental activists, and more.
INFINITE OUTCOMES
SO FAR, alumni and friends have given nearly
$25 million, or about 40% of our goal. Every
gift to the Colby-Sawyer Fund also counts
toward the Power of Infinity Campaign and
we are infinitely grateful to everyone who has
contributed.
To continue to support the campaign, simply
return the enclosed gift envelope. Or, make
your gift online at campaign.colby-sawyer.edu.
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out + about

SALLY SHAW VEITCH 66:

With a $1 Million Gift, Her
Legend Grows
by Mike Gregory

Sally Shaw Veitch 66 recently described in one word how it felt

to have Colby-Sawyers track and field named after her: weird.
Im not a big fan of having my name on things, she said, and

PHOTO: GREG DANILOWSKI

laughed. Instead, Veitch prefers to keep a low profile, often con-
ducting her philanthropy anonymously through her family
foundation. I dont do it to have titles, she said, but as for the
Sally Shaw Veitch Track and Field, which was dedicated in 2013,
Veitch acknowledged the title was inevitable. I guess Im
getting used to it, she said, before letting loose with another
peal of laughter. They were insistent it not be the anonymous and Yarmouth, Maine, Veitch sits on the boards of many non-
track. profits, including Colby-Sawyer.

In October 2013, Veitch was inducted into Colby-Sawyers
Legends Society, which honors donors whose philanthropy at
the college equals $1 million or more. While much of Veitchs
support has been directed toward the colleges athletic pro-
grams, she was one of the first major donors to support the
new art building. Last fall, she made another gift of $1 million
to the Power of Infinity Campaign.
Veitch prefers to keep a low profile, often
Veitch sees true value in supporting her alma mater. Most of
the organizations our foundation gets involved with, she
explained, are what I term the little guy they really need
the money and do good things with it. As an example, Veitch
mentioned the renovation of the Coffin Field House in the Dan
and Kathleen Hogan Sports Center. In 2007, the gym floor was
warped, and Veitch realized she had a chance to make a pro-
found difference in students lives. Thanks in large part to her
generosity, a new floor was soon installed for our Chargers.

conducting her philanthropy anonymously
through her family foundation.
Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, Veitch came to Colby Junior
because of a love of New England, a desire to strike out from
the heartland, and because her mothers close friend thought it
would be a good fit based on her own daughters experience at
the college. She continued her education at the University of
Denver and earned a B.A. in history.
As a trustee of Colby-Sawyer, Veitch is part of the Presidential
Search Committee tasked with identifying President Galligans
successor as well as the Steering Committee for the Power of
Infinity Campaign. She enjoys her frequent visits to campus for
board meetings, and with such hands-on involvement in Colby-
Sawyers future, Veitch is bullish about the colleges possibili-
ties. The board is outstanding, she said, with a lot of diverse
backgrounds and great ideas, and really positive thinkers. So
the futures good.

I had no grandiose ideas, she recalled of her time as a

student. It wasnt like today, when everyones so focused and Mike Gregory is the director of Advancement Communications. He has
been at Colby-Sawyer since 2005 and holds a B.F.A. from Concordia
knows what they want to do. I just went to college. Veitch
University in Montreal.
worked before marrying and devoting herself to raising two
sons. Now dividing her time between Colorado Springs, Colo.,

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 portfolio
In October, Gibney Distinguished Profes-
sor of Humanities Patrick Anderson,
Ph.D., presented the lecture Spirit of
Place: Native Lands and Cultures of the
American Southwest in Tamworth, N.H.,
as part of the Mt. Washington Valleys
Community Read program. He focused on
the Anasazi culture of such ancient sites
as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Hoven-
weep and Canyon de Chelly, where he has
done research. Professor Anderson also
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
wrote a piece for In Media Res called
Rocky Rides Again: Creed and the Ameri-
can Dream, part of the websites week
devoted to the American Dream on Film
curated by Ella Tucan 14.
Associate Professor and Chair of Natural
Sciences Nick Baer, Ph.D., received a
$3,000 grant from the Charles E. and
Edna T. Brundage Charitable, Scientific,
and Wildlife Conservation Foundation to
study pathogen transport during autumn
migration with migratory birds of prey.
He is working with four senior biology
majors, in collaboration with Assistant
Professor of Natural Sciences James
Jukosky, Ph.D., to employ molecular
sampling techniques aimed at identifying
the presence of Eastern Equine Encepha-
litis and West Nile virus from samples
collected from migratory hawks. Stu
dents accompanied Professor Baer this
fall to band and collect samples as part
of the Cape May Raptor Banding Project
in New Jersey.
Sharon Beaudry, M.B.A, adjunct faculty
in business administration, was one of
25 working group members to write and
edit A Guide to the Human Resource
Body of Knowledge, published in October
by the HR Certification Institute.
Director of Campus Safety Pete Berthi-
aume and New London Police Depart-
ment Chief Ed Andersen presented the
program Active Shooter: Prevention,
Preparation and Response to faculty and
staff and several New London Hospital
employees last fall.
Tim Bradley 05 directed and produced
the documentary The Whiskey Treaty
Roadshow. See page 75 for more.
Associate Professor of Humanities Ewa
Chrusciel, Ph.D., published her article in
Polish about peer feedback and revision
in creative writing as a chapter in
Creative Writing in Theory and Practice.
Her second book of poems in English,
Contraband of Hoopoe, was reviewed by
Lynarra Featherly in Tupelo Quarterly.
Professor Chrusciel also published
selected poems in these anthologies:
Scattering the Dark: An Anthology of
Polish Women; Poet Showcase: An Anthol-
ogy of New Hampshire Poets; Devouring
the Green; and Anthology of New Writing.
She was invited to read her poetry and
give a talk on translation at Penn State
University; other readings took her to
Manhattan and around New England.
Michael Clark, enrollment marketing
manager in Admissions, published Orin
and the Elementals Part One: Moving
Slideways in December. The book, the
first of five installments, was edited by
Megan Ruggiero 10, associate publish-
ing manager at Hasbro.
Ann Bemis Day 50 operates her
publishing company Raven Croft Books
out of her own independent cottage at
Rivermeads Continuing Care Retirement
Facility in Peterborough, N.H., where she
moved two years ago after more than 60
years at Knoll Farm in Waitsfield, Vt. Her
latest book, Poetry Through the Year, is
an engagement calendar featuring her
photos and poems. Day also writes
nature articles for the Mad River Valleys
Valley Reporter and has published
several nature books and collections.
Jon Keenan, M.F.A, Joyce J. Kolligian
Distinguished Professor and Sonja C.
Davidow 56 Endowed Chair in the
Fine and Performing Arts, was at
Tokyo University of the Arts in Novem-
ber on a Fulbright Specialist grant as
part of the Council for International
Exchange of Scholars (CIES) Program.
PHOTO: MICHAEL SEAMANS
He presented his methods for
wood-firing ceramics with anagama
and lectured on the differences
between American and Japanese
contemporary ceramic cultures.
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 In addition to making substantial prog-
ress in his research and development in
the use of local sustainable materials in
his ceramic processes, Artist in Resi-
dence in the Fine and Performing Arts
out + about
Department David Ernster, M.F.A.,
again received the Best in Ceramics
award at the Living with Craft exhibition
at the Annual League of New Hampshire
Craftsmen Fair in August. He was invited
to participate in Animals at the Fells at
the historic John Hay Estate on Lake
Sunapee, where he also demonstrated
some of his techniques during Artists
Weekend. Professor Ernsters work was
part of the Annual Juried Show at the
AVA gallery in Lebanon, N.H., and it was
featured in a two-person show at the
Zero Celsius micro gallery in New
London as well as in the annual faculty
exhibition at Colby-Sawyer. He also has
work in the traveling show Insightful,
which features tactile work for the visual-
ly impaired. His work was featured in
New Hampshire Magazine and New
Hampshire Home Magazine, and he was
interviewed about his work by The Hippo
Press and YCN News.
Deborah Gould 67 published her
second novel, The Eastern, in July. Set in
the early 1800s, the book chronicles five
families who settle on the Eastern River
in Pittston, Maine. Together, they build
an agricultural community based on
New England values of cooperation and
reciprocity.
Maggie Gousse 13 published the chil-
drens book From Nanas Window. Incor-
porating illustrations done by her
grandmother in the 1960s, the poetic
story tells of native songbirds and their
sounds. Gousse holds a masters degree
in environmental law and policy from
Vermont Law School.
Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences
James Jukosky, Ph.D., and his research
colleagues at the Geisel School of Medi-
cine at Dartmouth published an article
in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry
titled In vivo Cigarette Smoke Exposure
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Decreases CCL20, SLPI, and BD-1 Secre-
tion by Human Primary Nasal Epithelial
Cells.
Associate Professor of Natural Sciences
Semra Kilic-Bahi, Ph.D., attended the
annual national Joint Mathematics
Meeting (JMM) organized by the Mathe-
matical Association of America and
American Mathematical Society. As chair
of the committee on the Participation of
Women in Mathematics, she facilitated
its meeting and represented the
committee at the Council on the Profes-
sion and Joint Committee on Women
meetings.
Frances King 67 is a personal biographer
who has helped edit numerous memoirs.
Among the most recent are Wilbers War:
An American Familys Journey through
World War II by Hale Bradt and Innova-
tion Life Love: Reflections on Living with
Mortality by Michael Gollin.
Adjunct faculty member and research
consultant Elizabeth M. G. Krajewski,
Ph.D., will present her paper Cuthbert
and the Gospel of Matthew: Biblical
Influences in the Anonymous Life of St.
Cuthbert at the 51st International
Congress on Medieval Studies in
Kalamazoo, Mich., in May. The paper is
a synopsis of a chapter from her doctor-
al dissertation, which she successfully
defended at University of Wales Trinity
Saint David in December.
Associate Professor of Business Admin-
istration Chris Kubik, D.B.A., presented
To the Boardroom and Beyond: An
Active Learning Odyssey at the Accredi-
tation Council for Business Schools and
Programs (ACBSP) Regional Conference
in October. As the recipient of the Best
of Region award, Professor Kubik will
represent Region I at the ACBSP nation-
al conference this June in Atlanta.
Colby-Sawyer opened its annual Faculty
Art Exhibit, featuring recent works by the
fine and performing arts faculty in
ceramics, graphic design, painting,
photography, printmaking and sculpture,
with a reception on Nov. 12.
Contributing faculty were Professors
Loretta Barnett, Jon Keenan and Bert
Yarborough; Associate Professor Hilary
Walrod; Artist-in-Residence David
Ernster; and Assistant Professors
Nicholas Gaffney, Mary Mead and
Michael Lovell.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE LOVELL
Highlighted in the exhibit was Professor
Lovells installation that incorporated
scenic painting techniques and set and
prop building techniques to make a
sculpture you can walk into. Professor
Lovell came to Colby-Sawyer in 2000
and holds a B.F.A. from Cornell Universi-
ty and an M.F.A. from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago. He is technical
director of the Sawyer Fine Arts Center
Theater, directs theater productions and
teaches courses in stagecraft.
Melissa Meade, Ph.D., associate profes-
sor and chair of the Humanities Depart-
ment, in her role as research associate
for the Library of Congress Radio Preser-
vation Taskforce, gave the talk The
Archive as Community Practice in
February at the conference Saving
Americas Radio Heritage: Radio Preser-
vation, Access and Education in Wash-
ington, D.C. In April, she led the
workshop Freedom Recycling Bin at
the FemTechNet Distributed Open
Collaborative Conference: Feminist >
Pedagogy, Technology, Transdisciplinari-
ty at the University of Michigan.
In November, TIME magazine examined
The Hyper-Competitive, Data-Driven
Future of Fitness, and talked with
Russell Medbery, Ph.D., professor of
Exercise and Sport Sciences, about the
gameification of fitness.

Assistant Professor of Fine and
Performing Arts Mary Mead, M.F.A.,
has had a print from her current series
of images focused on waves, surf and
the ocean chosen for inclusion in the
International Print Center New Yorks
(IPCNY) Winter 2016/New Prints exhi-
bition. Untitled VII is from a three-plate
series of spit-bite aquatints. The
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY MEAD
IPCNY is a nonprofit institution that
produces scholarly publications and
education programs in the art of the
print as well as an ongoing series of
exhibitions. It has been described as
the epicenter of the print world.
Associate Professor of Social Sciences
and Education Darcy Mitchell, Ph.D.,
had her paper Spilling over: Partner
parenting stress as a predictor of family
cohesion in families of adolescents with
developmental disabilities accepted for
publication in the peer-reviewed journal
Research in Developmental Disabilities.
Peter Noonan 95 contributed the illus-
trations to the first educational chil-
drens book published by Manchesters
SEE Science Center. We thought youd
never ask! is a whimsical exploration of
the dinosaur age in which children pose
questions to the bygone beasts.
In October, health promotion major
Sarah Perry 16 was interviewed in
Penises, pubs and positivity: Tumblr is
changing sex ed by the British online
magazine Dazed about her Tumblr blog
Sex Ed with Sarah, discussing sexual
education, reproductive rights and
womens rights.
Susan Patricelli-Regan 64 is the host of
the public access TV show CT Valley
Views. In 2015, the program was
honored for the third consecutive year
with an Ollie Award, presented annually
by Windsor Community Television to
recognize outstanding programming.
Stephanie Brown Reininger 55 taught
an all-day watercolor workshop at the
AVA Gallery in Lebanon, N.H., in Jan.
Her watercolors were also on display at
the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at
Dartmouth College this winter.
Along with several colleagues and Presi-
dent Thomas C. Galligan Jr., Assistant
Professor of Humanities Paul Robert-
son, Ph.D., gave the talk Religion After
Religion: Millennials in a Post-Religious
Age at Colby-Sawyers TEDx event,
which will be published online through
TED Talks. (See more about the TEDx
Talks on page 9.) Professor Robertson
also presented two papers at the Ameri-
can Academy of Religion and Society of
Biblical Literature national meeting in
Atlanta: Construction of Mythical
Founders in the Ancient Mediterranean:
Pauls Jesus and Greco-Roman Philo-
sophical Schools and Individualized
Appellation as Polemic in Late Antiquity.
Director of Student Success and Reten-
tion Kim Sauerwein, M.Ed., presented
Metrics for Success: An Assessment
Planning Process for Student Success
and Retention at the New England
Educational Assessment Network Fall
Forum in Worcester, Mass. She also led
faculty and staff from around the region
in a discussion of measures for institu-
tional and student success and targeted
strategies for gathering measurable
data. The Colby-Sawyer Plan for Student
Success and Retention was highlighted
as a model for best practice in higher
education.
Professor of Natural Sciences Ben
Steele, Ph.D., co-authored the paper
Stress hormones mediate state-
dependent reproductive investment in
the face of danger in a long-lived bird.
Published in the Journal of Zoology, the
paper presents the results of 10 years
of research on the Common Eider in
Finland that Professor Steele conducted
with his international colleagues.
Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences
Kerstin Stoedefalke, Ph.D., traveled to
the University of Exeter in England and
Swansea, Wales, to coordinate a nutri-
tional analysis research project. The
focus of the research is to evaluate the
dietary habits of college-age students
through the use of a three-day dietary
log. The research will include data
collected at Colby-Sawyer and Lincoln
University.
Bert Yarborough, M.F.A., Sonja C.
Davidow 56 Endowed Chair in the Fine
and Performing Arts, was part of the
exhibition Lost Cat at the Cape Cod
Museum of Art in Dennis, Mass., that
ran through mid-January.
Professors of Exercise and Sport
Sciences Jean Eckrich, Ph.D., and Russ
Medbery, Ph.D., co-presented with
recent graduates at the New England
Chapter of the American College of
Sports Medicine Conference in Provi-
dence, R.I., on Oct. 14. Kaylyn Mitchell
15 and Brittany Venuti 15 presented
their poster The Relationship between
Balance and Core Stability, a project
they completed with Jackie Keating 15
and Stephanie Vecchio 15. Shanshan
Chen 15 and Bryan Vrooman 15
presented their poster The Effects of
Foam Rolling on Ankle Dorsiflexion
Mobility, their Capstone project they
completed with Nick Austin 15 and
Nyok Malwal 15.
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 THE SEASON IN SPORTS FALL / WINTER 2015 2016
by Ryan Emerson

MENS SOCCER (11-8, 8-1, NAC) leaders in several categories including earned NAC Player of the Week in the
sports

The mens soccer team, selected to finish sixth in points, 10th in assists and assists first week of October after scoring all
third in the North Atlantic Conference per game, fourth in points per game and three of the Chargers goals in a 3-2
(NAC) standings, went 8-1 and earned 11th in total goals. victory over eventual NAC champion
the third seed in the NAC Tournament, Thomas College. He recorded his first
after a tie breaker with two other 8-1 Sexton was named to the National career hat-trick lifting Colby-Sawyer to
teams. Although the Chargers were upset Soccer Coaches Association of America defeat the Terriers for the first time
in the first round, the team made a third All-New England Region Third Team, since 2011.
straight appearance in the Eastern becoming the fifth Colby-Sawyer
College Athletic Conference (ECAC) mens soccer player to be honored by First-year student Matt Schiller
Tournament. the NSCAA and the first since Nic (Slingerlands, N.Y.) earned a NAC Rookie
DeZenzo 08, who was named in 2007. of the Week award after his game-winning
The Chargers reached the postseason for goal in a 3-2 comeback win against
the 20th time in the past 21 years and a Sexton, who earned All-NAC First Team Plymouth State. Down 2-0, Colby-Sawyer
berth into the ECAC Tournament for the accolades for the second straight season, netted two goals to tie the game, which
fourth time in program history. Colby- led all NAC players with 47 points on 17 set Schiller up for the game winner, as he
Sawyer finished with an 11-8 overall goals and 13 assists. He also led the found the back of the net in the 80th
record to register back-to-back double conference with five game-winning goals. minute.
digit wins for the first time since 1996 In only conference games, Sexton regis-
1997. The eight conference wins set a tered a league best 38 points and 15 Junior Andrew Clothier (Matamata, New
single-season program record. goals. He was second with eight assists. Zealand) recorded the third most assists
He finished the year with several in a season with 10. He has 20 career
Sophomore Denali Sexton (Barrington, single-season records including 18 goals, helpers, just two shy of the program
R.I.) improved upon his remarkable 13 assists and 49 points. Sexton ends his record.
rookie season and has been recognized sophomore campaign ranked second in
as one of the top players in the nation. program history in career points (79), WOMENS SOCCER (13-4-2, 8-1 NAC)
Sexton garnered numerous awards and second in goals (30) and third in assists The womens soccer team won its third
ranked near the top of the national (19). During the season Sexton was straight NAC title in 2015 after defeating
named NSCAA Division III National intrastate foe New England College, 1-0 in
Player of the Week, an NAC Player of the the championship match.
Week and an ECAC Player of the Week.
The Chargers earned the second seed in
Junior Rick Prindivilles (Hooksett, N.H.) the NAC Tournament after posting an 8-1
defense was instrumental in collecting six record in conference play. After a 1-0
clean sheets in 2015, which included five overtime victory over Maine Maritime in
in NAC contests. For his efforts he was
The womens soccer team won its third straight
one of the four defenders named to the NAC championship defeating New England
All-NAC First Team. Prindiville also College 1-0 in the finals.
scored two goals in his third season,
which included the game winner in a 1-0
NAC victory over Maine Maritime.
PHOTO: JOHN QUACKENBOS

Senior Zach Anderson (Ipswich, Mass.)

PHOTO: COLBY-SAWYER ATHLETICS

was named to the All-NAC Sports

manship Team.

Sophomore Zach Elmore (Berlin, Vt.)

Sophomore Denali Sexton ranked sixth in the finished second on the team with 27
nation in points, fourth in points per game, 10th in
assists, 10th in assists per game and 11th in goals.
points on 12 goals and three assists. He

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 the semifinals, and an upset victory by
New England College over top seed
Castleton State, Colby-Sawyer was the
site of the championship match for the
fourth straight season.
First-year student Abbie Sansoucy
(Douglas, Mass.) scored the game-
winning goal late in the second half of
the championship match against the NEC
Pilgrims and was named Tournament
MVP. Sophomore Emily Martin
(Amesbury, Mass.) sent the Chargers to
the championship with the game-winning
overtime goal against Maine Maritime in
the semifinals and was named to the All-
Tournament team. Senior Dominique
Papa (Farmington, Conn.), senior Karley
Hamilton (Bradford, Vt.), and sophomore
Corrie Hoyt (Lebanon, Conn.) were also
named All-Tournament.
Colby-Sawyer is 41-2-2 in regular season
conference matches since joining the
NAC in 2011.
The Chargers, having won 11 of their last
12 matches, drew number 16 Amherst
College in the first round of the NCAA
Tournament. The match was evenly
played throughout, but Amherst struck in
the 80th minute with the game-winning
goal to advance with a 1-0 victory and
end Colby-Sawyers season at 13-4-2.
The womens soccer team supported Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October with pink uniforms in a
3-0 win over Green Mountain College.
PHOTO: COLBY-SAWYER ATHLETICS
Hoyt, junior Kelsey Campbell (Upton,
Mass.) and junior Rachel Quaye
(Westminster, Mass.) earned All-NAC
First Team honors for the second straight
season. Martin and Sansoucy were
named to the All-NAC Second Team.
In addition to being named All-NAC,
Quaye became the fourth Colby-Sawyer
womens soccer player to earn NSCAA
All-New England Region honors. She was
named to the third team. Quaye led the
PHOTO: LES JORGENSEN
team with 19 points on eight goals and
three assists to bring her career totals to
18 goals, nine assists and 45 points.
Quaye, who was named NAC Player of
the Week once, finished with a team best
four game-winning goals. She also was
named to the All-NAC Sportsmanship
Team.
Hoyt, the 2014 NAC Rookie of the Year,
solidified herself as one of the top
defenders in the conference after earning
back-to-back nods to the first team. She
has started in every Colby-Sawyer match
(29) over the last two seasons and has
aided the team to 20 shutouts.
Campbell scored three times in 2015 and
was tied for second with two game
winners. She has been a consistent
scoring option for the Chargers, tallying
at least three goals each season.
Abbie Sansoucy 19 scored the game-winning goal
in a 1-0 triumph over New England College in the
NAC Championship and was named NAC
Tournament MVP.
Martin, once named NAC Defensive
Player of the Week, scored three goals
including a pair of game winners. She
started in all 19 of the Chargers matches
and was an instrumental part in the
Colby-Sawyer defense that posted 11
clean sheets.
Sansoucy was twice named NAC Rookie
of the Week, and once an NAC Player of
the Week and ECAC Rookie of the Week.
She finished fourth on the team with 10
points on four goals and two assists,
while patrolling the backline for the
Chargers defense in all 19 matches.
Colby-Sawyer goalie Hamilton was
named NAC Defensive Player of the Week
and ECAC Defensive Player of the Week
after recording a pair of shutouts in the
NAC Tournament. She finished her career
as one of the top goaltenders to wear the
Chargers uniform. Hamilton ranks first
all-time in wins with 45 and goals against
average at .72 and ninth in saves with 252.
She also holds single-season records in
wins (19) and shutouts (16).
FIELD HOCKEY (8-9, 2-3 NAC)
The Colby-Sawyer field hockey team
continued to improve in its fifth year as a
varsity program. The Chargers saw an
increase in wins for the fourth straight
season and finished with a program best
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 The Chargers outscored their opponents
25-3 in the eight wins, which included a
program record six shutouts. The team
set single-season records in points (101),
goals (39) and assists (23).
PHOTO: MATT PLOUFFE 17
First-year student Jordan Teixeira (Exeter,
sports
N.H.) had the best season in the first five
years of the program. She registered
single season records in points (22) and
assists (6) while collecting the second
Senior Brittany Grandbois scored a single-season
record nine goals in 2015. most goals in a season with eight. For
her efforts, Teixeira became the first
eight victories. The team went 8-9 overall Charger to be named NAC Rookie of the
and 2-3 in the conference to earn the Year.
programs first trip to the NAC
Tournament. Teixeira also landed on the NAC All-
Conference Team. She was also the first
Colby-Sawyer held the fourth seed in the Charger to earn Longstreth/National
NAC Tournament and traveled to Husson Field Hockey Coaches Association
University for the semifinals where the (NFHCA) Division III All-Region Second
Chargers fell to the eventual NAC cham- Team accolades.
pions. Seniors Courtney Andrews
(Bennington, Vt.) and Taylor OConnor In conference play, the rookie finished
(Franklin, N.H.) were named to the the season ranked in the top six in goals
All-Tournament team. (4, t-2nd), points (10, t-2nd), shots
(20, t-4th), game-winning goals (1, t-5th),
assists (2, t-6th) and shots on goal
(14, t-6th). Her game winner came in
Jordan Teixeira 19 was named NAC Rookie of the an essential 3-2 conference victory over
Year, NAC All-Conference and Longstreth/NFHCA
Division III All-Region Second Team.
Castleton State, assuring its first postsea-
son appearance and first victory over the
Spartans. Against UMaine-Farmington,
one of the strongest defensive units in
the conference, Teixeira found the back of
the cage twice, while all other conference
teams netted no more than one team
goal against UM-F. She also earned two
NAC Rookie of the Week honors during
the season.
Senior goalie Jodi Dumayne (Claremont,
N.H.) concluded her career as the best
goalie in program history. She earned
seven wins in 2015 and had four solo
shutouts, combining with senior Kasey
Redmond (Germantown, N.Y.) for
another. Dumayne is the program leader
in wins (21), shutouts (11), saves (539)
and save percentage (.783). She earned
PHOTO: JOHN QUACKENBOS
one NAC Defensive Player of the Week
award and was named ECAC Defensive
Player of the Week. Dumayne also was
named to the NAC Sportsmanship Team.
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First-year student Sierra Schuster
(Hopkinton, N.H.) earned a NAC Rookie
of the Week award during the season.
She finished her rookie year fourth on the
team with 12 points on five goals, includ-
ing the programs second hat-trick, and
two assists.
Senior Brittany Grandbois (East Barre,
Vt.) scored a single-season record nine
goals in 2015. She added three assists for
21 points, which is second most in a
season. On September 19, in a 4-1 win
over Becker College, Grandbois recorded
the programs first hat-trick. She finishes
her career with the third most points
(29), second most goals (12) and seventh
most assists (7).
Head Coach Emily Rinde-Thorsen was
honored as the NAC Coach of the Year
after directing the Chargers to their first
postseason appearance since joining the
NAC in 2011.
WOMENS TENNIS
(14-2, 7-0 NEAC East)
The womens tennis team earned its
fourth straight NEAC East Division title
with a 6-0 win over Castleton State.
Picked as the preseason favorite once
again, the Chargers went undefeated
through conference play for the fourth
straight year. Colby-Sawyer will face the
winner of the NEAC West Division in the
spring with a trip to the NCAA
Tournament on the line.
The Chargers had the best statistical
season since the 2008 team recorded
winning percentages in singles and
doubles above .800. Colby-Sawyer
finished the fall with a combined doubles
record of 47-9 (.839) and a singles record
of 75-18 (.806). The team wrapped up the
first semester with an overall record of
14-2 and a conference record of 7-0. The
Chargers are 34-1 since joining the NEAC
East Division in 2011. The team will
resume play in the spring with a few
matches prior to the NEAC Crossover
Championship on May 7.
Colby-Sawyer hosted the NEAC East
Tournament where the home team
 Ramsay, OConnor and Woodside were
named First Team Singles All-Conference.
Woodside and Ramsay also were named
First Team Doubles All-Conference after
compiling a 13-3 record with an unblem-
PHOTO: MATT PLOUFFE 17

ished conference record of 5-0. The duo

teamed for the second straight season at
the Salve Regina Grass Court Doubles
Tournament, taking top honors in Flight
A for the second straight time defeating a
Evelyn Miller 19 (left) and Aislinn OConnor 19 team from Holy Cross. Woodside went
(right) teamed for an impressive 16-3 record and 10-3 in singles including a 5-0 mark in
went 7-0 in conference play. The duo was named
Second Team Doubles All-Conference.
conference action.

PHOTO: JOHN QUACKENBOS

cruised to another championship, defeat- Miller and OConnor were named Second
ing Johnson State 9-0 in the semifinals Team Doubles All-Conference. The duo
and Castleton State 6-0 in the finals. The compiled an overall record of 16-3 and
Chargers and Castleton Spartans have reached the finals of the Flight B champi-
met in the past five championship onships at the Salve Regina Grass Court
matches with Colby-Sawyer winning the Doubles Tournament. The team went 7-0 Senior Ashlyn Ramsay, the 2015 NEAC East Player
last four. Senior Ashlyn Ramsay in conference play. Miller also had a of the Year for the second straight season, is the
programs all-time leader in total wins, doubles
(Barkhamsted, Conn.) was named tour- stellar singles year in her first season with wins and singles wins.
nament MVP, while sophomores Evelyn the Chargers. She was 13-1 (5-0 in NEAC)
Miller (Smithfield, R.I.) and Ashley and tied for the team lead in wins with
Woodside (Hampden, Maine) were Ramsay. Miller earned three NEAC East Head Coach Barry Schoonmaker earned
named to the All-Tournament Team. Rookie of the Week awards during the his third NEAC East Coach of the Year
season. award. Since joining the league in the
Ramsay claimed her second straight fall of 2011, Schoonmaker has led the
NEAC East Player of the Year award. The Sophomore Lauren Blanchard (Agawam, Chargers to a 34-1 regular season
senior ended the fall portion of the Mass.) was named to the All-NAC conference record, four NEAC East
schedule as Colby-Sawyers all-time Sportsmanship team. Blanchard went Championships, three NEAC Crossover
leader in career wins (121), career doubles 10-2 overall in singles, including a perfect Championships and three NCAA
wins (66) and career singles wins (55). 5-0 mark in conference play. She also Tournaments. The Colby-Sawyer head
She went 13-2 overall and 6-0 in NEAC collected a 12-2 record in doubles and coach has also produced four Players
play at the top singles flight. She was went 4-0 against conference opponents. of the Year, three Rookies of the Year
named NEAC East Player of the Week and 27 all-conference selections.
four times and was honored by the ECAC
as Co-Player of the Month for September. The womens tennis team won its fourth straight NEAC East title.
She finishes her NEAC career with a
perfect 23-0 singles record and a 24-0
record in doubles.

First-year student Aislinn OConnor

(New Fairfield, Conn.) was named NEAC
East Rookie of the Year. She posted an
overall record of 8-4 in singles action,
including a perfect 5-0 record in confer-
ence play. OConnor earned NEAC East
Rookie of the Week honors once, became
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the Chargers second-straight Rookie of

the Year and the third in four years.
(Ashley Woodside 14-15 and Ashlyn
Ramsay 12-13).

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 CROSS COUNTRY
The womens team, chosen as the
preseason favorites, earned first place
with a championship best score of 30
points with five runners in the top 11. The
second-place team scored 59 points in
the 5K race, which included 106 runners
sports

representing 10 schools.

Junior Emily Lopez (Lincolnville, Maine)

and sophomore Lauren Oligny (Plaistow,
N.H.) finished second and third, respec-
PHOTO: COLBY-SAWYER ATHLETICS
tively, in 20:36.56 and 20:43.47. First-year
student Martha Aschale (Cambridge,
Mass.) placed fifth in 21:54.01, while
senior twin sisters Jordan Springmann
(Mont Vernon, N.H.) and Rachel
Springmann (Mont Vernon, N.H.) turned
in their most impressive runs of the
season to help the Chargers earn the The Womens Cross Country team secured its second straight NAC crown.
championship trophy. Jordan placed
ninth in 22:10.83, while Rachel was close Landing on the All-NAC Second Team time of 19:19.72 on Sept. 19 at UMass
behind in 11th at 22:18.56. were junior Nicole Morris (Salisbury, Vt.), Dartmouth and Oligny set a new 6K
Jordan Springmann and Rachel Spring- mark of 23:18.20 on Oct. 17 at
Aschale was the top first-year student mann. Morris turned in her second top-15 Connecticut College.
finisher at the NAC Championship, finish of the season by placing 14th in
earning her Rookie of the Year honors. 22:31.59. Junior Lea Taylor (Newburyport, Lyndsay Bisaccio was named NAC Coach
She also earned two NAC Rookie of the Mass.) was selected to the All-NAC of the Year for the second straight season
Week honors this season. Aschale, Lopez Sportsmanship Team. after guiding the team to a second
and Oligny earned All-NAC First Team consecutive title.
honors for placing in the top-seven at the Two new program standards were set
NAC Championship. during the season in the 5K and 6K. The Colby-Sawyer mens and womens
Lopez came away with a new 5K record teams were the top finishers of compet-
ing NAC teams at the NCAA Regionals
Martha Aschale 19 was named Rookie of the Year at the NAC Championship. hosted by Connecticut College.

The mens team saw its top five finishers

place in the top-26 of the NAC
Championship.

Senior Ben Bunnell (Barnet, Vt.) placed

fourth with a time of 27:36.30 to lead the
Chargers. Junior Brandon Legendre
(Waterford, Vt.) was the second Charger
to cross the finish line in 11th at 28:26.68.
Sophomore Kody Frye (Keene, N.H.) was
close behind in 17th at 28:51.30, while
junior Travis Yandow (Fairfax, Vt.)
clocked in at 28:58.21 to place 20th. In his
first NAC Championship race, first-year
student Bruin Smith (Cohoes, N.Y.)
PHOTO: MIKE BROGLIO

turned in a solid performance with a 26th

place finish in 29:17.29 to round out the
Chargers top five.

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Senior Ben Bunnell earned All-NAC First Team
accolades after placing fourth at the NAC
Championship. He is the school record holder in
the 6K and 8K.
Bunnell was named to the All-NAC First
Team, while Legendre was named to the
All-NAC Second Team. Senior DJ Ayotte
(East Kingston, N.H.) was selected to the
All-NAC Sportsmanship Team.
Bunnell, who earned his second straight
nod to the All-NAC First Team, earned
four NAC Runner of the Week honors
during the season. He placed in the top
six of four races in 2015, including a win
at New England College in early Sept
ember, which he finished with a 5K
school record time of 16:15. The next
week, Bunnell set a program record in the
8K at UMass-Dartmouth with a time of
25:29.38.
Smith earned an NAC Rookie of the Week
award for his efforts at the James Early
Invitational hosted by Westfield State on
Oct. 10.
WOMENS VOLLEYBALL
(12-25, 6-0 NAC)
The womens volleyball team won its fifth
straight NAC championship and eighth
conference title overall. The Chargers won
three Commonwealth Coast Conference
championships (1999, 2003, 2005)
before moving to the NAC in 2011.
Colby-Sawyer finished the season with an
overall record of 12-25 and was 6-0 in the
NAC to record the programs fifth
straight perfect conference season.
Colby-Sawyer has won all 32 of its confer-
ence matches since joining the NAC and
has won 96 out of 99 sets played.
After earning a fifth consecutive number-
one seed in the NAC Tournament, the
Chargers swept Lyndon State 3-0 in the
semifinals. Colby-Sawyer then earned a
3-0 win in the championship match over
Maine Maritime for the fifth straight
season.
Junior Gabrielle Rodriguez (Rancho
Cucamonga, Calif.), who was twice
named NAC Player of the Week, earned
tournament MVP honors after collecting
a match-best 15 kills, three blocks and
three aces. Senior Kelsey Sullivan
(Laconia, N.H.) had eight kills and eight
digs, while senior Kelsey McCulley
(Southampton, N.Y.) hit an impressive
.467 for nine kills. Both Kelseys were
named to the All-Tournament team.
The Chargers drew 18th ranked Clarkson
University in the programs eighth trip to
the NCAA Tournament. The 28-8
Beavers, who won the regional, came
away with a 3-0 win, ending the Chargers
season.
Sophomore Lexi Strong (Somersworth,
N.H.) was named NAC Defensive Player
of the Year for the second straight
season. She also earned her second
straight nod to the All-NAC First Team.
After an outstanding rookie season,
Strong continued her dominant play
during her sophomore year. The defen-
sive specialist led the league in digs (80)
and digs per set (4.21), while also earning
nine assists and seven service aces
against conference opponents. Overall,
the 2014 NAC Rookie of the Year and now
two-time Defensive Player of the Year
recorded 556 digs, averaging 4.41 per set,
to go along with 73 assists and 32 service
aces. She posted 14 or more digs in 22 of
the 35 matches she played in and notched
the 20-dig plateau 11 times. Strong
claimed seven NAC Defensive Player of
the Week honors, which gives her 12
overall Defensive Player of the Week
honors in her two seasons of play. Strong
collected her 1,000th career dig in a win
at Green Mountain on Oct. 24 and
finished her first two seasons with a total
of 1,090.
Three student-athletes were honored on
the All-NAC Second Team. McCulley,
Sullivan and first-year student Gabrielle
Ratte (Kula, Hawaii) earned their first
all-conference awards.
McCulley led the Chargers offense in
numerous matches resulting in a team-
high 312 kills (2.36 p/s). She was second
on the team with 51 aces and 276 digs.
McCulley earned one NAC Player of the
Week award and ranked toward the top in
several categories in NAC matches only,
including kills per set, hitting percentage,
aces, aces per set, block assists, total
blocks and blocks per set.
Ratte had a solid first season in a
Chargers uniform. She was twice named
NAC Rookie of the Week and was an
ECAC Rookie of the Week. Ratte collected
327 assists, 196 digs and 111 kills. In
conference only matches, Ratte ranked in
the top-10 in assists, assists per set, aces,
aces per set, block assists, total blocks
and blocks per set.
Sullivan was an instrumental part of the
Colby-Sawyer attack in 2015. She had the
second most kills on the team with 276
and led the team with 52 aces. Sullivan
also added the fourth most blocks on the
team with 36. In NAC matches only,
Sullivan ranked second in aces with 19,
averaging 1.0 per set, which was fourth in
the conference. She also ranked sixth in
kills and kills per set, and fourth in points.
Sophomore Alli Lahiff (Haverhill, Mass.)
was selected to represent the Chargers
on the All-NAC Sportsmanship Team.
Ryan Emerson has been Colby-Sawyers Sports
Information Director since 2008. He holds a
B.S. from Western New England University and
an M.B.A. from Providence College.
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sports
Colby-Sawyer Athletics
Celebrates Tenth Hall of Fame Class
by Ryan Emerson
The Colby-Sawyer Athletic Hall of Fame celebrates
the accomplishments of Colby-Sawyer athletes,
coaches, teams and supporters who have
advanced the colleges commitment to excellence.
Since its establishment by the Chargers Club in
2006, the Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted 40
individuals and teams. Colby-Sawyer honored four
individuals and one team as new members of its
Athletic Hall of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 18, during
the Alumni Fall Festival. This years honorees were
basketball players Ethan Casson 96 and Michelle
Dailey 99; tennis, basketball and track athlete Lori
Monroe Lombardi 97; baseball player Jon Nicholas
06 and the 19971998 Mens Basketball Team.
ETHAN CASSON 96
A member of Head Coach Bill Fotis first recruiting class,
Casson helped the Chargers to a 70-31 record in his four years
as floor general. Collecting a school best 454 assists, a record
he held for 16 years, Casson was also a powerful defensive
player with 152 steals, ranking him ninth all-time. His outstand-
ing efforts were recognized with the 19951996 Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC) Robbins Scholar-Athlete Award; in
2013, he was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of
Fame. He has gone on to success in professional sports and is
now the chief operating officer of the NFLs San Francisco
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49ers; formerly, he was vice president of Corporate Sales &
Services and Game Presentation for the NBAs Minnesota
Timberwolves. Casson was recognized by Sports Business
Journal as a member of the Forty Under 40 Class of 2014.
He was previously recognized as a Forty Under 40 by the
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
MICHELLE DAILEY 99
During Daileys three seasons with the womens basketball
program, the Chargers went 70-14, won three conference
championships and made three trips to the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament. In 1997 and 1999,
Colby-Sawyer hosted NCAA Tournament games, and Dailey
was part of the colleges first win in NCAA postseason play for
any sport (1999). The sophomore transfer was named
Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Player of the Year as a
junior and was CCC First Team honoree as a senior. She
finished her Colby-Sawyer tenure with 709 points and her
collegiate career with 1,078 points. Dailey ranks sixth in
program history with 351 career assists. She was invited to try
out for the WNBA after her final season. Dailey and her
19981999 womens basketball teammates were inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2009 in recognition of their outstanding
season. Dailey recently accepted a job as head coach of the
Easthampton High School Girls Varsity Basketball Team in
Massachusetts.
 LORI MONROE LOMBARDI 97
Lombardi made a significant mark on Colby-Sawyer athletics as
one of the greatest womens tennis players in program history
while competing for the track and basketball teams. Lombardis
long list of accomplishments includes leading the Chargers
tennis team to a conference championship each season. She
was named New England Womens Athletic Conference
(NEWAC) All-Conference during her first year and earned
NEWAC All-Tournament accolades in singles and doubles as a
sophomore. As the Chargers transitioned to the CCC in her
junior season, Lombardi again led the team to a championship
and was the second-flight singles champion. In her final
season, she guided the Chargers to a second straight CCC title.
She earned a pair of ECAC Robbins Scholar-Athlete Awards
(19951996, 19961997) and added a CCC Senior Scholar-
Athlete award (1997). She also was named to the tennis GTE
All-American Second Team At Large. Lombardi ranks sixth in
total victories (88), third in singles victories (49) and eighth in
doubles victories (39).
JON NICHOLAS 06
As a four-year starting pitcher for the Colby-Sawyer baseball
team, Nicholas commanded his pitches on the mound, and his
unique style made it tough for opposing hitters to succeed. He
pounded the strike zone, leading to 144 career strikeouts and
ranking him third all-time, and is the program leader in fewest
walks per nine innings at 1.79. Nicholas was named the 2004
CCC Pitcher of the Year after going 5-0 in conference play and
earned a nod to the All-CCC First Team. During his final
PHOTO: SIGNE LINVILLE 06
season, he was named to the All-CCC First Team after leading
the team in innings (55.2) and strikeouts (43). Nicholas won a
school record 22 games and had at least four wins each
season. His name appears throughout the colleges baseball
record books, including first in innings pitched (241.2), first in
appearances (44), complete games (22) and second in starts
(35). Nicholas also holds single season records of innings
pitched (70.2) and complete games (7) and is tied for second
in starts (9) and tied for third in wins (63 times).
THE 19971998 MENS BASKETBALL TEAM
The 19971998 mens basketball team became the colleges
first team to capture an ECAC championship. The Chargers
defeated Plymouth State 85-84 in the first round, Wentworth
70-63 in the semifinals and Keene State 102-95 in the finals.
The team had an overall record of 25-4 and a perfect CCC
record of 13-0. Their 25 wins remains a Colby-Sawyer mens
basketball record, while the undefeated conference mark is one
of only two perfect seasons in program history. The 19971998
team included the following athletes: Shawn Bachelder 99,
Martin Binette 98, Alexi Bobolia 00, team captain Nate Camp
98, Terrell Dozier 00, Jonathan Edwards 99, Marc Ferlo 99,
Bill Gallagher 01, team captain Matt George 98, Brian Joyce
98, Patrick Quinn 98, Michael Spinney 00, Jim Statires 01
and Brian Wilder 99. The team was led by Head Coach Bill
Foti, Assistant Coach Josh Pincoske 97, former Assistant Coach
Tom Brayshaw, student Assistant Coach Kyle Battis 99 and
manager Rob Kasprzak 98.
SWIM TEAM FUELS UP
IN FLORIDA
In January, the Swimming and Diving
teams headed to Islamadora, Fla., to
train at the Ron Levy Aquatic Center.
Head Coach Signe Linville 06 invited
Executive Chef Henry Doyle along to
teach the athletes about nutrition
and create well-balanced meals to
fuel their workouts. Exercise science
students even prepared a presenta-
tion on the nutritional value of the
meals. I am a huge advocate for
healthy eating and fueling our bodies
with the right kinds of foods, said
Coach Linville. I dont want my
team just to swim, I want them to
be #alwayslearning.
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 A
PICTURE-PERFECT
connections
MOMENT
by Jeff Samoray
What do Salvador Dali, John F. Kennedy, Ella Fitzgerald and
Janice Rundle Trucksess 51 have in common? Famed photogra-
pher Yale Joel captured all their images for LIFE magazine and
came to Colby-Sawyer (then Colby Junior College for Women) on
the hunt for great photographs.
Joel, who worked as a LIFE staff photographer from its inception
until 1972, was known for taking extraordinary photos using
antique and specially designed equipment and elaborate setups.
A shot of the Rockettes dance line in perfect formation, a group
portrait of all 1,500 Disney World employees, and a photo of
Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President Kennedy
at Madison Square Garden are among his famous images.
Joel, who died in 2006 at 87, also used his warm, comfortable
manner to help his subjects relax on the other side of the lens.
Joel was the kindest, dearest guy in all the world, says Truck-
sess, now 85. He was just a wonderfully nice man and really
easy to work with.
Joel and a crew of two arrived on the Colby campus in 1950 to
photograph students hiking Mt. Kearsarge on Mountain Day.
He shot dozens of black-and-white images many are group
photos of students reaching the summit and enjoying the
breathtaking scenery. He also took posed shots of individual
students, and more of Trucksess than anyone else.
At some point before leaving to hike Mt. Kearsarge, Joel was
introduced to me, Trucksess says. He wanted to feature my
photo on the cover of LIFE. I never asked why he picked me. Joel
and his assistants came to my room [in Burpee Hall] to help me
select clothing. I remember feeling embarrassed because I had
only one cashmere sweater.
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Later, Joel sent a copy of the proposed cover photo to Trucksess.
He followed up with a brief note, expressing disappointment
that world events bumped the image and the accompanying
Mountain Day photos from the magazine.
He said he was really sorry I wouldnt be on the cover, Truck-
sess says. I was just 20 at the time. It wasnt a great disappoint-
ment, just something that didnt happen.
Joel must have been smitten by Trucksess and her youthful
Grace Kellylike looks. He booked a photo session with her in
March 1951 for another proposed LIFE cover shot. The posed
images are set in a greenhouse and outdoors, but Trucksess
doesnt recall the details about that day. None of the images
made it to print, but the photos from that session and Mountain
Day are in Googles LIFE photo archive (see colby-sawyer.edu/
picture-perfect).
Trucksesss father, Henry Skeet Rundle, also noted her photo-
genic qualities. As art director for RCA Victor, he placed his
daughter in photo shoots that appeared in several print ads for
RCA televisions.
The photo sessions were a prelude to Trucksesss modeling
career. She joined the Models Guild of Philadelphia after gradu-
ating from Colby and appeared in ads that featured everything
from clothing to cosmetics. In 1955, Trucksess became the first
person pictured on the cover of the Philadelphia Yellow Pages.
Modeling was great fun, Trucksess said. The Yellow Pages ad
was seen all over town on the sides of streetcars and buses. I
even did some runway fashion shows. I modeled for about 10
years, until my third daughter was born.
Creativity runs in her family. Skeet Rundle painted the first full-
color artwork ever used on a record jacket (an RCA recording of
Brahmss Symphony No. 1.) He also designed TV cabinets and
transistor radio cases, as well as his mid-century modern home.
Trucksesss daughters also have pursued artistic endeavors:
Tanice in architectural design, Elizabeth in modeling and photog-
raphy, and Kristen in acting and education.
Trucksess and her husband, Bill, chairman of the Philadelphia
Sign Company, reside in Moorestown, N.J.
Jeff Samoray is a Michigan-based writer.
NEWS
from
alumni relations
Alumni Award Winners
The annual Alumni Awards were presented at the 2015 Alumni
Fall Festival in October. The Alumni Service Award was
presented to Sandra Davis Carpenter 55 and Patricia Canby
Patty Colhoun 60.
A longtime supporter of Colby-Sawyer whos attended many
college events, Sandra has volunteered as a member of the
Presidents Alumni Advisory Council and as class agent,
served on various committees, represented Colby-Sawyer at
an inauguration and participated in alumni travel programs.
Outside Colby-Sawyer, Sandra has a long history of commu-
nity volunteerism. Shes a former trustee of Facing History
and Ourselves, an international educational organization
based in Brookline, Mass.; has served as moderator and
trustee of her church; and has been an officer with the Council
of Aging, a local garden club, as well as the Landscape Design
Council of Massachusetts.
Patty has been an active and engaged alumna for many years.
In June 2014, she established the Patricia Canby Colhoun 60
Scholarship. Shes also been a longtime class correspondent
and sat on several Reunion committees. A strong believer in
being involved in her community, Patty has volunteered for
the Boothbay Region YMCA in many capacities, including as a
board member and the 2002 Volunteer of the Year. That same
year, she was also named Maine Pine Tree YMCA Volunteer of
the Year. Shes part of the Villages Homeowners Association,
was a board member of the Dynamic Dog Club, and has vol-
unteered in her local hospitals.
Zanna Campbell Blaney 00 received the Young Alumni
Achievement Award. Since 2013, she has been dean of students
at Bedford High School in New Hampshire. Previously, she
spent six years at Bedford as a school counselor, worked at the
Center for College Planning at New Hampshire Higher Educa-
tion Assistance Foundation and was a Colby-Sawyer admis-
sions counselor. Zanna is on the N.H. School Counselor
Directors Board and is a member of the N.H. School Counselor
Association. In her current role, shes been a strong ambas-
sador for Colby-Sawyer, making sure her students know about
her alma mater. She has also been an Alumni in Admissions
representative and has volunteered at alumni/student net-
working events. Zanna attends alumni events, has served on
Reunion committees and supports the Colby-Sawyer Fund.
HOMECOMING 2016 New Name, Same Great Tradition
Make plans now to be on campus Oct. 1416 for Homecoming
2016! Enjoy alumni and varsity sporting events, faculty-led
workshops and talks, and socializing with old and new friends.
Dont miss this chance to catch up with your classmates and
your college home! Reunion celebrations for the following
classes will take place during Homecoming: 1936, 1941, 1946,
1951, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001,
2006 and 2011.
INAUGURATIONS
In recent months, alumni have represented President Thomas
C. Galligan Jr. and Colby-Sawyer College as official delegates to
inaugural ceremonies at other institutions. We are grateful to
those who accepted invitations:
Teresa Meighan Hacunda 76 Rhode Island School of Design
Marianne Walling Morris 61 Drew University
Becky Young Robinson 64 Marlboro College
Gale Spreter 70 Marymount Manhattan College
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alumni? Let us know about your event and who will
be there, and well mail you a Colby-Sawyer Party in a Box,
complete with Colby-Sawyer party favors. All we ask is
that you provide at least two weeks notice and send
us a group photo from your event. Visit
colby-sawyer.edu/partybox for more information.
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Colby-Sawyer but didnt see it in the magazine? We dont have
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connections
notes
1943
MARGARET MORSE TIRRELL
dptirrell@juno.com
Charlotte Shapiro Krentzel sends
her best wishes to her classmates.
She writes, I loved my time at
Colby. Dr. Sawyer was the best per-
son I ever met. The school helped
me become the person I am today
because I lived and studied with a
mixture of our whole world, people
from all over wanting to learn how
to live together and learn.
1944
JEANNE PENNY LOSEY BOLE
djbole2012@gmail.com
Josephine Decristofaro Accattatis
was surprised to hear my voice
after 70 years. She is in a 50+ com-
munity in Milton, MA, in her own
apartment. Her Colby Big Sister
lives right down the hall. A son and
daughter-in-law have been very car-
ing and attentive. Gloria Hirsch
Flanzer still studies at the Botanical
Gardens and is a docent at the Art
Institute of Chicago. Her weeks are
filled with classes in balanceand
she still drives in Chicago! She
recently spoke with Charlotte Sha-
piro Krentzel 43. Joan Sandler
Musen still lives in her own home
in FL and drives. She has many vis-
its from children and has 19 grands
and many greats. Bridge is part of
her weekly events. Cynthia Alexan-
der Carlson hoped to get to their
winter retreat in FL but her hus-
band had physical problems. Carol
Cathcart Hutchins has been in her
home for 50 years and has 2 grand-
sons living with her. She is an avid
quilter, a painter in oils and pastels,
58 colby-sawyer magazine
dining out, playing bridge with remember as I live out my life here
friends, and attending gatherings in my own home! God is good! As
of the 10th Mountain Division Ski for me, Jeanne Penny Losey
Club (WW2 veterans). Mary Root Bole, my life has changed, too, as I
Mollica 44 MT in Bennington, VT,
lost my husband of nearly 50 years
volunteers in town, attends weekly in 2015. Our family of 2 children
exercise classes, and still lives in and 5 grands has been very sup-
the 14-room ancestral home, portive and agreed that I should
though uses only 8. Her daughter return to our little home in FL for
is in Los Angeles and her son is in the winter. Be well, each of you,
Pownal, VT. Lila Latham Touhey until we next chat!
summers at Lake Champlain and
winters in Slingerlands, NY. Jan
Peters Gardiner and her husband, 1945
enjoys the senior center, and still
Dick, have resided at The Canter-
bury retirement home in Palos
RUTH ANDERSON PADGETT
ruthlajolla@aol.com
drives! Catherine Kay English
Verdes Estates, CA, for 5 years. One
Kipe from PA lives in a retirement
son lives nearby and the other is in Kudos to Shirley Shal Glidden
community and is happy her family
VA. Ann Tilton Carpenter plays Splaine, who represented our class
is nearby in MA. Mary Jane Neid-
bridge with a longtime group and at our 70th Reunion. She said there
ner Mason is doing well in a
still drives, returning to Pittsfield are so many new buildings, it was
retirement home in New Britain,
for church each week. Her daugh- easy to get lost! Our old gym is now
CT. She has 4 married grandchil-
ter works in Concord, NH, and a climbing wall! She interviewed
dren and 1 great-grandson named
stays with her 1 or 2 nights each some students from Macedonia
Craig in memory of a son she lost.
week. Last summer, Ann was the and Nepal. There is a large contin-
Elinor Files Halsted lives alone in a
flag girl at a memorial golf tourna- gent of them and they are really
condo in Manchester, CT, and does
ment for her husband, Thurston, in nice. Lots of photo taking, and she
not drive anymore. Fortunately, she
ME, driving in the golf cart to take was especially honored for being so
has a son in the same town. Marjo-
the flag to each hole! Jane Mac- ancient (which no one could
rie Allen Wood worked for TWA as
Cabe Kelly travels the States and believe). She drove from Colgate to
a secretary, lived in Italy with her
husband for a time, and then in
abroad with her partner, Tim. She
still drives and lives between her
President Galligans house for a
small cocktail party. Suzi Curtis
Gander, Newfoundland. She has 3
condo in Gladwyne, PA, and her Smythe is at Chaplin House in MD
children, 7 grandchildren, and lives
summer home on Lake Winnipe- and recently went to NC for her
in her own Long Island home. She
saukee. Her first grandchild, brothers 98th birthday! Suzi keeps
returns to Marthas Vineyard each
named for Janes late husband, in touch with Mary June Troup
summer and fills her time volun-
Tom, is an unending joy. Gertrude Kingsbury, friends after all these
teering for the Red Cross. She
Sis Woods Boyd is happy in her years. Nancy Dean Maynard and I
sounded wonderful, and this is the
old home, despite the effort to have Sept. birthdays one day apart,
1st time we have spoken since
walk, at times. She still drives so we had a great phone session
graduation! Betsy VanGorder
locally and has a daughter in Phila- then. Mutual decision is that old
Minkler is happy in her own home,
delphia who comes often to visit. age sucks! She was going to have
with a daughter who calls daily and
Her son works in Holland and a quiet 90th celebration with just
family nearby. She attends book
another daughter is in Bellair, FL. her family (but altogether, that is
clubs, a Town and Gown club, and
After Colby Jr., Margaret Kentfield quite a bunch). I, on the other
still drives. Betsys 7th great-grand-
Burkey went to Mt. Holyoke and hand, decided to pull out all the
child, the oldest of whom is 17, just
then U. of Chicago Theological stops and catered a BBQ dinner for
arrived! I had a wonderful chat with
Seminary. Her job search led her to 60 with an amazing jazz band. The
Myrtle Furbush Mansfield, who
a 6-church parish in Eastern TN trumpet player had just received a
recently lost her partner. She has
where she met her husband, Oliver. Tony award and was awesome. No
lived in Alfred, ME, for 35 years and
They had 4 sons, all married with presents accepted, but folks were
loves the area. She is a quilter and
wonderful wives, giving her 12 asked to share memories of our
knitter, which she says keeps her
grandchildren, 12 great-grands and lives together. All 4 kids were there
fingers moving. Her claim to hav-
4 great-grands yet to marry. Oliver and 3 of my 6 grandchildren. That
ing the oldest great-grandson21,
passed in Sept. 2014, though Mar- night I didnt mind being 90! Most
I thinkmakes her #1 among us!
garet recently celebrated their 60th of you have been through great-
Her 3 children have given her 7
wedding anniversary. She feels grandma-hood at least once, so
grandsand she is so happy to be
blessed to live in the home they you can imagine my joy at the
in her own home. Ann Norton
built 60 years ago, and she has one arrival of my 1st, Jack Duff Padgett.
Merrill lives in her condo and has a
of her retired Navy sons living next So fascinating to watch a newborn.
longtime companion. He resides in
door with his 5 children. Margaret Congrats to Joy Waldau Hostage
MA but visits often, and they enjoy
says, There is so much to and her hubby, Arthur, who
celebrated their 65th wedding anni-
versary on Nov. 18. They are active
and as well as any 90-year-olds. You
all need to take correspondence
lessons from June Mitchell Doug-
las-White. Her note was short,
sweet and to the point. She still
lives in her home of 45 years on
Cape Cod and does Meals on
Wheels, theater, writing groups and
bridge. Dottie Georger MacCon-
nell sent hellos from ME, where
she is on a pond that feeds into
Sebago Lake and goes kayaking.
She has 7 great-grandchildren and
loves her neighbors who gave her a
surprise 90th birthday party last
summer.
1948
PHYLLIS HARTY WELLS
lesmase@gator.net
Carol Shoe Shoemaker Marck
visited Cornelia Nini Hawthorne
Maytag in Colorado Springs after a
week in Snowmass, CO. The
Marcks drove west with daughter
Christy Marck MacCormack 82.
One night they dined at Ninis,
bringing along their 2 daughters
and 2 of their many grandchildren.
The Marcks stayed at the fabulous
Broadmoor Hotel; those of us in
Ninis wedding will never forget the
wonderful Shrimp Louis lunches
we had at The Broadmoor Tavern.
Nini says Shoe looked wonderful
and sported a chic new hairstyle. A
fun reunion! If there were a CSC
medal for thoughtfulness, it would
go to Fran Wannerstrom Clark,
who never misses sending me
news. Fran had fun summer travels
including a catamaran cruise
around the Thames River area of
New London, CT, that stopped at 8
lighthouses. She took an art tour
with a group from the New Britain
Museum of American Art. The
Clark Art Institute in Williamstown,
MA, had an amazing Van Gogh and
Nature exhibit as well as an exhibit
of 25 works by James Whistler,
which included the famous paint-
ing of his mother. In Oct., Fran was
in Winter Garden and the FL Keys
for fun with her 2 adventurous
daughters! The 3 of them stopped
in Miami to visit Frans grandson,
Joseph. Nancy Hobkirk Pierson
and Jim celebrated her birthday in
Sept. with dinner out with 2 of their
5 daughters. The Piersons had a
nice summer in VT but returned to
Bernardsville for Hobs natal day
and were, once again, settling back
into NJ life. Jane Maynard Gibson
thought the fall issue of Colby-Saw-
yer was absolutely beautiful and so
interesting. She was happy I was
still getting news for our column
and thought that, once again, it
was the best! Now that she has
Jean Klaubert Friends new
address, she calls her fairly often to
chat. Barbara Strauss Lowen-
baums husband, Bud, died this
summer. Bobbie stays busy by
keeping her thumb in the real
estate business. Carol Weis
Weissenborn Smith thanked me
for doing the class news all these
years (19842015). She doesnt
know how much longer shell play
golf due to a bad back. She has
joined a bocce ball team and also
plays Ping-Pong and pickle ball. Syl-
via Jacobs Alden congratulated me
for being class secretary for so
many years. She feels I deserve a
medal! Shes fortunate to be in her
own home with all the necessary
services close by. She sees her 3
children regularly, as well as her
grandchildren and 5 great-grand-
children. Like many of us, shes
given up golf but still walks most
days. She keeps busy with church
activities, movies, and dinners with
friends. She still manages to get to
her FL condo once in a while. I told
both gals Ive enjoyed gathering the
news for our 48 column. I do wish
I had more who would contact me
once in a while. Mase and I are
enjoying life in our villa at Oak
Hammock at the University of FL.
Recent residents are Ann Poindex-
ter Ives 49 and husband, John. Its
fun having them here as we saw a
lot of each other in the Gainesville
CC area, where both couples lived
for almost 40 years. Ann and I
played a lot of golf together through
the years. Neither of us plays any-
more. I have rheumatoid arthritis
and have lost almost all of my rota-
tor cuffs. I had the first of 2 reverse
shoulder-replacement surgeries in
May. It was successful and I had
little pain but I caught Clostridium-
difficile-colitis, a well-known
hospital/nursing home infection. I
was in Oak Hammocks skilled
nursing for more than 3 months
plus had 4 hospital stays in Aug.
The long stay in skilled nursing
caused me to lose muscle tone and
the ability to walk. I recently ditched
my walker and only use a cane
when I leave our house. I plan to
have my right shoulder replaced in
early 2016. Im concerned but dont
think Ill get C. Diff. again! Im get-
ting back into things at Oak
Hammock. A neighbor found out I
play with computer graphics and
know how to make posters, etc., so
Ive got a permanent job in that
field. Sadly, weve lost a few of our
classmates. Please see In Fond
Memory for the list. Remember me
when you send your Christmas
newsletters, and let your class-
mates know what youve done with
your lives.
1949
ELIZABETH REYNOLDS
MATTHEWS
elimtth@aol.com
After last winters heavy snow, Pris-
cilla Walton and husband Ed
decided to sell their house and
move into an independent living
situation in South Yarmouth, MA.
About 6 months after moving in,
Ed died on Oct. 23. Priscillas
daughter, Nancy, looks forward to
retiring as head of the middle
school math department in Canton,
MA. Son Skip is a physician and in
Qatar helping to set up the emer-
gency dept. in a new hospital. Son
Bruce is the COO of an engineering
company in CT. Priscilla has stayed
in contact with Jean Bryant Meyer
through the years and is in touch
with Sally Nicolosi Rattray through
Facebook. She encourages every-
one to send in their news, writing,
Im interested in what my friends
of 1949 are up to, arent you?
CLASS OF 1946
COME BACK FOR
YOUR 70TH REUNION
OCT. 1416!
1950
KATHLEEN VALLIERE-DENIS
OUILETTE
nanapa@beeline-online.net
Ann Bemis Day enjoys her retire-
ment community at Rivermead in
Peterborough, NH, and keeps busy
with poetry readings, workshops
and retreats in NH and VT. She still
publishes an engagement poetry/
photo calendar every year and is
working on another nature book.
Ann had major eye surgery last July
and says the ophthalmology dept.
at DHMC in Lebanon, NH, was
amazing. Her daughter, Deb, 63,
lives in Gettysburg, PA, and Debs
kids: Meg, 43 and Haven, 39, are in
Brisbane, Australia, and Seattle,
respectively. Meg has 2 children:
Reese, 9, and Jodi Ann, 7. Alan
Days twin daughters, Emma and
Ruby, are in NC at Warren Wilson
College. They all had a fantastic
reunion in Hawaii in June. Bobbie
Fetzer Herbert enjoyed our 65th
Reunion this fall. She reports, We
only had 5 from our class: Carol
Lynch Hermance, Jean Fuller
Knowlton, Bobbie Bishop
Maclean, Betty Alden Parker and
me. Betty and Carol didnt come to
the banquet, and I only saw them
briefly at Colgate. It was a beautiful
weekend and great to see the lovely
foliage, as well as the people. Bob-
bie says that after spending 3
winters at her house in Marana,
AZ, she decided to sell her house in
NJ and move to AZ full-time. Her
daughter lives there, and Bobbie
has developed some nice friend-
ships. She plays a lot of tennis and
enjoys the weekly outdoor wine
parties. In May, she and 4 Singles
Club ladies took a fabulous cruise
from Prague to Budapest. In Sept.,
6 of them took a Canadian Rail trip;
Bobbie loved Lake Louise and
Banff. They are planning a cruise in
Paris. Bobbies granddaughter was
married on Oct. 3 at the Trump
Winery in Charlottesville, VA. Her
grandsons are 11, 8 and 3. Doris
Hammond Morgan has sad news:
Her husband, Jack, passed away
Sept. 22, 2014. Eight months later,
their daughter, Cheryl, lost her hus-
band. Cheryls only child, Eleanor,
accompanied Doris on a recent
spring 2016 59
 cruise to the Virgin Islands. Doris
writes, We were so stunned by
the loss of these 2 wonderful
men that time has gone by in a
blur since then. Nancy Frost
connections
Smith, in a retirement commu-
nity in Wolfeboro, NH, with her
husband, celebrated their 65th
anniversary in Jamaica. They
have great-granddaughters and
one great-grandson but dont see
them much as they live too far
away. Elsie-Joan E.J. Martin
Albergotti 51 MT and her hus-
band, Julian, celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary in
June. As for me, Kathleen Val-
liere-Denis Ouilette, I have a
busy life. Sometimes my Lyme
Disease makes me feel my true
85 years young, but I love to write
and, so, here I am still for you!
1951
ROBERTA GREEN DAVIS
107 Columbia Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610.543.6688
Marguerite Cline Almy and
Charlie spend 6 months in South
Dartmouth, MA, and 6 months
in Savannah, GA. Last winter,
Charlie was hospitalized after a
bout of cellulitis; he is doing PT
and trying to walk with a cane.
When Marguerite is in MA, she
kayaks on Buzzards Bay, enjoying
the sea birds. In GA, she rides
her bike, though not as fast or for
as long as she used to. She takes
adult ed courses and attends 2
weekly discussion groups on cur-
rent affairs. The next 3
generations are doing well and
she sees them often. MaryEm
Bodman Kenner was awarded
the Margaret Rolph Sustainer
Award for being an active sus-
tainer who has made an
extraordinary contribution to her
community for 15+ years. Mary-
ann Henry von Dwingelo lives
independently and is thankful for
her health and family. She has
granddaughters in Boston,
Atlanta, NYC, Boulder, and Red-
ding, CT, plus grandsons in
USCG/VA, US Army/OK, Denver,
Atlanta, UCONN and St. Law-
rence U. Mary Jane Critchett
60 colby-sawyer magazine
Lane lives in Rockport MA, with
Charles, her husband of 64 years.
They have 11 grandchildren and 4
greats, and all their 6 children and
spouses are not far away. They go
to FL every winter and write, We
ride around on those wonderful
Disney scooters so we can still take
in everything. Shuffleboard is
always on the agenda in FL, as well
as a special card game called Pegs
and Jokers, played all the time in FL
clubhouses. Mary Jane takes paint-
ing classes and Charlie gardens.
Their son Ken runs the family farm
with his wife, Regina. Youngest
daughter, Jeannie, manages the
farm stand that sells Kens organic
vegetables. Mary Jane adds, I will
never forget my years at Colby Jr.
They laid an educational founda-
tion for life and introduced me to
best friends forever.
1952
MARILYN WOODSIE WOODS
ENTWISTLE
mainewoodsie1@roadrunner.com
Betty Carlson Salomon has been
wearing Keds sneakers for many
years. In Oct., she was delighted to
hear from Haley, her 17-year-old
granddaughter, that they are in
and that she is cool, whereupon
she packed up several pairs and
flew to CO to visit her brother and
family, who live in a beautiful area
in the Denver foothills with spec-
tacular scenery and all kinds of
wildlife, where cool Betty wearing
her in Keds did lots of hiking.
Sally Itchie Hueston Day says
her family news is graduations,
masters degree ceremonies, and
the great relief that her 27-year-old
grandson has recovered from a
stroke. Her regular schedule is vis-
iting Richard in his fabulous
facility, volunteering at an art gal-
lery where she takes lessons and
keeping up with the grandkids.
They insisted she tube down a gen-
tle river and whitewater raft down a
less gentle river, but they cant talk
her into hot-air ballooning. As she
says, I can swim but not fly.
Nancy Angell Turnage and Bob
had a fun bus trip with their
50-member church group to the
Billy Graham Center near Ashville,
NC, where they enjoyed the beauti-
ful mountains and the always
great speaker. Nancy and Bob
square-dance every Thursday, and
Nancy listens to historic books
while walking every day. Margaret
Marny Scruton Green had a
great time at her 65th HS reunion
last summer, though only 9 of 92
showed up. Every Jan., a driver
takes her car to Key Largo, and in
March, she drives back to Oakville,
Ontario, with a stop to see her son
in Chicago. Some sad news from
Janet Holmes Thompson that her
sister Shirley Holmes Dunlap 47
passed away April 1. The families
gathered again when the husband
of sister Jean Holmes Duffett 50
passed away in August. Per Jean,
her adorable 18-month-old
great-grandson helps keep her
focused on the future. In keeping
with a long family tradition of hav-
ing Labs, Mary Jane Fritzie
Fritzinger Moeller has adopted
one named Betty. But most of her
news was about her 2.5 weeks in HI
at the Halekulani Hotel where she
and Walt honeymooned in 54. The
hotel, originally 2 stories high, is
preserved in an area within the new
much larger hotel. The stairs she
and Walt once climbed to their
room are still there. Her 2 sons
were with her for the first 12 days
and joined her on a week-long
cruise around the islands, and then
a friend came to enjoy the balmy
breezes around the pool and an
amazing helicopter tour. They were
awed by the sight of Pearl Harbor.
1953
NANCY OBER BATCHELDER
earlebatchelder@comcast.net
Billie Sweigard Carroll has moved
into a life care center in Newtown
Square, PA. She is feeling at home
and enjoying new and old friends.
Claire Smith Siragusa was proud
that her youngest grandson gradu-
ated from Vanderbilt and is heading
to med school. Claire attended Bar-
bara Bushs 90th birthday (a
celebration of literacyMrs.
Bushs idea). Vaughan Peters
Rachel has moved to Seacrest, a
Jewish independent living commu-
nity in Encinitas, CA. She says it is
her first communal living since her
Colby days. She is enjoying the
spread of generations with her 2
granddaughters (6 and 9) and her
grandsons, one an engineer and
one entering law school. Barbara
Fenn Wysession continues to
make music for fulfillment and
employment. She has added the
viola da gamba to her talents. So
sorry to read that Maureen
Maroney Kenney lost her hus-
band, Frank, in Sept. 2012. After 57
years of marriage, 5 children, 13
grands and many years of golf and
travel together, they certainly were
blessed. Diane MacKenzie Grif-
fiths 53 MT remains active in
Wellesley, MA. Her daughter lives
in Seattle. Her son has 2 children
whom she keeps a prideful eye on.
One granddaughter is at Trinity
College in CT, and the other is at
BU School of Public Health. Vicki
Sawdon Banghart has lived in the
resort area of Elkhart Lake, WI, for
18 years and is amazed at how
quickly her grandchildren have
become young adults. She says, It
seems like a few weeks ago we
were babysitting for them, and now
perhaps in a few weeks they will be
babysitting for us! Jane Carpenter
Patterson writes with sadness that
her twin sister, Edyth Carpenter
Sapp, passed. I remember the 2 of
you leaving your different dorms
for breakfast, both wearing the
same outfits. On the good news
side, Jane has fully recovered from
triple bypass surgery and is primed
for another 100,000 miles. Tracy
Rickers Siani is proud to introduce
her first great-granddaughter,
Cecila. Tracy enjoys opera at the
local theater and attends a great
books course at FL Atlantic U Life-
long Learning which keeps her
brain alive. She continues to take
weekly water samples for the Loxa-
hatchee River Wildpine Lab,
snorkels whenever she can moni-
tor their fish population for REEF,
and keeps track of the invasive
Lionfish. Joanne Holden Miller 55
lives in New London. She writes,
Though only 3 of us showed up
for our 60th reunion, I was so
impressed with the enlargement of
the campus. A very lively place with
plenty to offer. As for me, Nancy
Ober Batchelder, Earle and I con-
tinue to enjoy the good life on
Cape Cod. We have an active social
life, which involves a lot of theater.
We enjoy frequent get-togethers
with our sons and their families
and are fortunate to have friends
with whom we socialize and some-
times travel, even off Cape! Thanks
to all for your correspondence. In
the future, please include your
maiden name so I can be sure to
identify you properly.
1954
JO-ANNE GREENE COBBAN
jjcobban@ne.rr.com
Upon receiving the Alumni Fall Fes-
tival 2015 program in the mail, I was
called to return. I visited with college
archivist Kelli Bogan and donated a
blue blazer, a mug and the Buzzin
Dozen musical disc. I then visited
the new sites and activities with a
family member. Anne Batchelor De
Grazia is in Alpharetta, GA, near their
youngest son, Bill, and family; she
takes exercise classes and enjoys the
services provided by the assisted
living facility. Barbara Rogers Berndt
writes, After moving from NC to CT
to be closer to family, my husband,
Ed, died Aug. 15. Ive decided to re-
main in the apartment at Spring
Meadows, a senior living facility in
Trumbull, CT. Not looking forward to
the cold and snow, but I do enjoy
seeing my children, the grandchildren
and great-grandchildren more often.
Only my youngest son, his wife and
16-mo.-old grandson are at a distance
in Atlanta. Margo Thompson had
a great trip to Norway in Aug. She
writes, I have wanted to do a boat
trip to see the coast and towns for a
long time. Prior to boarding the ship,
we spent time in Lapland with Santa
and hundreds of his reindeer. She
planned to spend a few days in Dec.
in Santa Fe, NM. Helen Johnson
Sargent and Dick enjoyed a river
cruise along the Elbe from Prague to
Berlin and then traveled by train to
Copenhagen to visit with 20 Lind-
holm cousins. Once home, it was
time to pack for SC for winter and
the holidays. Glenice Hobbs Har-
mon writes, My husband and I are
still in our home he built. Im still
singing in the choir at church and
taking two exercise classes early in
the day. Vic will soon be 90, and I am
thankful to be able to assist in his
care and also handle the driving. Our
daughters, Val and Doreen, and the
grandkids are doing well. I, Jo-Anne
Greene Cobban, also feel well
enough to continue gardening, paint-
ing fences and sorting through and
donating long-held collections after
the loss of Jim in June.
1955
GRETCHEN DAVIS HAMMER
gdh777@earthlink.net
I understand that the Alumni Fall
Festival in Oct. was a big success,
although not many from our class
attended. I have received very few
messages from class members
since the last column. I hope this
does not mean lots of you are expe-
riencing poor health, but that you
are all busy, happy and healthy! I
was on my way to our 60th Reunion
when I began to feel unwell and
decided it would be best to return
home. That turned out to be a wise
decision, but I was saddened not to
attend. Congratulations to Sandra
Davis Carpenter who received the
prestigious Alumni Service Award.
Knowing Sandy and how hard she
worked as a student, and how
much she has done as a volunteer
for Colby-Sawyer, I know this award
is well deserved. Elizabeth Gunter
Visvis is pleased that ground will
be broken for the new arts center
this summer. She writes, My art
studio was on the 3rd floor of Col-
gate with one teacher, Herb Holtz.
His belief was that we should learn
how to paint abstractly first and
then on to realism. I certainly
understand that now after more
than 40 years of painting and
experimenting! I am sorry Presi-
dent Galligan is leaving but fully
understand his wishes. He will be
missed by many.
CLASS OF 1956
COME BACK FOR
YOUR 60TH REUNION
OCT. 1416!
1956
NANCY HOYT LANGBEIN
enlangbein@gmail.com
Joyce Carron Hall writes, Barbara
McIntire Haskins passed away Feb.
12, 2015. It saddens me greatly, and
I miss her weekly calls. Although I
live in NJ, I would stop by her home
in MA for lunch on my way to my
farm in NH. I spend 4 months there
every summer. Barbara would visit
me there, and we would take yet
another tour of Colby-Sawyer. She
loved Colby-Sawyer and was so
grateful to have had the opportunity
to be a part of its wonderful college
family. Gale Gilchrest is still in
beautiful Southampton, NY. She
has retired from advertising and
retail venues and leads a serene life.
She plays duplicate bridge 23
days/week and walks the beaches
as weather permits. In Sept., Mar-
sha Smoller Winer and Nate
embarked on a Crystal Cruise in
Amsterdam for 16 days of sightsee-
ing in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Iceland and Newfoundland. In
Aug., Sandy Liberty attended a
beautiful memorial in Hingham,
MA, for Bev Rounds Stanley, who
died in Aug. 2014. Sandy has kept in
touch with Bev and Ann Brown Wil-
liams (her roommate) since
graduation. Sandy has a daughter
in MA and a son in Christchurch,
New Zealand, plus 3 grandchildren.
She hopes to see her son and family
this summer in the U.S. Sandy and
her best friend of 60 years took a
road trip to Albuquerque in Jan. In
early Aug., Ed and I, Nancy Hoyt
Langbein, took the 2nd half of our
Mississippi River Cruise from St.
Paul to St. Louis with interesting
stops in between. A special treat
was meeting up with a couple of
Army friends we had not seen since
1965. In Oct., we made our annual
trip to Colby-Sawyer to attend 2 spe-
cial events. The campus looked
great and the foliage was spectacu-
lar. I know I speak for the college
and our class when I give a big
thank you to Sonja Carlson Davi-
dow, who has endowed chairs in
the Fine and Performing Arts, and
to Nancy Beyer Opler, who for sev-
eral years has given an award for
Excellence in Advising.
1957
JILL BOOTH MACDONELL
jillphotoart@yahoo.com
Adelaide Happy Anthony Grif-
fiths and her husband, Clark, had a
nice visit with Suzanne Vander
Veer and her husband, Gary, in NH
this summer. Happy is on the Pres-
idents Alumni Advisory Council.
She writes the meeting is a full day
of hearing what the college is
doing, always very interesting. We
still live in the house we bought 56
years ago and still cut wood from
our property and cook on a wood
stove (in the winter). Patricia Kel-
ley Lovering writes, I sure wish I
could see Colby. I hope to make it
back to see all that has transpired
since 1957. I wound up in Morro
Bay, CA, overlooking the bay and
ocean. I am thankful that church,
books and life by the sea are all I
need at this age. Robin McDougal
traveled to Italy in Oct. She spent 3
days in Venice and then embarked
on a bike and barge trip to Man-
tova, riding 25 miles each day.
Elaine Mecca Madden was presi-
dent of the Top of the Hill Gang of
New England, a ski and sports club
for athletes 50+. Find out more at
tohg.org. Liz Thatcher Rafloski has
relocated to Duxbury, MA, and
wonders if anyone is near her.
Diane Shugrue Gallagher went
with 25 other Peace Corps mem-
bers to Cuba in Oct. She writes,
Lovely parks, stunning churches,
clean streets, no graffiti, no trash in
streets, but when it rains, it floods,
calf-high water, so we just took our
shoes off and waded to the next
restaurant. What the Cubans have:
great heart, amazing soul, fabulous
musicmusic comes out of every
single doorway and all smile with
the beat. Delicious food, great
houses with amazing bright colors,
vintage cars that look brand new.
The people are friendly, they are
open, and they love Americans. Go
before it is too late, before ATMs
come, Starbucks, credit cards
(none accepted). The island coun-
try does get into your soul and you
look back at their great courage and
guts, pluck, and we all marvel, and
so we should.
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CYNTHIA GRINDROD
VAN DER WYK
TELLING A VANISHED
connections

cindy@colorthewind.info

FATHERS STORY In mid-Oct., Sally Heyn Short and

Mimi Baird 58 her husband, Phil, returned from
ME via Andover, MA, to see her
Mimi Baird grew up knowing her father, Perry Baird, was an dear friend Sandy Powell Durling
accomplished doctor who graduated at the top of his class from and her husband, Art. Sally writes,
Harvard Medical School, but she knew little more he essen- Sandy fixed a delicious lunch, and
tially vanished from her life when she was six years old. Fifty years we had a wonderful visit with them.
We were nowhere near done talking
later, a series of coincidences led her to a manuscript hed written
when we had to leave! Linda Hol-
that revealed a long-hidden truth. That discovery was the catalyst land Pelletier has attained her B.A.
for her own remarkable book. He Wanted the Moon: The Madness in English from the U of Phoenix.
and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughters Quest She says, I will proudly march on
to Know Him, published in 2015, is both a daughters search for May 14, 2016, at the Central Florida
her family history and an absorbing look inside a brilliant yet graduation ceremony in Orlando. It
broken mind. takes some of us longer than oth-
ers to get there!
Dr. Baird, his daughter came to understand, had not vanished
but had been institutionalized against his will for what was then
called manic depression. He was a victim of both his disease
1959
MARSHA HALPIN JOHNSON
and the stigma surrounding it, she writes. marnamhj@gmail.com

Baird was keen to bring her fathers writing to light, and He Mary Cummins Wilson reports
Wanted the Moon contains both the doctors memoir and Bairds that her son Peter is in the US
PHOTO: LYNN BOHANNON

account of researching her family history. His manuscript, Marine Band and plays violin at the
penned while he was in a psychiatric hospital, is a memoir of a White House. He played for the
man trying to making sense of his illness. In it, he even advances president of China and his wife (a
famous opera singer) when Presi-
the theory that manic depression is a biochemical, rather than a
dent Obama hosted a state dinner.
psychological, illness. While Australian psychiatrist John Cade The wife began singing when Pete
was credited with this discovery in 1949, Mimi Bairds father played the famous Chinese folk
there was no wrote about it years earlier. song Jasmine Flower. President
Obama was pleased that Pete had
medication at that
My fathers writing is so beautiful, said Baird. Because there thrilled her. Mary Joyce Klapproth
time, its pure manic was no medication at that time, its pure manic writing, and it is a Forsyth 59 MT has moved to the
writing, and it is huge teaching tool for doctors and caretakers. senior residence Blakehurst and is
happy. She writes, I volunteer in
a huge teaching tool the small shop here and in the
Baird has two hopes for her book: that it will help erase the
for doctors and stigma of mental illness and that it will inspire others to learn
assisted living facility and call
Bingo once a month. I am active in
caretakers. about their own families. Both hopes seem on their way to reality. a Garden Club close to where I
The Washington Post named Moon a Notable Book of the Year, lived for 40 years and belong to a
and it has received rave reviews from the New York Times and Womans Club that has been
other major media outlets. Now, it has been optioned by a film around since 1896. I also play
production company. The most gratifying thing, said Baird, is bridge every Friday. My daughters
that so many people have come out of the woodwork who have are scattered from Seattle to Bos-
had problems in their families. This book has opened up many ton with only one here in Baltimore.
I have 2 grandchildren: Cameron is
peoples family histories.
in his second year at Western WA U
studying the body and kinetics; my
Mike Gregory, director of Advancement Communications granddaughter is a senior in HS
hoping to go into nursing. I hope to
return soon to another reunion.

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1960
PATRICIA CANBY COLHOUN
pccolhoun@gmail.com
Sharley Janes Bryce saw Charlene
Char Wolcott Gray in Seattle.
Their granddaughters had been in
band together. Sharley was spend-
ing her 13th winter in Tucson and
saw her daughters on the way. One
lives in Napa and the other in
Thousand Oaks, CA. She was
expecting her 5th grandbaby, a girl,
in Feb. Charlotte Heyl McLaughlin
and her husband have a town
home in Elkhorn, ID, and would
love to have visitors to the Sun Val-
ley area stop by. Suzanne Drake
Thrun and Wolfgang have been
married 53 years as of Nov. They
live on the Monterey Bay Coast
close to daughter Michelle, her
husband Jim and 2 grandchildren:
Sawyer, 13, and Eva, 11. Their son
Jeff lives in Maui. Suzanne and
Wolfgang are involved with their
church and have served on the dea-
cons board. Sue is still in touch
with Barbara Bruce Welt and Mar-
gie Embich Fortune. Classmates
who returned for our 55th reunion
included Judy Butler Shea, who is
as active as ever and has been
spending time with her grandchil-
dren in Park City. Barb Swanson
Smith and her husband, Lyman,
have settled into their condo in
New London, not far from the col-
lege. Her guests for reunion were
Ellen Cook Barnes and a friend.
Ellen had been hobbling, so hope-
fully surgery helped. Hannah
Haydi Caldwell Sowerwine and
her husband, Dave, combined 2
reunions by going back to Dart-
mouth as well as CSC. They run
their nonprofit, Village Solutions,
and returned to Nepal in Dec.
Haydi shared that after reunion she
and David met up with her former
roommate Ann Hoar Floyd 60/77
MT. Ann was sorry to miss the
reunion but cant leave her hus-
band for long these days. Sue Barto
Monks came and told our student
guide about Sues Sugar House.
She and I, Patty Canby Colhoun,
shared a room over reunion and
had a good time catching up. Sue
closed her summer cottage the
weekend after, which brought back
memories. She traveled to London
in Dec. I was humbled and hon-
ored to receive the Alumni Service
Award. My life has been a big flip as
I have sold my FL home and have
moved back to ME permanently. I
went to Sebring, FL, for a rug hook-
ing school with 5 friends from ME,
then to CO for Thanksgiving with
my son, and France for Christmas
with my daughter. I am sorry we did
not have more at our reunion, but
there is always the 60thplan
ahead! Ann Meri Skeels Nielsen
wrote from VT that she has a grand-
daughter who visits. Sorry, Meri,
but I have misplaced the rest of
your note. Carol Sherman House
took a wonderful Mediterranean
cruise from Athens to Rome,
Monaco, France and Spain. Nancy
Lucas Sheridan sent news last
spring that told of her riverboat
cruise from Budapest to Bucharest.
She and Jim have 4 grandchildren
in college. Julie Dougherty Egen-
berg took a 10-day trip to the
Netherlands and saw 5 members of
her host family from when she was
there 58 years ago. She would love
to see CSC visitors in Naples, FL, or
Stowe, VT.
1962
GAIL GRAHAM LEE
gailcracker@comcast.net
Grace Fischbeck Riker has lived in
Sarasota, FL, for 30 years. While at
Colby she lived in Bermuda and
after her marriage moved to MD
then to Okinawa, Japan, and then
to FL. She has 2 daughters and a
son. Grace spent many years as a
columnist and proofreader for a
local newspaper and has been an
active volunteer for several local
organizations. Other interests
include oil painting, gardening,
boating, golf, bird watching, yoga
and singing in a choir. She keeps in
touch with Gwen Harris Ruppert.
Anyone who knew her mother will
be pleased to know that she is now
101 and still enjoys a gin martini
every night! Vicky Clark Linville
and husband are happy to
announce the birth of their 1st
grandchild in Brooklyn, NY. Vicky
knows almost everyone has had
grandkids for years, but they love
being in the best club on earth!
She and her husband are healthy
and happy in Weston, VT, and 3
labs keep them hopping! In March
2015, Sally Mollenberg Lawlor and
Carol Earley Adams vacationed in
Naples, FL, with Judy Park Kukk,
and they are planning a cruise to
Tahiti and the Society Islands. Joyce
Rogers Harrington keeps busy
with gardening, her fiber arts
group, spinning, weaving, biking
and cross-country skiing. Marcia
Mayer Snyder, Pat White Nash,
Ellen Forbes, Jill Schofield Wain-
wright, Anne Miller Reed 63 and I
enjoyed our semiannual luncheon
last fall and plan to meet again this
fall. Speaking of Jill, she has the
travel bug and went on safari to
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and
Cape Town last fall; toured Belgium
and the Netherlands in the spring;
and enjoyed a tour of Italy. Dick and
I spent last summer on Cape Cod,
him fighting lymphoma and me
being the designated driver to Bos-
ton where he was being treated.
Hopefully, we will head to FL this
winter after hearing that wonderful
word remission. As always, stay well
and have fun!
1963
DONNA DEDERICK WARD
hungrytrout@comcast.net
Hello, classmates! At the end of
Oct., the deadline for class notes
blindsided me and I was not able to
ask you all for news. Ill do better
next time. Tell me whats going on
when I ask in April. Im recovering
from foliage season at the Farm
we were busy with our wonderful
guests here to enjoy the delightful
summer and see the beautiful foli-
age. It was a good year. Autumn in
VT was unseasonably warm and
sunny. As the temperatures drop,
Cliff and I are getting ready to go to
Naples and Islamorada, FL, for the
winter.
1964
KATHRINE CONATHAN
REARDON
kathyr1230@aol.com
Nancy Woodring Hansens grand-
daughter Elizabeth was married in
Keene, NH, on Sept. 26. The happy
couple lives and works in Ports-
mouth, NH. Nancys oldest
granddaughter, Ashley, was mar-
ried Feb. 6, 2015, to her high school
sweetheart. Roger and Nancy had
an interesting and wonderful trip
last fall to Prague, Germany, and
London. They learned much about
Eastern Europe and its history.
Susan Patricelli-Regans public
access TV program CT Valley
Views is in its 6th year and has
increased viewership by 30%
during the past year. To learn more,
visit ctvalleyviews.com. Susans
sons, Colin, Craig and Christopher,
continue to make headway in their
respective careers: varsity crew
coach at Williams College; graduate
of Texas A&M/Ex-Navy service/
Texas National Guard member/
political community coordinator in
TX; and IT senior consultant and
teacher in New York City. Susan
enjoys working with her 3 polo
horses. She was delighted in 2015
to donate an oil still-life painting by
her mother to Colby-Sawyer. See
her extraordinary accomplish-
ments and internationally
acclaimed collection of paintings at
sylviadavisart.com. Since losing her
husband, Leslie Henchey Kehoe
downsized to a townhouse condo
Advancement Officer Beth Bryant
Camp 92 and Director of Annual
Giving Luke Gorman paid a visit to
Susan Patricelli-Regan 64, who
donated this still-life oil painting by
her mother to the college.
spring 2016 63
 in Hingham, MA. She loves not
having the worries of managing a
large house and an acre of land.
She spent a week last Thanksgiving
visiting Rose Meloro Prescott in
connections
We were blown away by the new
buildings, sustainability goals and
career-oriented courses. The
student-managed investment fund
she runs with her daughter Sarah
Holmes Tucker 95. Learn more
about their work at pentec.net. It
was great to reconnect with Leah
Caswell at our 50th reunion. Her
and grandchildren. In Nov., we are
meeting my roommate Molly
McAdams Morizon 65 in Paris
and will enjoy a few days with her.

is an amazing avenue for students We will go to Bonaire in Jan. and

Naples, FL, where Rose lives in a to learn about the world of finance.
condo. Leslie misses having her The sustainability classroom is a
near but is glad she is happy. Leslie student-designed and built green
occasionally talks with Mary Miller classroom that reflects the colleges
Johnson, who still lives in Denver. commitment to sustainability. The
Pat Donahue Jones remarried in nursing program has blossomed
1999, this time to her college sweet- and is now part of the School of
heart, Dick Jones, who graduated Health Professions, which soon will
from Princeton. She is still the offer the colleges first masters pro-
compliance officer of a financial gram. Lethbridge Lodge has a new
services firm in Boston but is cut- gathering place for students in a
ting back her hours with the hopes pub atmosphere they even serve
of retiring by the end of the year. Pat beer (to those 21+) that a class
and Dick spend Feb. and March in brews. There is a sugar house on
Naples, FL, and last summer campus, a wind turbine, many solar
enjoyed hosting most of their chil- panels and several permaculture
dren and grandchildren in gardens that produce food for the
Chatham on the Cape for several dining hall. How far the college has
weeks. Pat plays bridge and enjoys come! A requirement for gradua-
gardening. She spends time tion is an internship somewhere.
researching genealogy, and in Almost 100% of graduates get jobs
recent years, she and Dick have or go to grad school right out of col-
traveled to France and the Nether- lege, often in the place where they
lands to hunt down ancestral interned. Some of us decided to
homes and relatives. re-create Mountain Day and
climbed Mt. Kearsarge, and it
snowed! Another fun thing was a
1965 dinner cruise on Lake Sunapee.
SUSAN WOODRUFF Weather was predicted to be terrible
MACAULAY and rainy and cold, but it cleared up
susanmaca@gmail.com and was fabulous. What a setting to
reestablish connections! The best
After many years as class correspon- of all was sitting around reminisc-
dent, Chris Murray McKee will step ing and reconnecting. And we all
down after this column. We thank feel enriched by the experience.
her for her dedicated service and wel- How special our Colby-Sawyer days
come her successor, Susan Woodruff were. Here is some other news; my
Macaulay. apologies if some seems old, but it
didnt make the deadline last time.
Would you believe that Nobuko Darcy Holland lives in her wonder-
Nishino Akashi flew all the way ful Marsh Cottage on a small
from Japan to join us for our 50th island in the middle of the Great
reunion? Kahren Muffy Nottage Marsh, protected from the Atlantic
Miller came from HI. Susan Wood- by Plum Island. She endured an
ruff Macaulay and her intrepid unbelievable winter in 2015 with a
husband, John, came from TX. record-breaking 114 inches of snow
Georgie Sawyer Hutton came from in one months time. Her eldercare
FL. Tina Biggs Ferraro, Jane Hardy management business of 17 years is
Roiter, Ann Hodgkinson Low, winding down as she prepares for
Chris Murray McKee and Leah full retirement. Darcy continues to
Caswell came from all over New work part-time at a boat house,
England. President Tom Galligan making mast hoops for wooden sail
presented a dynamic update on the boats. She also sings in the New-
colleges past and future. One buryport Choral Society and
classmate said she was awed by performed at Carnegie Hall in June.
the changes. The weather was great Ruth Elliott Holmes keeps busy
and the foliage really put on a show. with her business, Pentec, which
news missed the last issue, but she
has a new grandson, Finn Kenneth
Caswell, who was greeted with great
joy by his sister, 6-year-old Helen
Piper (aka Pip). Last winter, Leah
skied in the Alps as much as possi-
ble at Chamonix. Her company,
libertydesign.com, continues to
take some of her time from play.
Caroline Bunny Stancliff Fazekas
has lived in Harpswell, ME, for 8
years and hopes to begin wintering
in Stuart, FL. She recently drove to
VT, passed the exit for New London
and thought sometime she should
stop and see what has happened
on campus in the past 50 yrs. Since
a new grandson is expected in VT in
June, she may be able to make that
happen. Tina Biggs Ferraro, Jane
Hardy Roiter and Georgie Sawyer
Hutton got together for a day of
shop til you drop last winter in
Vero Beach. It was very successful,
and they finished with an early din-
ner and lots of catching up. Jane
had not seen Georgie for at least 20
years. The same group, plus Ann
Hodgkinson Low and Chris Mur-
ray McKee, all from McKean dorm,
explored some of the shops in New
London during reunion. Great fun!
1966
SUSAN E. WEEKS
weeksie1228@gmail.com
It was nice to hear from so many of
you in response to my email asking
for just a hello and what dorm
you were in. Im organizing your
responses by dorm. Just a reminder
that 2016 will be our 50th reunion,
so I hope to hear more stories
about all of you for the next issue of
the magazine (deadline is May 1).
ABBEY HALL: Perry Crouse Jef-
fords writes, Heading from PA to
Vero Beach, FL, after a magnificent
fall; Debbie Pellington OHara;
Ann Parks; Janet Sargent Simblist
66 MT; Cindy Pond Barnard.
AUSTIN HALL: Joyce Chapman
Cerney 66 MT writes: My hus-
band and I have been busy traveling
and spending time with children
Feb. and then out to CO in March
to ski with my husbands daughter.
BEST HALL: Dorothy Wolcott
Stockman writes, Ive never been
able to get back for a Colby-Sawyer
Reunion but will have a minire-
union with 7 others from Best in
June. We thought it was time to get
together and celebrate our 70th
birthdays on Cape Cod.; Mary
Cook Millard writes, Still in Bris-
tol, RI, with husband; Chuck, Leo
the cat; and both daughters with
their families in town. I have 4
grandchildren1 grandson (16)
and 3 granddaughters (2 are 13; 1 is
11); Marcia Quimby Troy; Kay
McDowell Nicklas; Ruth Hanchett
Sinclair-Stephens; Judith Merritt;
Barbara Jackson Wade. BURPEE
HALL: Nancy Smith Whelan writes,
Havent been on campus since
graduation, although I passed by
when my son was at Dartmouth
getting his MBA. Since college, after
living in Boston; Scarsdale, NY;
Fairfield, CT; Miami; Dallas; Hing-
ham, MA; and Boston (again), I
moved to Chatham, MA, with my
2nd husband 12+ years ago. We are
blessed with 4 grown children, their
spouses and 9 wonderful grand-
children; Susan Richman
Gouldman writes, Have lived in
Charlottesville, VA, since 1968. One
of my good friends is Linda Barnett
Beights 68; Natalie Rice Ireland;
Susan Gibson Jackson; Susan Fol-
lett Galvin; Linda Nielsen Kindig
66 MT; Jane Cox Larsen 66 MT;
Elizabeth Scott Pine. COLGATE
HALL: Linda Brooks Hiross writes,
Im still in VA, enjoying semiretire-
ment and my 3 grandsons, whom I
see quite often. Summers often
find me in CT and MA visiting
friends and family, and I find other
destinations when the opportunity
arises. A 2-week cruise of the Baltic
Sea was a highlight, stopping at St.
Petersburg, Russia, to see the Her-
mitage, and then to Sweden for tea
with the US Ambassador at the
Embassy where my travel compan-
ions had connections. I continue to
be involved with our community
government, and I volunteer to do

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genealogy research, all of which
makes boredom impossible.;
Judith LeBeau; Bonnie Brown
Mathews; Sandy Scott Fullerton;
Sue Chapman Melanson; Dale
Thomson Milne; MCKEAN HALL:
Carolyn Humphrey Brown shared,
In Aug., we flew to Longyearbyen
to join Quark Expeditions artic/
polar trip to Scalbard/Spitsbergen
(Norway), Greenland (Denmark)
and Iceland. Our 230 ft. ship car-
ried 75 passengers from around the
world, and we were exposed to dra-
matic scenery and memorable
conditions, including glaciers, huge
icebergs, sea/pack ice and terminal
moraines, all of which presented us
with ample photo opportunities.
Closer to home, they hike and sail
from May through Oct. in NH and
ME. Carolyn volunteers at the local
library, the historical society and the
NH Humane Society; Susan
Weeks; PAGE HALL: Linda Red-
land Klemmer and her husband
visited New London last summer.
They loved seeing the campus and
the town; Anne McKinsey Dun-
nington; Karen Class Roberts.
SHEPARD HALL: Susan Carlin
went to Colby Jr. for one year (1964
1965) and then transferred. She
loved the sticky buns you could buy
next door from the wonderful
ladies who ran a cafe in their home;
Carolyn Ayer McKean wrote, My
15-year-old granddaughter, Allie,
was at Colby-Sawyer for a sports
event this fall. She couldnt wait to
get home to ask me if McKean was
named after me. She was disap-
pointed when I said it wasnt. We
dont live far from the college, so I
have always enjoyed taking my
grandchildren through the campus
Barb Crockett Collins 67 and her
family at her sons wedding.
to show them where I went to
school; Sandra Richards Johnson;
Shannon Finnegan Huff; Jean
Henderson Wegener; Carol Hewitt
Bitter. I also heard from Sandra
Carr Miller, who resided in New
London while she attended Colby.
In July, Susan Chapman Melanson
completed her certification as a
grant writer. It was on her bucket
list, and she is finding her services
in demand. So great to hear from
all of you. Isnt this more interest-
ing than me rambling on about
what I did in the past 6 months? I
look forward to seeing many of you
in Oct. for our 50th Reunion!
1967
SIS HAGEN KINNEY
kinivan06@gmail.com
Francie King has edited 4 personal
histories this year through her
company (visit HistoryKeep.com),
including a 3-volume boxed set
called Wilbers War: An American
Familys Journey Through World
War II. She continues to work for
the BU campaign and indicates
that when the $1.5 billion goal is
met, she might consider retiring.
She also keeps busy with her B&B,
Chestnut Sweet. Pat Maher Christ-
odoulou and her husband enjoy
city life in NY. Shes still very
involved in her real estate staging
company (see stageandsell1.com)
and enjoys seeing some beautiful
apartments. Shes hoping to con-
nect with Joyce Wilkinson Oesch,
Sigrid Thorne Lewis and Nancy
Keister Wellington. Suzanne
Zan Reber Merriman and her
husband, Paul, started retirement
planning years ago by buying a 2nd
home in San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico, and after visiting for 10
years while retaining their home on
Bainbridge Island, WA, they have
decided to consolidate in the
Northwest. She has rejoined the
community by becoming a board
member of the Bainbridge Island
Land Trust. Zan enjoys gardening
and clay sculpture. Barb Crockett
Collins has taught biology and
chemistry at Brimmer and May
School (Chestnut Hill, MA); taught
skiing in both Leysin, Switzerland,
and Telluride, CO; and eventually
settled in WA with her husband and
2 children, where she opened the
Spectrum Center School of Mas-
sage in 1981, which she ran and
taught for 25 years. Her passion
has always been Morgan horses;
she started breeding her Morgans
to Friesians to have a slightly
larger horse with similar conforma-
tion. Barb is the registrar of the
Moriesian Horse Registry. She
rides in interesting places, visits her
childrenher daughter and 3
grandchildren live in Dharamshala,
India, while her son and his wife
live in Mexico City as well as her
94-year-old mother on the East
coast. In Aug., Beth Holloran Bour-
guignon welcomed her 1st
grandchild, born to her daughter
and son-in-law. Beth and her hus-
band, Ty, are grateful to live nearby.
She works part-time as director at
the Needham Childrens Center,
where she has been for 35 years,
and her colleagues include
Susanne Day Teachout 01 and
Carolyn Day Reulbach 09, who
were once her students. I am in
contact with Whitney McKendree
Moore and Margaret Ginger
Mueller Rundlof from time to time.
Whitney and her husband, Barry,
are contemplating a move to get
away from the lovely New England
winters! Ginger moved from The
Woodlands, TX, to Richmond, TX,
to be near her sons and daughter.
She continues to drive an hour to
The Woodlands each week to lunch
with 3 grandchildren at their school
and to shop and visit friends. She
invites anyone in the Houston area
to look her up. Edith Parker Posselt
and her husband have moved from
Canterbury, NH, to Portsmouth,
NH. She has retired as a psycholo-
gist but is leaving all options open.
Heidi Eddy Riggs and her husband
have had a personal garden docu-
mentation accepted by the
Smithsonian for inclusion in the
Archives of American Gardens
(AAG). Its the 1st garden in Scotts-
dale to be accepted into the AAG.
This garden has been on tour in
2012 for Maricopa County Master
Gardeners and in 2015 for Patrons
of the Desert Botanical Garden. It
has been written about in Phoenix
Home & Garden Magazine as well
as The Arizona Republic. Nancy
Belt Wilson and her husband,
Chuck, went to Honolulu in April.
She writes, From our room in the
Pink Palace, we enjoyed watching
an Easter Egg Hunt on the lawn for
kids, age 35. As for me, Sis
Hagen Kinney, retirement contin-
ues to be wonderful! My husband,
Bobby, and I were able to visit our
newest grandchild, Kilby Marah
Gower-Kinney, son of our daughter
and daughter-in-law, in Williams-
burg, VA, shortly after his birth. I
spent about 10 days babysitting in
Oct., when maternity leave ended.
Bobby and I enjoyed our summer
in the beautiful NC mountains. We
drove to Sea Isle City at the NJ
shore in July and spent a week with
a cousin and her husband and rode
bikes. In the mountains, I enjoyed
senior yoga, water aerobics, Mex-
ican train dominoes and then
hiking, golfing and kayaking with
Bobby. We rescued a shepherd and
golden retriever mix in late Aug.
and have enjoyed the company.
Daily dog walking is routine now.
We returned to our new house in
Fuquay-Varina, NC, in mid-Nov.,
where we enjoy being closer to the
grandchildren who live in Durham
and Youngsville, NC, and in Wil-
liamsburg, VA. I would love to have
correspondence from Jane French
Rieck, Judy Stronach Sauer, Nancy
Hess Coleman and Leslie Williams
MacFarlane. Class notes will con-
tinue to be due May 1 and Nov. 1.
When you send me an email,
please remember to include your
maiden name so I can correctly
identify you in the column. Keep
the news coming!
1968
CORRESPONDENT NEEDED
Suzanne Kurtz Klorig is having
more fun than ever in the Pacific
Northwest. She volunteers twice a
week at Navy Relief, plays Mahjong
regularly with a large group, is
active in a wonderful spouse group,
has season tickets to 2 theater
groups, hikes, camps, is a member
of 2 book clubs, does a fair amount
of stained-glass work, and has a
semiretired husband to travel with
(Iceland in Nov.). Susan Austin
Kraeger and her husband, Tom,
spring 2016 65

connections
Judy Leeming Thompson 68 with
her husband, Mike, and their
grandchildren on an Alaskan cruise
in 2015.
welcomed their 1st 2 grandchildren
last spring, just 31 days apart! She
retired in June 2014 and has been
enjoying extended summers in NH.
The rest of the year finds the Krae-
gers ensconced on St Croix. Susan
continues her work in Ghana with
World Class, where they build sani-
tation facilities and bore wells for
villages with limited access to clean
drinking water and no latrines. She
visits Ghana annually to dedicate
their most recent project and vet
the next big project. Her time at
home is taken up with volunteer
work, beach time, cooking, and
supporting their island farmers and
local sustainable agriculture.
1969
DEBORAH ADAMS JOHNSTON
navypub@aol.com
After working with seniors for
almost 20 years, Ruth Rhodes
Nahm retired just after losing her
husband, Eric, of 43 years to cancer.
She has 3 daughters. The oldest,
Kristin, and her husband, Douglas,
have just finished almost 2 years of
cycling. They started in Seattle,
came across the US and Canada,
headed for Europe, Africa and Asia.
Ruth has 2 granddaughters and a
grandson who keep her busy. She
keeps in touch with her freshman
roommate, Susan Loeckler Burns.
CLASS OF 1971
COME BACK FOR
YOUR 45TH REUNION
OCT. 1416!
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1970
GAIL REMICK HOAGE
gail@michaelsschool.com
Since moving to Tucson, AZ, 20
years ago, Bonnie Beehler Corey
has led field trips with her husband
for the Nature Conservancy and
Audubon. As a docent at the Desert
Museum shes privileged to handle,
hold and interpret the Sonoran
desert flora and fauna, from the
saguaro cactus to Harris Hawks
and tarantulas. She also teaches
classes in prehistory and ancient
southwest technologies. If you did
not make it to the 45th Reunion
(like me), you missed a fabulous
time! Val Turtle reports, What fun
so many had at our 45th reunion. It
was terrific to see so many people
we havent seen in years, catch up,
meet new friends, and laugh and
laugh. What a simply wonderful
weekend! Please mark 2020 on
your calendar for even more fun at
our 50th! The weekend started out
at a nearby lake house rented by
Susan Pomerantz, Beth Constan-
tinides Meurlin, Deb Marcoux
Deacetis, Karen Dunnett and Val
Turtle, with a dinner provided by
Beth, but with everyone pitching in
to bring something to share.
Coming all the way from CA were
Joanne Peterman Torre and Beth
Roland Hunter and her husband,
Phil. Stephanie Wilson Ablondi
joined us from Cape Cod, as did the
locals, Martha Muffy Clark
Faucher, Nancy Teach and Suel-
lynn Stark. There was a contingent
of our classmates who went on for
their med tech degree who
attended, including from MI the
Reverend Barb Cavin 71 MT; Jane
Kernan Sayed 71 MT with
husband, Joe; Ann Lozier Rohrborn
71 MT with husband, Bob; and
Bonnie Adamski Lewis 71 MT,
who recently retired from
Colby-Sawyer. Bringing husbands
named Dave were Mary Pat
Desmond Cox from Upstate NY,
and Nancy Connolly Johnson from
MA. We also enjoyed seeing Laurie
Rendall Coursin 69 from VT. Also
seen on campus during the week-
end were Heidi Rice Lauridsen and
Jackie Feldman. Activities that
classmates enjoyed included an
Alumni Mountain Day hike up Mt. goes to UW while living at Pi Kappa
Kearsarge, campus tours, programs Alpha. Robin Ranallo Boucher
hosted by the college, a wine-pair- enjoyed reading Colby-Sawyer Mag-
ing dinner, shopping, foliage azine and think its a nice
viewing, and just plain reminiscing. representation of CSC. After a
A highlight was Mary Pat reading a 45-year career in the life insurance
letter she sent to her freshman year industry, she retired in 2014. She
roommate, Jane, who had kept this still lives in RI and loves life without
item all these years. Those listening a work schedule. Candice Corcoran
had side-splitting laughter, and we Raines qualified for the Olympic Tri-
hope the letter is read again at our als in Target Archery. The event at
50th! The 45th Reunion Committee Texas A&M featured 50-mph winds,
of Susan, Beth, Deb, Karen, Val and temps 100+ and thunderstorms. It
also Gail Remick Hoage and Lynn was the most challenging shoot
Winchester (who couldnt attend) she has done. Candi serves as a Lt.
thought we would have a super Colonel in the VT State Guard. The
weekend, and they were right! An Guard participated in a FEMA
email list has been started to keep disaster drill this fall, which simu-
in touch, so if you want to be part of lated an ice storm event. Im sorry I
it, or want to get in touch with didnt hear from more of you and
others, contact our class corre- hope you will share next time. I con-
spondent, Gail, or the Alumni tinue to enjoy my hectic retired
Office. schedule and midweek skiing.
1971 1972
ELLIE GOODWIN COCHRAN LINDA KELLY GRAVES
elliegc@myfairpoint.net dikeroka@aol.com
Mary Lou Sibley Wolfe loves living After 39 years in HR and training
just east of Seattle and Lake Wash- with Heritage Bank in Salem, MA,
ington. She can go 30 minutes east Jean Brasier Kavanagh has taken
and ski in the Cascades Mtn. Range on the job of relaxation, redecorat-
of the Rockies, or 20 to the west ing, and grandchildren caretaking.
and sail on Puget Sound between She and her husband sold their
the Olympic Peninsula and Seattle. house and moved to Danvers, MA,
Her husband, Cory, will be at to be closer to their sons families.
Boeing for the rest of his working Jeans husband is a retired police
days, and their 20-year-old son lieutenant and keeps busy working
This happy group of alumnae gathered in New London to celebrate their 45th
Reunion in October. Pictured are (back row l to r) Barbara Cavin 71 MT,
Muffy Clark Faucher 70, Nancy Connolly Johnson 70, Bonnie Adamski
Lewis 71 MT, Mary Pat Desmond Cox 70, Jane Kernan Sayed 71 MT, Ann
Lozier Rohrborn 71 MT, Stephanie Wilson Ablondi 71 MT, Suellynn Stark
70, (front row, l to r) Laurie Rendall Coursin 69, Deb Marcoux Deacetis
70, Susan Pomerantz 70, Beth Roland Hunter 70, Nancy Teach 70, Beth
Constantinides Meurlin 70, Val Turtle 70 and Joanne Peterman Torre 70.

A reading of Black Butterflies by
Marylou Di Pietro 74 (center) was
presented Dec. 7 in NYC. Marylou
cast the son of Sally Williams Cook
74 in one of the roles. The ground-
breaking play is based on the life of
Rose Williams, sister and muse to
Tennessee Williams.
See blackbutterfliestheplay.com
to learn more.
for a friends battery and lighting
company as manufacturing man-
ager. They try to travel at least twice
a year (HI, AK, CA, WY, MT, AZ and
TX; up and down the East Coast;
the Caribbean; and many other
places so far). Her oldest son,
Shane, is a police detective for the
Town of Wenham and resource offi-
cer to the local schools. He and his
wife have 2 beautiful children:
Alyssa, 14, and Cameron, 8. Jeans
youngest son, Ian, is an engineer at
Microsoft in Cambridge, MA. He
and his wife just brought baby boy,
Jackson, into the world. She main-
tains contact with her Shepard
friends: Beth Bladen Norcross,
Wendy Parsley Haupt 73 MT and
Nancy Lee Smith 73 MT. Lindsay
Henes ODonovan, who lives in
Cambridge, MA, with husband,
Brian, writes, Getting ready for our
big show that he is the host of with
WGBH, A Christmas Celtic
Sojourn. We will tour New England
with several shows at the Emerson
Cutler Majestic in Boston. I am the
pianist and co-producer of the
show. Also busy with co-hosting
with Brian traditional Irish concerts
at The Burren in Somerville. Just
back from a trip to St. Paul, where
our eldest daughter Aoife ODon-
ovan co-hosted A Prairie Home
Companion, on which she has
been a frequent guest performer!
Kate Dixon-Rose writes that her
business, Cooking at Kates, is
getting some press. Visit
bit.ly/20qGhYD to watch a segment
that ran right before they opened
their doors in Oct. They are
also open for summer rentals and
intimate weddings. Nancy
Bianchi Miller completed a 5K in
Washington, DC, to raise money for
the Lungevity Foundation, the lead-
ing private research provider for
lung cancer. Nancy walks 4 miles
daily, so I am sure she lapped all the
other participants! Lucy Main
recently returned from a cruise to
Turkey and Greece, a good escape
before winter settled in to Malone,
NY. I had a fun evening with Debo- on Lynns son, who plays for Lehigh.
rah Ross Chambliss when she was
in Philadelphia on business. A
3-hour dinner spent catching up on
life felt great! Lydia Biddle Thomas
continues to expand her business
in NYC, helping people organize
and remove the clutter in their
homes and lives. She recently took
a side trip to Venice, Italy, while on
her way to Switzerland to attend a
friends birthday party; she and a
small group kayaked through the
canals. Ann Cowperthwaite is a
sculptor, teacher and co-owner of
Eidolon Designs in Raleigh, NC;
she specializes in custom-
designed, high-quality furniture,
special architectural projects and
millwork. Thanks to all who shared
their newslets hear from the rest
of you!
1974
SUSAN BROWN WARNER
warners@optonline.net
Lisa Burke Hennessy recently
reconnected with freshman room-
mate Kathryn Roberts McMullen
on Cape Cod. They both spend time
there in the summer and always
look forward to catching up. Lisas
twins, Andrew and Brooks, are
juniors in HS. Husband Peter works
in real estate in NYC. They have a
horse farm, Stony Creek Farm, in
North Salem, NY, and Lisa contin-
ues to pursue an interest in
decorating homes for clients. Kath-
ryn Roberts McMullen winters in
Naples, FL, and summers on Cape
Cod. She is still at the Ritz-Carlton
Resorts of Naples, planning meet-
ings and events from Oct. to April,
then dallying on the grounds crew
In October, Janet Spurr 76, Anne
Tilney Brune 76, Lynn Esler Vail 76 keep things interesting and fair.
and Cabby Herr 76 reunited over
lunch at Lehigh University to cheer
and exercising. A group of Burpee-
at Cape Cod National Golf Club all
summer where her husband, Frank,
is the chef. Their son Miles is in his
2nd year at the Culinary Institute of
America in Hyde Park, NY, where
his daddy is an alum.
1975
JILL MCLAUGHLIN GODFREY
Jillgodfrey25@gmail.com
While only a few people attended
the 40th reunion of the Class of
1975, it was still a huge success. The
timeless and easy camaraderie we
found ourselves with set the tone
for the entire weekend. Arden Ave-
disian and Amy Schimelfenyg
arrived tanned and beautiful from
their fun life in FL. Suzanne Qui-
mby Reed and Jill McLaughlin
Godfrey, Nancy McIntire Zemlin,
Sandy Comstock enjoyed the pris-
tine fall colors, wining and dining,
and seeing wonderful Colby
women again.
1976
JANET E. SPURR
Spurr1@msn.com
In Oct., Lynn Esler Vail visited from
Laguna Beach, CA, to see her son,
who attends Lehigh University, win
a soccer game against BU. Anne
Tilney Brune joined from VA, as
well as Holly Hexner Giampapa
75, Katherine Cabby Herr and
Heidi Scheller 75. The group had
lunch and dinner and then cheered
at the game.
1979
DEBRA BRAY MITCHELL
dbraymitch@gmail.com
Susan Sherry Barnett has lived in
many places since graduation but
has called Charlotte, NC, home for
the past 20 years. She and her hus-
band (a high school sweetheart)
work in real estate. Their 2 sons
colleges have them cheering for
SEC football and ACC basketball to
Besides work, Susan stays busy
with gardening, traveling, reading
ites had a minireunion in Newport,
RI, in Sept. 2014: Caren Demoulas
Pasquale, Diane Remondi De
Falco, Lisa Hammond Carvalho,
Alice Mari Hanabergh OSulli-
van, Sue Chapman Warren,
Meredith Missy Craig Davis,
Ellen Fitzpatrick Criscione, Martha
Colinan Ellicott 81 along with
Susan. They had not seen each
other in a while but picked up
where they left off. Gotta love our
CSC friendships! Heidi Caswell
Zander lives in her hometown of
Rockport, MA, where she owns the
Tidal Edge Gallery (TidalEdge
Gallery.com) featuring her artwork.
Heidi paints primarily with oil, and
the local seascapes and vistas are
her subject matter. After gradua-
tion, Carla Schmelzer Meyers went
to UNH School of Law and then
practiced in Concord, NH, for 12
years. She met and married Dan
Myers, and they have 2 sons: Dan-
iel, 27, and Mathew, 26. When
Dans job moved them up and
down the East coast, Carla started
Carla Schmelzer Meyers 79 and her
Morgan horse, Gracie.
spring 2016 67

connections
Sue Copeland Taylor 84 (2nd from
left) with her daughter Jesse (far
left), daughter Sam (2nd from right)
and husband Mike (far right).
volunteering for the National MS
Society, Forever Morgans and the
Museum of New ArtPortsmouth.
Her passion is riding and showing
her Morgan mare, Gracie. Last
year, the 2 were Reserve World
Champions. Carla keeps in touch
with Ann Venie Fitzgerald, Sareen
Sarna, Janet Mahon Vinzce 78
MT, Margaret Murphy Crossen
78, Sue Eilertson Haber 78 and
Karen Wessel Cohen 80. Karen
Hill Maloney and her oldest daugh-
ter, Lauren, own a gym on the water
on LI. Karen has 3 other children,
Breanna, Ryan and Maclain, who
love snowmobiling and quad riding
at their homes in Wilmot and Sut-
ton, NH.
1981
PAMELA AIGELTINGER LYONS
pamalyons@verizon.net
Stephanie Clarke lives in Wood-
bury, CT. She is still involved in the
horse world but has taken it to the
backyard, recently purchasing 27
acres. She is refurbishing a 1760
cape and building a barn. She
hopes to do a little antiques busi-
ness, as well as a layup and
rehabilitation center for horses.
Robin Mohn Ely has been married
for 26 years and moved to Ridge-
field, CT, from NJ years ago. She
worked on Wall Street for 25 years
as an institutional equity sales
trader and is currently a financial
adviser with Merrill Lynch in Ridge-
field. Robin is active with her local
regional hospice and is involved
with the Girl Scouts of CT. Her
68 colby-sawyer magazine
daughter Erica is a sophomore at
UC Davis majoring in bio systems
engineering and playing D-1
lacrosse. Robin keeps in touch with
Shelley Clark Ott 79 and Lynne
Atkinson Florian 79 and is on
Facebook with Edie Peach Mauser
80 and many others. Robin says,
We need to get the Best Dorm
crew together in 2016, as there are
several of us who live in CT.
1982
SUSAN HOLDERNESS CUSACK
sehchoy@aol.com
As the foliage peaked in New Lon-
don, the scenery was especially
beautiful for the Alumni Fall Festi-
val weekend. On Oct. 17, my
husband, Noel, and I, Susan Hold-
erness Cusack, attended the
Saturday Night Social in Ware Stu-
dent Center. It consisted of music
presented by two DJs, dancing
under disco lights, a fabulous des-
sert buffet and a full bar. As the
hour got late, there was stiff com-
petition on the dance floor with
one large alumni group performing
an impressive, enthusiastic, inter-
active reenactment of Meatloafs
Paradise by the Dashboard
Lights. We especially liked it when
the students and dining and cater-
ing staff joined us. Earlier that
evening, we attended a concert of
the Timbre Drums Ensemble, an
interactive event of African and
Afro-Cuban drumming, song and
dance led by Grace Grasmere
Schust 83 and her daughter Lind-
sey. Grace and her family make
African-style hardwood drums,
ashikos and djun-djuns. Grace has
studied African percussion since
1983 and now teaches drumming.
You may remember Grace from the
Studio Art Department. She contin-
ues to make art and especially
enjoys drawing and painting. It was
fun catching up with her!
CLASS OF 1981
COME BACK FOR
YOUR 35TH REUNION
OCT. 1416!
1984
DIANE PLACE STATKUS
d.statkus@comcast.net
Michelle Dulany-Spidle wrote,
For the past 20 years I have been
in Montessori education. Founded
a private Montessori school in
Bath, ME, where I administrated
and taught from 1999 to 2007.
Moved back to Central FL and
founded a new Montessori school
in 2007, where I have also been
teaching children and leading the
school. After CSC, I received my
M.Ed., K-12 Administration. Con-
currently, I have written a proposal
for and founded a public Montes-
sori Charter School for K-8, and I
have one year to go before I gradu-
ate with a doctoral degree in
education. My retirement plan is to
teach early childhood education
courses at a college. Ive been busy!
I have 3 grown children and 5
grandchildren! I live in Winter
Garden with my 2 charming stan-
dard poodles. Barbara Woodbury
Marzelli 85 sees best friend Mar-
garet Coulter regularly. Barbara
writes, We never really strayed too
far from CSC and the communityI
am doing well in Newbury, NH,
married with 2 children. Our oldest
had a heart transplant just over a
year ago. Its been an 18-year roller
coaster ride. Hes doing well, and
we are working hard as a family to
find our balance. About 4 years
ago, Margaret Coulter started the
nonprofit Road To Independence
on a farm in Goshen, NH. They
offer a nonriding equine-assisted
learning program and a farm-based
learning program for individuals
who are differently abled. She
writes, We are one of a very few
programs who work with donkeys
in an equine-assisted program. We
started and maintain a garden and
run a booth at the weekly Newport
Farmers Market and bring our veg-
gies and donkeys there. In addition
to working on a variety of farm proj-
ects, we participate in a number of
area parades with the donkeys and
compete in a few donkey shows.
We also take our donkeys visiting to
2 memory-care residences and an
adult day program. Currently we
are an all-volunteer, part-time pro-
gram and I write numerous grants
to maintain our funding. It is won-
derful to have the support of
Barbara Marzelli 85, who is a board
member and an enthusiastic volun-
teer. I invite all to visit our Facebook
page and look under Road To Inde-
pendence to learn more. In Jan.
2002, Marion Quinn McElwee and
her husband, Brian, founded the
company easyBackgrounds, a pro-
vider of background screening
services. Quinny writes, We are
based out of Newfields, NH, and
have 25 employees. Our business is
internet-based and our background
checks are done nationwide. As far
as family, Brooke is 26 and Jack is
22; he will graduate in May from
Roanoke College in VA. Brooke is a
photographer and a world traveler.
Brian and I have been married 29
years and have lived in Newfields
for 17. Amye Jarnes Newhall is an
instructional designer for Fidelity
Investments. She lives in Marble-
head, MA, with her husband, W.F.
Their daughter, Piper, is a freshman
at the U of DE. Sue Copeland
Taylor says, Ive been married to
my husband, Mike, for 25 years,
and we have lived in Essex, MA for
23 of them. We have 2 daughters:
Jesse, who graduated from George
Mason U, is 22 and lives in Arling-
ton, VA; Sam, 20, is a sophomore
at UCLA. After being a stay-at-
home mom and sports coach for 15
years, I have been working for the
past 4 as the water/sewer billing
clerk for the town of Manchester-
by-the-Sea. We love to spend time
on our boat going to the back side
of Crane Beach. Some things never
change! Frances Cammie Pur-
Amye James Newhall 84 with
her family.

l to r Marty Cross 85, Jeanne
Baldwin Richards 86, Alice Wright
Goodrich 85, Sandra Sofa
Couch-Kelly 87, Liz Dumas Morris
88 and Fredericka Freddie husband, Bruce, are blasting off to
Gibbons Kerr 85 enjoyed some girl
time at Peter Christians Tavern
while in New London for Alumni
Fall Festival.
cell lives in Potomac, MD, with the
love of her life, Terry. Hes retired
military and a small-business
owner. She has been doing ultra-
sound for the last 30 years. They are
building a log cabin on a lake in VA,
which will be home when they
retire!
1986
CORRESPONDENT NEEDED
Stephanie Browne Brightman
writes, I sold my house in North
Reading, MA, and moved to North
Hampton, NH. I am never moving
again! What a beautiful town; my
son and I are so happy with my
husband, Tom, and stepbrother
and sister, Chas and Briette.
1987
KYM PRINTON FISCHER
mkjfischer@yahoo.com
Lisa Karyt Garrett writes, For
the last 10 years, Ive been teaching
animal science at Norfolk County
Agricultural HS in Walpole, MA.
Im heavily involved in coaching
basketball, running my own pro-
gram the Mass Wildcats, and, of
course, finding time to get together
with old Colby-Sawyer friends. After
CSC, Robin Rainie-Lobacz com-
pleted her masters as a physician
assistant in sports medicine. She
writes, I am in my 13th year treat-
ing the US Marines at Camp
Pendletons School of Infantry for
all their musculoskeletal injuries.
Living in SoCal is a huge culture
change for this NH girl, but my
husband, Kenzie, and I have
adapted. He purchased a Yacht
Brokerage here and we work as a
team to grow that little business.
1988
CATHERINE HOOD-PITTENGER
wrappedjmj@bellsouth.net
has given her many crazy and joyful
Melissa Clemons Russell and her
babies! Be sure to stop by her
FL, somewhere near Jupiter! Bruce
has accepted a job that will provide
more balance between work and
play. They will rent until their house
sells in WA, and then they will put
down roots. Melissa says they have
always wanted to live and retire in
the tropics. She and Bruce look for-
ward to friends and family visiting!
Christina Pascual Colon 89
recently returned from Puerto Rico,
where she and her daughter Steph-
anie participated in the Olympic
qualifiers for womens soccer. If the
team made it through the second
round, they were to play the US in
Feb. Christina hoped to be on the
sideline photographing the team.
Her daughter Jackie is deciding
which college to attend in the fall.
Christina hopes she chooses one
where she can play soccer!
#wearejustherefortheparty week-
back row (l to r) Jen Bradley
Petersen 87, Laura Hower 89, Lisa
Garrett 87, front row (l to r) Kelly
Bryant Belanger 87, and Whitney
Holloway 87 enjoyed the contents of
the Colby-Sawyer Party in a Box
during their last get-together.
1990
JANETTE ROBINSON
HARRINGTON
janetteharrington13@gmail.com
Alison Lambert Vernon is now the
proud owner of 2 consignment
shops in New London: Go Lightly
Consignment for Women and Go
Lightly Consignment for Kids. Life
turns, the best of which are 3 grand-
shops when visiting town. Becki
Brown Lucarelli enjoyed a hike up
Mt. Kearsarge over Columbus Day
weekend with her youngest, along
with her sister and niece. It was a l to r Blair Talcott Orloff 91, Carla
beautiful day, and a very busy one Gordon Russell 91, Greta Sanborn
at the mountain! She enjoyed the Shepard 90, Rachel Urban Tassone
91, and Erin Kelley-Ernst 91
drive through New London past
enjoyed a recent visit to New
Colby-Sawyer and wishes they London, where they checked out
could have had lunch at PCs. Bec- their old stomping grounds and
kis family still lives in Chatham. visited Professors Donald Campbell
Her 21-year-old son, a commercial and Loretta Barnett.
fisherman, still comes home to do
laundry. Her 19-year-old daughter is
a sophomore at the Xavier U in pumpkin form (dont ask!) was
School of Nursing in Cincinnati. Melissa Forsythe Tucci 87. There
Her 16-year-old son is close to get- was much merriment, mirth and a
ting his drivers license and is memory or 3 had by all. Liz taught
considering the Marines, and her us all how to make apple cider san-
10-year-old son, Michael, loves 5th gria, and we shall return to the
grade. Becki has been a chocolatier same house next fall with, we hope,
at the Chatham Candy Manor for an even larger bunch of lunatics
20 years. Her husband is a com- and a larger pitcher. Robyn Keat-
mercial lobster fisherman. ing Ladd lives in Epsom, NH, and
has been married for 18 years. Her
oldest son, Derek, is a junior at
1993 Pembroke Academy, and Austin is
DAWN K. HINCKLEY in the 8th grade at Epsom Central.
Prettygyrl911s@gmail.com They are involved in 4-H and do
projects such as woodworking,
Susan Trainer Russell reports, We ceramics and community service in
had a great turnout for our annual the area. The boys also show their
working steers at many fairs over
end in New London, not the summer. Robyn met up with
coincidentally held the same week- her roommate, Lindsey Yandow
end as the Alumni Fall Festival. 94, in York, ME, last summer. They
Laura McGuinn McCarthy and I had a great visit and shared lots of
hosted a house full of lunaticsI memories.
mean, fellow alums, including Liz
Toole Witham 94, Rick Ellis 95,
Maria Sinacola Borland 94, Matt
Reed 94 and Corey, Chuck Rodg-
ers 94 and Erika, Dave Morin 94, CLASS OF 1986
Sara Hodgkins Morin 95, Jen
COME BACK FOR
Deasy 94 and Tony Librot 94. Ally
YOUR 30TH REUNION
Goff Shar 94 and her clan joined
OCT. 1416!
us for tots in the caf on Sunday.
Missing in human form but with us
spring 2016 69

1994
JULIE A. CAMP
camp_julie@hotmail.com
connections
STACEY BANKS NIEMAN
sniemana@gmail.com
Becka Yturregui lives in Waban,
MA, with her husband, Che Eagle;
their 13-year-old son, Harris; their
9-year-old daughter, Meredith; and
their 2 Border collies. She loves her
job at Combined Jewish Philanthro-
pies in Boston. Becka keeps in
touch with Heather Stockford,
Charlotte Tims, Sarah Clements
Yoslov and Brooke Scarpa Sals-
bury. I think Heather was the only
one of us who matriculated at CSC,
but we sure formed a solid friend-
ship while there, she writes. David
Morin and Sara Hodgkins Morin
95 enjoyed visiting with 9395 Heidi Stevens Freeman and her
classmates in Oct. Dave shares, It
has quickly become a tradition
among our group of friends to get
together on this weekend, tour
campus, then retire to off-campus
rentals for socializing and merri-
ment. We cap off the weekend by
brunching in the dining hall on
Sunday morning and marveling
about how dramatic the changes
are since we were students 20+
years ago. Mike Heffernan contin-
ues to show us the family-style
hospitality that made us feel so at
home back then by rolling out the
red carpet and serving us our
beloved tater-tots.
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Friends unite over a beer during the
Alumni Beer Tasting event at the
new pub on campus. l to r: Hillary
Woodward Pincoske 96, Kyle Battis
99, Josh Pincoske 97 and
Kim-Laura Boyle 98.
1995
CAROLINE MIRIAM HERZ
carolineherz@gmail.com
room to award and open the space.
family moved to Holland in July,
where she and her husband, Justin,
teach at the American School of
The Hague. Heidi loves being part
of the international community and
has 16 1st-graders from 13 coun-
tries. Heidis own girls (Iris, 9, and
Sage, 7), have settled in well. Heidi
writes, We are taking advantage of
our European location and travel-
ing as much as we can. We went to
Austria in Oct. and have plans for
Switzerland in Feb. and Norway in
April. The downside is there is no
snow here in the Netherlands, so
we have to go out and find it on our
vacations! We love the biking way of
life here. We have no need for a car
and have adapted to getting around
without one.
1997
AMIE PARISEAU
pariseau75@comcast.net
DONNA M. STUDLEY
donna.studley@gmail.com
LAUREN CALVARESE
TAUSCHER
lauren_tauscher@yahoo.com
Hello, Class of 1997! Amie Pari-
seau, Donna Studley and Lauren
Calvarese Tauscher have been
working to reestablish our column
in Colby-Sawyer. Were pleased to
share the following updates and
hope to hear from more of you for
the next edition, or well be forced
to quote you from Facebook and
Twitter. Rachel Anderson Dodge
and her husband celebrated their
17th wedding anniversary this year.
They have 4 sons ages 8, 6, 4 and 2.
Rachel is an RN at FL Hospital on
the Rapid Response Team, where
she logs many steps in the 1,863-
bed facility. The family is preparing
to move to ME this summer, so she
may make it to next years reunion.
Things are going well for Laura
Powell in Ardmore, PA. She works
at The Junior League Thrift Shop in
Ardmore and completed her 10th
marathon in Oct. Stephanie Peter-
son Racine is a middle school
science teacher in Central Falls, RI.
In June she won a STEM Lab reno-
vation sponsored by National Grid
and the Boston Celtics. Members
of the Celtics came to her class-
her 4 boys play a variety of sports.
The prize included new computers,
huge monitors, a touch-screen pro-
jector, Vernier science equipment
and more! She and her students
met Isaiah Thomas and Dana Bar-
ros and heard their inspirational
stories. Search Stephanies name
on YouTube to see her winning
video. Amie Pariseau and Donna
Studley had a great time over Fall
Festival weekend, taking a running
tour of campus, catching up with
Marriott Mike, eating at Pizza
Chef, hanging out at the pub in the
Lodge (!), and celebrating Lori
Donna Studley 97 and Amie
Pariseau 97 stopped by the tennis
courts during Alumni Fall Festival.
Rob Gagnon 98 and his daughter
spending some quality time together.
Monroe Lombardis induction into
the Athletic Hall of Fame with her
family and Sarah Holmes Tucker
95. Lauren Calvarese Tauscher
lives in AZ and has been watching
1998
JAMIE GILBERT KELLY
sportsmassage01@hotmail.com
CHRISTOPHER G. QUINT
christopher.quint@gmail.com
After 10 years in the banking indus-
try, Kate Irish DelliColli has
embarked on a different journey
and taken a job with Smuttynose
Brewing Company in Hampton,
NH. Ive been having the time of
my life combining my analytical
mind with my love for beer, she
writes. Over the summer, she and
husband Jeff DelliColli 95 caught
up with friends at the home of
Chuck Morrison and Sophie Reist
Morrison 00. Other alumni pres-
ent were Brian Carriere 99, Chris
Carriere 99, Pete Bourgoin, John
Eaton and their families. Kate and
her daughter Kaylee enjoyed some
concerts this summer at the House
of Blues in Boston. Ryan Baker
works there, so Kate was able to
catch up with him a few times. Kate
and Jeff had a great time at his 20th
CSC reunion. Kate writes, It was
nice catching up with my soccer
girls, Kim-Laura Boyle and Amy
Potter Drummond 00. Our buddy
Don Varnum 95 and his wife,
Kerry, were there with their ador-
able brood. We also had a blast
catching up at the new pub with
Amie Pariseau 97 and Donna M.
 1999
CORRESPONDENT NEEDED
Hilary Sherman Hawkins is the
interim trauma program manager
for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical
Center. In her spare time, she is a
teaching assistant for the MBA pro-
gram at GWU, as well as a clinical
expert and animation specialist for
Elsevier Publishing. Her husband is
the Chief CRNA, with 40 CRNAs
under him. Their 3 sons, who are all
married, have made them proud
grandparents of 6 grandchildren.
Skyler is a sophomore at the U of
These future Chargers pose for a photo with Colby-Sawyers mascot, Victor, UT and Zylis is at Killington Moun-
during Alumni Fall Festival. The parents of the children in the photo include
tain School working on his free ski
Jen Prudden Montgomery 00, Katie Sykes Follis 00, Matt Follis 99, Zanna
Campbell Blaney 00, Tracey Guarda Perkins 01, Keith Perkins 99, Abby
competitions.
Lefebvre Crowell 01, Ben Crowell 03 and Megan Costello Burch 01.
2000
Studley 97. It was an ironic twist cleats for running sneakers. He ran TARA SCHIRM CAMPANELLA
catching up with Beth Bryant his first marathon in 06, and in taracampanella@hotmail.com
Camp 92 and Sara Bryant Grant 09, he ran in Boston, his 1st full JENNIFER PRUDDEN
95, learning that they grew up in marathon. He plans to compete in MONTGOMERY
the tiny town of South Hampton a full Ironman in Sept. in TN. Sarah jprudden@yahoo.com
where Jeff and I now live. After Wall had her own mini-reunion
graduation from CSC, Jacob weekend in Kansas City, MO, It was so great to see some of you
French worked in the Physical Ther- during Alumni Fall Festival. She in Oct. for our 15th reunion. Noth-
apy Dept. at York Hospital before was expecting Hilary Waldbaum ing like a nice cold day in New
entering a radiologic technology 94 and was thrilled to see Alison London to remind you of some of
program at NHTI. Hes been work- Norton, too, who was in town to the best years of your life! I, Jen
ing at Wentworth-Douglas Hospital visit her brother. Sarah enjoys her Prudden Montgomery, still live in
for 9 years. Plans include PA school career in medical trade publishing Melrose, MA, and teach in Ando-
once his children enter middle at Anthem Media in Leawood, KS, ver. Son Davis, 3, and daughter
school. Jacob and his wife of 13 and life with 11-year-old Abigail. Taylor, 8 months, keep us busy!
years, Rene, are parents to daugh- During reunion, I got to spend time
ters Erin, 9, and Mia, 6. From time with Katie Sykes Follis, Matt Follis
to time, Jacob sees Keven Kenny, CLASS OF 2001 99, Zanna Campbell Blaney, Abby
Gary Kennedy, Corenna Reeves, Lefebvre Crowell 01, Megan
COME BACK FOR
William Woody Wolthuis and Costello Burch 01, Tracey Guarda
YOUR 15TH REUNION
Kristin Kolonski Wolthuis. Over Perkins 01 and our collective 13
OCT. 1416!
the years Jacob gave up his soccer kids! Marriot Mike really took
care of us during lunch in the din-
ing hall. We also got to be there
when Zanna Campbell Blaney
received the Young Alumni Achieve-
ment Award this year. Congrats,
Zanna! It was great to catch up with
Alexi Bobolia, Mike Spinney, Mike
Hachey, and Chris Fitzpatrick and
his wife, Lynette. Congratulations
to the 19971998 mens basketball
team on their induction into the
CSC Athletic Hall of Fame. Heres
what I heard from other class-
Kurt Svoboda 00 (far left) and some of his team from the University of
mates: Ryan Smith and his wife,
Michigan on the set of ESPN College GameDay, which broadcast from Ann Jen, welcomed baby girl Sofie by
Arbor on Oct. 17, 2015. adoption in Dec. Kurt Svoboda
accepted a position at the U of MI,
Jennie Cocchiaro LaBranche 01 in
Nepal with her family.
where he oversees external com-
munications and PR for the athletic
dept. He writes, It was a difficult
decision to leave Stanford, but the
early returns have been wonderful.
Aside from the professional oppor-
tunities for me, there is a vibrant
music scene at U-M and in the
town of Ann Arbor for my wife,
Joanna, who is a flutist. Our son,
Jaxon, is now 5 and, like his mother,
is passionate about music. I con-
tinue to treasure my brief summer
reunions with classmates and hope
to see additional friends through-
out my travels!
2001
KIMBERLY MORRISON MILLER
morrisonkimberly@hotmail.com
Abby Lefebvre Crowell writes,
Ben Crowell 03 and I have been
busy building a barn this summer
that I intend to fill with ponies. Ben
would prefer to fill it with horse
power! Their children, Corbin (5),
Hadley (3), and Tanner (1), love get-
ting together with the
overwhelming herd of CSC alum
children around the New London
area! The crew includes Matt and
Megan Costello Burch, Alex Dar-
rah 04 and Jessica Price Darrah
04, and Matt Hagerty 02 and Hil-
lary Cross Hagerty 02 plus many
others! Megan Costello Burch and
her family live in Elkins, NH. She
loves being Mom to 6-year-old
Grady and 3-year-old Leela. Megan
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Ellie Scuccimarra Hawes 02 with
her daughter, Stella.
is the marketing director for Durgin
and Crowell Lumber, and she and
Matt run Kearsarge United, a youth
soccer club they started in 2012.
Sara Hammond is an assistant
judicial case manager at the Essex
Probate and Family Court in Salem,
MA, and lives in Boston. Nichole
Lord Hay and Greg Hay 03 wel-
comed a son, Keegan, on Aug. 23.
Scott Lavigne completed his 2nd
Ironman triathlon in July in Lake
Placid, NY. In Aug., he bought a
house and got married in Sept! He
and his wife had a great wedding
weekend at Mt. Sunapee and were
able to spend time with Dave Lind-
berg, his wife, Tina, and their son.
Emily Minor Hayes and her family
have moved to Maryville, TN, and
built a house, and she has accepted
a nurse specialist position at the
Heart Lung Vascular Institute at the
U of TN Medical Center. In May,
Katrina Ryan transitioned from
sales rep to sales engineer at Citrix
in Raleigh. Katrina and Kim Morri-
son Miller meet for walks around
Neill Ewing-Wegmann 02 with his
daughter, Penelope.
the neighborhood or state park
every now and then. Steve Robin-
son created Mr. Berries Boxer
Briefs last yearvisit mrberries.
com for more details on his mens
apparel designed, cut and sewn in
the USA. Ero Roula Rallis Iorda-
nou and her husband were the
general contractors for their cus-
tom home. Roula put her project
management and CSC business
skills to good use on this effort, and
Im certain Professors Milan and
Quinn would be proud! Jennie
Cocchiaro LaBranche and her fam-
ily have moved to Kathmandu,
Nepal. She and her husband work
for the US Dept. of State and love
living abroad. As for me, Kim Mor-
rison Miller, life in Raleigh is pretty
much the same. The kids are 9 and
5, and I cannot believe we are old
enough to have kids this age! As a
family, we have been trying to
spend the month of July in NH to
see friends and enjoy the cooler
summers. Typically, I get to meet
up with the old gang, including Hil-
lary Andrus Dalton, Julie
McFarland Casey, Amanda Rucci
Lessard and other local friends! I
know many of us are so fortunate
to have such long-lasting CSC
friendships!
2002
NICOLE FOWLER MARTIN
nicole.martin3@gmail.com
CHERYL LECESSE
RICHARDSON
cheryllecesse@gmail.com
Beth Burnham 03 has left VT to
fulfill her dream of teaching inter-
nationally. Beth writes, I live in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, where I teach
grades 2 & 3 learning support at the
American International School of
Dhaka. I have already had the
opportunity to vacation in Koyao
Noi, Thailand, and am headed to
Oman, Beijing, Sri Lanka and
Nepal within the year. Lucia Sav-
age Reeder is working at a group
private practice in Salem, NH,
doing mental health and substance
abuse counseling. Courtney Norris
Francisco is no longer at The Chil-
drens House Montessori school in
Traverse City, MI. She shares, I will
now be staying home during the
day and being a mom! Jimmy has
been so busy with his market and
deli and his real estate office that
we just had too much going on. So
now I get to run the house and try
to keep up with our 3 busy boys:
Parker, 8; David, 6; and Adam, 3.
Prior to leaving The Childrens
House, Courtney enjoyed having
her sisters (Barbi Norris Downer
01) youngest daughter, Geneva, in
her class. After 8 years of working in
the CSC Office of Admissions, Hil-
ary Cogen Ryan was sad to leave
her position, but it was time for a
change, and she was eager to cut
her commute and work closer to
home in Concord, NH. As a result,
she took a position in the Admis-
sions Office at St. Pauls School in
August 14 and is happy to have a
job where she can spend summers Beth Burnham 02 outside her
off with her family. Liam started kin- classroom in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
dergarten this past fall at St. Johns
School, and her 3-year-old son, development division. Jessica
Brennan, is at a nearby preschool. Kelleher Foss and Jen Foss 02 wel-
Neill Ewing-Wegmann recently comed daughter Mackenzie
donated a painting and attended Margaret Foss on June 17. Bailey
an art auction at a gallery in Ports- Thompson and her husband, Jer-
mouth, NH, to raise money for emy, welcomed daughter Talullah
PLAN (an organization whose goal Bee on June 27, the very same day
is to have zero waste on cam- that Kerstin Swenson Flavin and
puses). Neill connected with PLAN her husband welcomed daughter
through board member Mike Clancy Lee. Gregory Hay and Nich-
Mooney. Neill writes, I had my ole Lord Hay 01 welcomed son
largest art showing this past spring Keegan Gregory Hay to their family
and summer at Think Tank in on August 23. Beth Morel Blair and
downtown Portland, ME, with 34 David Blair 02, along with their
works on display. Neills daughter daughter Ariana, welcomed Elea-
is in 1st grade and his son, Shane, nor Rose on Sept. 23.
is in 6th. Ellie Scuccimarra Hawes
and her husband, Jonathan, wel-
comed baby Stella on July 15. Ellie
left her job as marketing manager
for Lucky Strike in Boston after 9
years to spend time at home with
her daughter.
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Alexis Miranda Coleman married
Kevin Coleman on May 23 at Sap- COLBY-SAWYER
phire Estate in Sharon, MA. Casey Alumni Group
Bump Natrella and Katie Harrin- linkedin.com
gan Holley 05 were bridesmaids,
and Leah Doyle 04 attended. GET THE PICTURE
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anniversary at MEDITECH, where /csc_alumni
she is a supervisor in the
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connections
Allison Kelly Salem 05 and her
husband, Paul, welcomed son Parker
James on Nov. 7, 2015.
Zachary Ackles 07 and Kimberly
Simard Ackles 08 with their
children Gabby and Hazen.
These alumni from the Class of 2010 pose for a 5th reunion photo during Alumni Fall Festival in October. Pictured are
(back row, l to r) Ariana Coleman, PJ Hammerle, Albert Torres, Mark Nailor, Terri Duffy, Sarah Zirnkilton, Brittany
Mailman, Shayln McEntire Johanson, (front row, l to r) Elaina Kennedy, Adrienne Peters, Liz Cotreau and Abbie
Morse Roop.
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2004
ERIC J. EMERY
ericemery6@msn.com
Angela DOnofrio has published
her 1st novel, From the Desk of
Buster Heywood.
2005
MONICA MICHAUD MILLER
michaud_monica@hotmail.com
Kristin Green Cheeks and her hus-
band welcomed son Alexander
Bennett in April. Jen Haagensen
resides in Baltimore, MD. She is a
3rd-year resident in neurology at
the U of MD Medical Center. Lau-
ren Hallworth Wallis and her
husband, Tim, moved to Amster-
dam in Dec. for her new role as
senior product manager of running
apparel at Asics. Lauren was sad to
miss our reunion, but she was look-
ing for a new place to call home.
Elaine Sczurek Lawless caught her
up with photos from what was a
fantastic weekend. Ellen Kirsch has
had a pretty busy year. She is now a
4-sport coach for Special Olympics
in CT: track, bowling, bocce and
alpine skiing; she has also been cer-
tified to coach croquet. She
continues to fundraise as well, par-
ticipating in the Penguin Plunge
and recently Over the Edge, where
Nicole Kenney 07 with Team Noreen participating in the Light the Night Walk
for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in October 2015 in Durham, N.C.
she rappelled down 34 stories at
Mohegan Sun to raise money for
the Special Olympics.
2007
STEPHANIE JAQUES GUZZO
stephanie.guzzo@gmail.com
MELISSA FERRIGNO PAGE
ferrig015@hotmail.com
ASHLEY HELEN RODKEY
rodkeyah@yahoo.com
In Sept. 2015, Nicole Kenney com-
pleted her 4th year as an RN at
Duke U Hospital. She works in the
radiation oncology department as
a lead RN for the orthopedic oncol-
ogy/sarcoma team, a preceptor to
new RNs, and a charge nurse.
Nicole saw Kristine Prioli over the
summer, and it was great for them
to be reunited again! In Oct., Nicole
completed her 6th annual Light the
Night Walk for the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society in memory of
her mom, who lost her battle to
leukemia in 2013.
2008
SARAH HEANEY PELLETIER
sh.heaney@gmail.com
After quitting his day job in 2014,
John Bosse continues to grow his
bodybuilding/powerlifting equip-
ment and apparel company,
Barbell1.com. John was a grooms-
man at Ian OLearys 09 wedding
last summer. Amanda Kowalik
Sarno and Courtney Wright DeTore
02 graduated from Rivier U in May
with their M.S. in nursing educa-
tion. John ONeil is head baseball
coach at the U of MD Eastern Shore
and one of the youngest NCAA
Division I coaches in the country.
Kimberly Simard Ackles and Zach-
ary Ackles 07 welcomed son
Hazen in July. John Bryan and
Aleshia Carlsen-Bryan met up with
Molly Muldoon Dunholter last
summer to celebrate Mollys 30th
birthday. Stephanie Shamel Wat-
son and Nick Watson 09
welcomed son Gavin in May.
CLASS OF 2006
COME BACK FOR
YOUR 10TH REUNION
OCT. 1416!
2009
NICOLE POELAERT COSTANZO
npoelaert@yahoo.com
ELIZABETH MARY CRESSMAN
ecressman1986@yahoo.com
Diana Lewllyn Stango and her hus-
band, Nick, welcomed daughter
Savannah on April 24. Diana is an
RN at Yale-New Haven Hospital in
the surgical and trauma intensive
care unit. Kristina Casper-Wilson
and her husband, Steve, welcomed
daughter Addelyn Jean Wilson on
April 15. Nicole Poelaert Costanzo
started Sunshine C Photography.
Aubrey Thomas finished her mas-
ters at Emerson College in Dec. 2014
and is now a development associate
for the vp for development at North-
eastern U in Boston, MA.
2010
BRITTANY JUDITH MAILMAN
bjmailman@gmail.com
Corey Rondeau and Rachel Kuiken
Rondeau 13 moved back to Burl-
ington, VT, after spending the year
in CO. Rachel is practicing nutri-
tion therapy, and Corey began a job
in Oct. with Burton Snowboards as
a production artist. They were mar-
ried in Burlington over the summer
with very close family and friends in
attendance. Albert Torres moved to
Boston after completing his MBA
at Wilkes U. He lives in the South
End and works for a private aviation
brokerage firm, Magellan Jets. After
graduating from Northeastern,
Jess Galaid was offered a job at
Whidden Hospital in Everett, MA.
She loves being a nurse in the
emergency department. Jess and
her boyfriend, Brent, bought a
house in Pelham, NH. After gradu-
ation, Mary Francis began building
her business as a personal shopper
and stylist. She decided it was time
for a change of scenery and moved
to NYC in fall 2014. In one short
year, she joined an incredible team
as a fashion executive for an ele-
vated contemporary line,
LAGENCE. Each day, Mary is chal-
lenged, inspired and opening new
doors to endless possibilities. Liz
Cotreau started a job as a recruiter
in Portland, ME, at Premium
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FILMING A LOVE LETTER
TO HOME
Tim Bradley 05
Tim Bradley 05 grew up in Western Massachusetts and has
long been inspired by the regions natural beauty and cultural
richness. His 2015 short documentary The Whiskey Treaty
Roadshow serves as a sort of love letter to his childhood
home. Chronicling five singer-songwriters who come together
in a collaborative band, the film overflows with haunting per-
formances set in the rustic wilderness and has garnered much
acclaim at film festivals across the country.
A communications major, Bradley has built a successful career
in the world of corporate video. After cutting his teeth as a
freelance videographer for ski resorts and action sports ath-
letes, for the past five years he has overseen video services for
Matter Communications, a public relations and social media
agency based in Newburyport, Mass.
As fulfilling as he found his work, Bradleys desire to make
something more personal persisted. That desire was kicked
into action after he worked on the documentary 100: Head/
Heart/Feet by Mike Mooney 02 and Will Peters 06. Inspired
by the duos dedication and work flow, Bradley set out to make
his own documentary, The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow.
One of the bandmates is a childhood friend, Bradley said,
explaining how the project gelled. The five musicians played
together during a four-night string of shows, performing
each others songs collectively, and Bradley shot what he
PHOTO: MEGAN HALEY
dubs pseudo music videos as well as interview footage.
The film was accepted to 17 of 35 festivals Bradley submitted
it to, which is, as he is quick to point out, an exceptional
success rate. Ultimately, the film won five Best Short Docu-
mentary awards.
Tim Bradleys film
I attribute a lot of what I know to Don Coonley, said Bradley, won five Best Short
invoking the late communications professor who mentored so Documentary awards.
many budding filmmakers over the years. Bradley hasnt
decided what his next project will be. You cant force the
subject, he said.
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow can be viewed at thewhiskey-
treaty.com.
Mike Gregory, director of Advancement Communications
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 Consulting. She enjoys working in
downtown Portland and spending
more time with her CSC friends
who live in ME! Amanda Krusz-
kowski Ramunto and Beau
connections
Ramunto 12 bought a home in
Southern NH in Aug. She works as
a business manager at MIT Lincoln
Laboratory.
2011
JOHN CHARLES MCCARTHY
johnmccar.11@gmail.com
Alison Eko has been working at The
Timken Company for 4 years as the
organizational advancement,
health and safety manager. She is
also pursuing an MBA with a con-
centration in human resources.
Ashley Sievers beat cancer this
year and is finally back to work as a
behavioral tech at the Trudeau Cen-
ter in RI. After working in the Office
of Admissions at Colby-Sawyer for
more than 3 years, Anup Nepal has
joined the full-time MBA program
at the U of Tampa.
2012
COURTNEY ELEANOR PIKE
courtney.e.pike@dartmouth.edu
KASSANDRA LOUISE PIKE
kassandra.pike@gmail.com
Kimberly Shaughnessy graduated
from the UNH School of Law in
May 2015 as a member of the Dan-
iel Webster Scholar program. She
was sworn into the NH Bar, as well
as the U.S. District Court for the
District of NH Bar. Kimberly resides
in Concord, NH, and is an associ-
ate attorney at Crusco Law Office,
PLLC, where she focuses on family
law. She enjoys getting outside to
hike, snowboard and play co-ed
soccer. Since graduating, Chelsae
Crowe Conners married her HS
sweetheart, settled into a new
home, and welcomed a beautiful
daughter! She spent 3+ years as a
staff nurse at Dartmouth-Hitch-
cock on a medicine unit but
transferred to the intensive care
unit in early 2016.
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Megan Perry Oman 13 and Phil Oman 12 were married on July 25, 2015. Colby-Sawyer alumni in attendance included
(back row, l to r) Alicia Pinette 13, Tory Rennie 14, Erica Pentony 13, Gage Bensley 12, Katelyn DuCharme Bensley
12, Philip Robert Oman 12, Megan Perry Oman 13, Aimee Morin 13, Kim McNally 13, Allysen Hicks 13, Madeline
Venezia 14, Abigail Delvecchio 13, Christina Winnett 13, (front row, l to r) Kevin Molinaro 13, Carly Strathdee 13,
Tony Salvatoriello 13, Craig Yonge 13 and Karen Fondoules 13.
2013 2014 2015
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Jayme Severance 12, 14 had a per- Jackie Keating coached volleyball at
Congratulations to Megan Perry sonal essay published for an Notre Dame Academy in Hing-
Oman and Phil Robert Oman 12, organization based in Ireland ham, MA, this fall. This past season
who married on July 25 with several read it at headway.ie/stories/ NDA won the Division II State
CSC alumni in attendance. Con- smoke-and-mirrors-by-jayme-sev- Championship. She is now coach-
gratulations also go to Christina erance. In addition to his job as a ing a club at SA Mizuno and
Fulford Alterisio and Michael sustainable science proofreader, he waiting to hear back from graduate
Alterisio, who welcomed twin girls, is doing copywriting for a job place- schools to pursue her doctorate in
Ayla Rose and Ariya Grace, on Aug. ment and recruiting start-up that physical therapy.
7. Pengxiang Sean Ding gradu- plans to donate most of its pro-
ated from Bentley U with his MSA ceeds to charitable organizations.
in May 2015, and is now a SOX and Brandon Chase is attending New
Internal Controls Auditor at Perkin- England Law | Boston and is a can-
Elmer, Inc. Michelle Wakefield is didate for a J.D. in 2018. Fan
an account coordinator at Spec- Aaron Feng resides in Brooklyn,
trum Marketing Companies in NY, and works in Manhattan as a
Manchester, NH. She keeps in graphic designer for a tech-based
touch with professors and class- real estate company.
mates, especially the rugby team.
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1931
Caroline Phillips Williams
January 1, 2011
1932
Florence Spitz Leventhal
June 25, 2008
Lois Kennedy Archer
April 20, 2015
Alice Todd Castello
October 4, 2015
1937
Jean Huckins Hawkes
November 26, 2012
1938
Betty Denson Sleath
July 1, 2015
Barbara Rounds Carson
November 3, 2015
1939
Elizabeth Higgins Hassell
October 15, 2015
1940
Eloise Gedney Lawson
November 11, 2015
1941
Dorothy Camann Goodman
December 26, 2011
Margaret Turner Kezer
March 14, 2015
Bernice Axford Paley
May 17, 2015
Kathryn Ketchum Coleman
August 12, 2015
1942
Barbara Bobbie Boyd Bradley
October 26, 2015
Virginia Ginny Newins
Blondell
December 2, 2015
1943
Norma Nicky Miller Roth
March 17, 2012
Barbara Buck Lipes
September 16, 2015
Doris Douglas Butler
December 2, 2015
Sally King Cramer
January 2, 2016
Jane Corliss LaRock
January 5, 2016
1944
Ann Bayer Birmingham
July 15, 2015
Shirley Merz Bryant
August 24, 2015
Priscilla Bullock Bubar
November 21, 2015
1945
Audrey Barrett
August 20, 2015
Jean Shanley Puckhaber
November 13, 2015
1946
Dorothy Huggins Mannix
February 21, 2015
Jean Goubert Sisley
July 10, 2015
Janet Reynolds Crandlemire
July 15, 2015
Anne Stedfast Jacobs
November 3, 2015
Barbara Bingham Day
November 25, 2015
Suzanne Carpenter Kemp
January 3, 2016
1947
Olga Oggie Wells Dalton
August 8, 2015
Nancy Williams Siddons
August 19, 2015
Judith Hidden Lanius
September 6, 2015
Elizabeth Betsey Boykin Guy
November 28, 2015
Joan Watson Krumm
December 2, 2015
1948
Ione Deddie Elisabeth Denny Mary Lou Schneider Crowell
September 18, 2015
Ruth Dresser Paulson
February 24, 2015
Sara Ackerman Frey
January 11, 2016
1949
Mary Gesen Carroll
November 22, 2013
Barbara Conkey Armstrong
February 13, 2014
Helen Gardner Pugh
June 29, 2014
Madeleine Lougee Lovewell
July 11, 2015
Carolyn Chase Hatch
October 25, 2015
Althea Currie Barker
February 1, 2016
1950
Nancy Riley Doescher
January 12, 2016
1951
Ingrid Reichhold Wagner
October 9, 2015
Ellen Duane Stumpf
January 1, 2016
1952
Lois Rogers Manning
August 7, 2015
Corinne Smoller Goldstein
December 10, 2015
Marilyn Moore Maslow
January 9, 2016
Virginia Kurtz Bonney
January 12, 2016
1953
Janet Hunt Murphy
August 4, 2009
Janet Keith Eaton
May 16, 2012
Carol Jones Balch
December 12, 2014
Joyce Luckett Sturdy
August 12, 2015
Barbara Johnson Craig
September 24, 2015
Barbara Marsh Jones
October 14, 2015
Sally Hurl Phelps
November 22, 2015
Lois Holt Rodenburg March 22, 2010
January 30, 2016
1954
Deborah Howe Pashley June 3, 2014
December 14, 2014
August 20, 2015
Elizabeth Margeson Harrison
October 7, 2015
Constance Malley Callaha
January 14, 2016 May 13, 2015
1955
Polly Parsons Nash
July 16, 2015
Patricia Wray Lovelace
October 18, 2015
1956
Shelia Thorpe Miller
October 14, 2013
Joanne Axtell Page
April 13, 2015
1957
Janice Mahoney Amidon
June 24, 2015
Eva Lorange Mitchell
October 17, 2015
1958
Janet Logan McCaffrey
November 7, 2013
1959
Nora Snyder Hassloff
August 15, 2011
1960
Julie Dornemann Steck
December 1, 2015
1961
Jane B. Holliday
September 7, 2015
1962
Ann Tay Whittlesey Clark
September 11, 2015
Jane Howe Trainor
September 22, 2015
1963
Nancy Ketchum Young
May 5, 2015
1968
Joan Von Maur Holcomb
December 8, 2015
1970
Sheila Flynn Davis
1978
Roxane Roethlisberger Prins
1982
Kathleen A. Brough
December 24, 2015
1983
Joyce Greenlee-Haug
1986
Diane Fontana Brown
January 22, 2014
1992
Lynne D. Howard
July 17, 2015
FORMER FACULTY
Bryant E. Hoffman
October 4, 2015
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 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS:
Fond Farewells and New Beginnings
by Kelli Bogan
archives

A s President Galligan prepares to move on this summer, the campus begins its own new
chapter, and its only natural to remember past presidential transitions.

President Galligans 10 years of service is matched by President Everett M. Woodmans and

exceeded only by President H. Leslie Sawyers 33 years of leadership; Sawyer began his tenure in
1922 and oversaw the institutions transition from academy to college. President Galligan notified
the board of his decision in February 2015, allowing plenty of time to manage and prepare for the
transition. The college hasnt always been so fortunate.

On July 1, 1955, Eugene M. Austin became the second president of Colby Junior College, lauded
and recommended by H. Leslie Sawyer, his predecessor. During his seven-year service, Austin con-
tinued the work Sawyer had begun, shaping it to fit his vision for the colleges future. He immedi-
ately initiated a 10-year plan of physical growth that included the construction of the Sawyer Fine
Arts Center, the Reichhold Science Center, and the Health and Exercise and Sports Sciences Center
(HESS, now Mercer Hall), the addition of the portico to Colgate Hall, the renovation of the Old
Academy Building (now New London Town Offices) and the conversion of the old gym into a dor-
mitory (now Austin Hall). He also recommended that the college make gifts toward town
endeavors that included the construction of King Ridge Ski Area and New London Hospital.

Beyond his vision for the campuss and towns infrastructures, Austin made major improvements
for the faculty by expanding the sabbatical program, establishing a tenure program in 1959, and
increasing faculty salaries by more than 50 percent in the first five years of his presidency. A
Baptist minister, Austin also carried on the schools religious tradition by continuing the

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twice-weekly required chapel attendance, expanding the Colby-
town Camp summer program for refugee/underprivileged chil-
dren, and appointing the first Chaplain of the College in 1960.
In 1955, Colby Junior College became one of the first junior col-
leges to subscribe to the College Scholarship Service, a need-
and merit-based financial aid service.
Austin was a strong supporter of the arts and funded lectures
and concerts at the college, and he participated in and devel-
oped activities in New London that included founding a mens
choir in which he played piano and sang. These acts, and
countless others, endeared Austin to the students, staff and
New London community. Many of these initiatives, especially
the building projects, were in progress in May 1962 when Presi-
dent Austin was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Just a month
later, he passed away, leaving the Colby Junior College and New
London communities saddened by the loss of a great friend
and leader.
The college needed someone who could not only step into the
role but would also respect and carry out the late presidents
legacy. The Board of Trustees turned to a man already familiar
with Colby Junior College, Everett M. Woodman, who was
married to Ruth Randolph Woodman 40 and had taught at the
institution before and after World War II. Woodman, a New
Hampshire native, Dartmouth graduate, Naval officer and dip-
lomat, accepted the challenge. He left his post as a cultural
affairs officer for the U.S. Information Agency and as acting
public affairs officer for South India to return to the college.
Founding family descendant Susan Colgate Cleveland, in her
introduction of President Woodman at 1962s convocation,
said, More than half the school knew and loved Dr. Eugene
Austin as president of Colby. He will never be forgotten by his
many friends in the school, in the town, and on the Board of
Trustees, but we hope that you will transfer, as we have, the
loyalty and devotion you gave him to the man we have chosen
to succeed him. In his convocation speech, President Wood
man echoed this respect for his predecessor, stating, To Dr.
Eugene Austin, who, in seven years continued to build and
strengthen [Colby Junior College], whose departure leaves us
deprived, but whose courage and faith, even to the moment of
his going away, leaves us with an inspiration and example
which we can only try to deserve. With these words, Woodman
picked up Austins torch and saw his vision through to the end.
HESS was completed in 1963, as was the restoration of the Old
Academy Building. With HESS built, the old gymnasium was
renovated into the dorm Austin had envisioned, and it was
dedicated in his honor in 1965.
With Austins legacy in place, Woodman went on to create his
own legacy, one with a global perspective influenced by the
time he spent in India. He led the college through one of its
opposite: President Eugene M. Austin (l) and President Everett M. Woodman (r)
the presidents
of the college
H. Leslie Sawyer 19221955
Eugene M. Austin 19551962
Everett M. Woodman 19621972
Louis C. Vaccaro 19721978
H. Nicholas Muller III 19781986
Peggy A. Stock 19861995
Anne Ponder 19962005
Thomas C. Galligan Jr. 20062016
most socially turbulent time periods as the Civil Rights and
feminist movements reached Colby Junior Colleges campus.
Chapel requirements and other outdated traditions disap-
peared as the college increased its course offerings and inter-
national endeavors with programs like Crossroads Africa.
Austin and Woodman had very different tenures as president,
but both led our students, faculty and staff through distinctive
times in American history and, despite the tragic circum-
stances surrounding the end of Austins term, it seems the
right president was in place for each time period. This seren-
dipity reminds us that the strength of our institution goes
beyond any one person, and that we should remember Presi-
dent Austins own words, written in his journal from his hos-
pital bed on June 3, 1962, the day of Colby Junior Colleges
125th anniversary and Commencement celebration:
Today is Commencement Day. It is cool, the sky is
cloudless and it must be perfect on New London
Hill Its all one, and I am glad to have had a part
in it. If memories get confused and images of
people fade, what matter? Just so young people
come always to this place to find themselves, see a
larger world and get some things to hold to; so long
as teachers find here a good place to live and teach;
so long as classes meet and bridges of under-
standing are thrown across the chasms of fear and
ignorance this is enough. Let it be a place where
people strive for wisdom, love and beauty.
Archivist Kelli Bogan holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont, an M.A.
from Boston College and an M.S. (LIS) from Simmons College.
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 Falling, and Staying,
in Love with
Colby-Sawyer
epilogue
by Deborah A. Taylor, Ph.D.
IN MY 40TH AND FINAL YEAR here at Colby-Sawyer, Ive
reflected on my arrival all those years ago when, as our presi-
dent, Tom Galligan, is fond of saying, dinosaurs roamed the
earth.
I have always loved learning and being in school in some
ways, since I started school at four and a half, I have never left.
My formative and college years were ones of great personal
growth, to be sure, but also ones of great social change: the
Civil Rights Movement, the womens movement and the
anti-war movement, just to name a few.
In the academic environment, I was able to examine critically
all sides of those important issues, and to reflect on and
develop my own sense of social responsibility.
So when it came time for me to consider my profession, and
my first job, I was clear about two things: I wanted to do some-
thing that really mattered and that made a positive difference
in individual lives and in the community. Being an educator
was the very best way for me to do both.
After completing my doctoral program, I received an invitation
to interview at Colby-Sawyer, and I went looking for information
about the college. On my map, I found Colby Junior College. In
the library, I found materials on Colby College N.H. But I
found precious little about Colby-Sawyer anywhere.
My interview happened on a crisp and cold March day, and I
was dazzled by the people I met as well as by the physical
beauty of the college and the area. When I accepted the faculty
position in psychology, I was delighted. But, in all honesty, I
came to Colby-Sawyer thinking I might be here for a few years
and then move on to the next stage of my career. But I was
mistaken. I fell in love with this place. And I have stayed in love.
Ive been lucky to have many roles here faculty member,
dean of students, department chair, academic dean, and my
current role as academic vice president and dean of faculty. My
children are alumni of the Windy Hill School. Ive seen the
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institution change and grow from a womens college granting
mostly associate degrees to a baccalaureate womens college,
to a coeducational college, to a college contemplating graduate
programs. But the essence of Colby-Sawyer has remained the
same its an environment in which faculty, staff and stu-
dents teach, learn, develop and explore together freely.
I cherish so many memories from my years here. One of the
most personally meaningful among them was speaking at Com-
mencement while my father who also had been a professor
was in the audience. Weve accomplished crucial pieces of
work together, from hiring excellent faculty and staff, to gradu-
ating talented students, to curriculum changes, to accreditation
reviews. Tom Galligan is the fifth of Colby-Sawyers eight presi-
dents with whom I have had the pleasure to serve.
But I have to say that when I see former students return to us
as accomplished alumni, parents of new students, faculty
members, staff members and as trustees, thats the purest
demonstration of the value of what we do here.
So, I thank all of you for the friendship, support and profes-
sional guidance youve given me, and for your deep caring for
this college. The things we do here are so very meaningful, and
Im honored to have been a part of our accomplishments for
four decades.
Deborah A. Taylor is, until June 30, the Academic Vice President and Dean
of Faculty. She holds an A.B. from Cornell University and an M.S. and
Ph.D. from Rutgers University. At Commencement on May 7, she will be
recognized with an honorary degree and the Susan Colgate Cleveland
Medal of Service for her 40 years at Colby-Sawyer College.
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