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New submissions for Spring 2026:Beverly Mellen Snively retired in December 2025 as a biostatistics professor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She now devotes more of her time and energy toward organized land stewardship in NC and the state of New York.

New submissions for Fall 2025: Brian Neligan reports a big graduation year for his family. Daughter Margot graduated Cum Laude from the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame and now works as an investment banking analyst for Citi in New York. Daughter Laura graduated from Charlotte Latin School and recently began her freshman year at Colgate University, majoring in computer science. The family celebrated the girls’ accomplishments by going on vacation to Barcelona, Majorca, and San Tropez.

From Tom Marlitt ’80 for Spring 2025: A big thank you to Patty Valavanis Smith who, after a series of strange email glitches, connected me with Becky Brunner-Peters. Becky is still living in Switzerland. A brain aneurysm in 2020 has kept her from skiing and tennis, but she stays busy with family and travel. Becky’s recent travels have taken her to Berlin, Alghero, Sardinia, and family reunions in Florida and Oklahoma. Her daughter, Nicole, earned a master’s in finance and banking from the University of St. Gallen and works in corporate finance at Swiss Reinsurance Co. ✹ Mimi Brodsky Kress saw Mike and Gretchen Huebsch Daly and Bill and Debbie Pugh Kelton at her daughter Jenna’s wedding last August. When not working, Mimi enjoys sailing her 30-foot Catalina and taking family ski trips to Park City. ✹ Glenn Rieger is working remotely, and he and his wife, Tami, split time between Devon, Pa., Stone Harbor, N.J., and Naples, Fla. Their daughter, Katy, lives five minutes away, so they see their granddaughters, Sloane, 3, and Cece, 1, frequently. ✹ Last May Tony Cunningham retired as a philosophy professor in Minnesota and moved to Woodbury, Conn. His days are filled with writing fiction and nonfiction, outdoor projects, fiddling, and spending time with family. ✹ Elliott Pratt lives the good life in Sunapee, N.H., and enjoys spending time with his four grandkids. ✹ Last November Hoang Vu and his wife had a great time visiting Portugal and Spain on a trip organized by Gate 1. ✹ Anne Hussey’s daughter, Emma ’27, spent her Jan Plan in Beijing in a Mandarin immersion program. Emma crossed paths with Cate Talbot Ashton at Colby’s DavisConnects while seeking advice on medical school aspirations. Anne is retired but sits on the board of her family company, Hussey Seating, with her nephew Philip ’14 and on their family council with her brother Rich ’89. ✹ Sean and Lisa McDonough O’Neill are in their ninth year at Harbour Ridge in Palm City, Fla. Lisa saw Kitty Weyl Dove and Suze Connolly Levere at the wedding of Kitty’s daughter, Caroline, in Virginia in September. Lisa’s son, Richard, splits his time between Florida and Japan running his antique Japanese sword business. Lisa’s been involved in a variety of charity work with Treasure Coast Hospice, United Way, and Safe Space. ✹ Sue Thompson Sadler is in her eighth year as head of Bryn Mawr School, an all-girls PK-12 independent school in Baltimore. By the time this magazine comes out, she’ll have achieved her lifelong dream of becoming a grandmother! ✹ Rachel Lavengood, Lisa Turner, and Lydia Mason spent a week together in December enjoying the sun and sea in Yelapa, Mexico. Lots of tequila was consumed. ✹ In January Joy Crafts McNaughton’s son, Nick, and his wife, Amanda, welcomed Noah Anthony into their family. “Grammie Joy” continues to do mediation work for the state of Maine and as a contractor in private practice. ✹ Warren Rosenthal’s final act is working as a business developer/project manager for a commercial solar company. He still keeps his hand in land trust work managing a preserve. Warren and his wife enjoy the Hudson Valley, hiking, biking, swimming, and skiing when they can. ✹ And don’t forget, our 45th Reunion will take place June 6-8. The planning committee (Kevin Fahey, Liz Martin, Jack McBride, Patty Valavanis Smith, Bob Bower, and Sue Sullivan Hinrichs) hope to see you there!

New submissions for Spring 2026: Pam Ellis ’81 has reached a milestone this year: she has now been teaching dance long enough to have a second generation student graduate from her Lakeside Dance Academy in Rangeley, Maine. Pam has been teaching ballet, tap and jazz to local students and putting on Annual Dance Concerts since 1989. In a town where there are only 200 students in grades K-12, she has averaged over 40 students enrolled in her academy, sharing her love of dance. This year, the senior graduating is the daughter of a graduate!

New submissions for Fall 2025: Dale Oak and his wife, Janet, celebrated the birth of their third grandchild, Wesley, on Nov. 11, 2025. In May 2025, Dale wrote an article published by the media outlet The Bulwark commemorating the 75th anniversary of Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” speech. ✹ In 1981, Mark Bloom applied for a Watson Fellowship to travel to places, learn about them, and write a story capturing it. It was, at the time, a stupid idea that was quickly shot down. He finally made it come true by self-publishing Don’t Even Go There, a witty collection of bad experiences. Look for it on Amazon. ✹ Beth Pniewski Wilson writes that she and her husband Phil finally moved into their newly build home on Cape Cod. Beth says from the time they decided to build until move in date was five years! A long journey but well worth it. Their last house was built in 1782, so going from an 18th century house to a 21st century house is quite a change. They are enjoying all of the benefits of a new home, especially the energy efficiency. 

From Ginny Bulford Vesnaver ’81 for Spring 2025: Greetings, classmates! As I read through everyone’s news, it occurs to me that many of us are embarking on our next great adventure just as we were in the late 1970s when we all came together. Here are just a few of those journeys. ✹ San Orlandella Asato has carried on his family’s wealth management practice and is proud to share that his eldest son is now the successor designee for their third-generation practice. San plans to continue alongside his son until retiring at 75. ✹ Leslie Breton recently retired after 43 years of teaching high school math and has been substitute teaching. She sold her house in Bowdoin to move in with her mother in Topsham, Maine. Leslie enjoys working in stained glass and painting with oil and watercolor. ✹ After a career in the corporate sector, Ken Bruder founded a company helping communities build more sustainable habits. It works with local organizations to make textile recycling an easy and effective way to reduce waste, and they also fund community programs. ✹ Al Jones has retired after 45 years of aerospace and IT management. He and his wife, Carol, are moving to Anacortes, Wash., to enjoy the ocean sunsets. ✹ Jon Light and his wife continue their efforts on climate-related issues. One recent success was organizing a large team of climate activists that helped push Orange County, Calif., to move faster in creating its first-ever climate action plan. ✹ In 2019 Ellyn Montgomery retired after 30 years of work at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and USGS and moved to Middlebury, Vt., with her husband, Tom Bolmer ’74. They spend time hiking, biking, XC skiing, kayaking, and working around the house and yard. Ellyn is in contact with Bonnie Turnbull and Alex Gauss Andrews and was back on campus last May for Tom’s 50th Reunion. At that time, they also enjoyed a trip to the new Island Campus. ✹ Dale Oak and his wife, Janet, both retired, continue to enjoy splitting time between Maine, where they’re close to their 2-year-old grandson, and Virginia, where they’re close to their new grandson, born in August 2024. ✹ Michele Adams Prince enjoyed a recent trip to New Orleans for a conference and spent time with her brother, Dr. Michael Adams ’83, who teaches chemistry at Xavier University. Michele lives oh so close to campus in Winslow, Maine. ✹ After 38 years of marriage, Larry Roop has divorced and moved back to Maine, settling in Lewiston to be close to family. Larry lists several fellow Mules (’81 and others) with whom he has recently connected. He’s looking forward to continuing and renewing these longtime friendships. ✹ Jeff Russell operates his own business doing mobile outpatient orthopedic physical therapy in Winter Park, Colo. He serves as the team physical therapist for the Winter Park Competition Center, a feeder club for United States Ski and Snowboard. He has also been coaching cross-country skiers for the club for several years. Jeff volunteers for the Grand County Wilderness Group, an organization that helps preserve the wilderness experience for hikers and backpackers. In the summer Jeff enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and photographing beautiful landscapes with his wife, Christina, in the Colorado mountains. ✹ Scott Vandersall and his wife, Amy, have enjoyed getting together more frequently with several Colby alumni in the past few years. Golfing with Bob Clark, Steve Pfaff, and Joel Harris has become an annual event. They have also enjoyed frequent visits with John Clevenger and his wife, Terri, now that they have a home on Cape Cod. ✹ Victor Vesnaver and I are contemplating what our next great adventure may be. Stay tuned…

From Jennifer M. Thayer ’83 for Spring 2025: Nick Silitch wrote that he retired two years ago, “with the idea of my wife and I spending a lot more time in Bozeman and other Western meccas skiing, biking across Europe, and in New Hampshire. While that part has been terrific, I also taught a Jan Plan course last year and now this year on campus. While Waterville, Maine, is a long way from places I call home, it has been a terrific experience. The current generation of Colby students is extraordinarily bright, motivated, and great fun to interact with, both during class and afterward as they seek to find their next stop on their life journey. I recommend that everyone with the time and inclination give it a try!” ✹ I myself will be at this year’s Colby commencement. A student reached out to me a couple of years ago for some mentorship, and I was touched when he asked me to act as his parent for this important ceremony. Through him, I have been able to experience a couple of Colby events and follow him virtually through his year abroad and Jan Plan. I look forward to the graduation. In the meantime, I am working as a tech and business analyst for the great State of New York and supporting a tech startup, staying up to date on the impact of AI on everything that we do. My great joy is my pottery practice, which lets me integrate handwork, line, and color in one piece. I work at Empire State Plaza, which has a robust public art collection, and I love the visual stimulation I get from walking through the concourse to the elevators. PS: Fans of The Brutalist: come to Albany, a mecca for Brutalist architecture enthusiasts! ✹ Paul Revere III wrote, “After our kids graduated from college, I have really gotten back into serious one design sailing and sail about 100 races a year with five or more regattas—and sailing in Newport, R.I., in the winter thrown in. I even won one regatta last year with my son, Paul IV, who was visiting from San Francisco. My daughter, Kira, lives in Provincetown, and we see her all of the time.” In addition, his family skis, and when he wrote, he and wife Stasia were preparing for a weekend at Sugarloaf! Paul practices law with a concentration on complex environmental and real estate permitting in his area of southeastern Massachusetts. ✹ Sal Lovegren Merchant moved to Georgetown, Maine, in June 2024 having met a wonderful Colby guy, Christopher Whiting ’77, a few years ago through mutual “friends*” (*code for an amazing life in recovery). Our gal Sal is currently enjoying long walks at Reid State Park, substitute teaching at the local pre-kindergarten through grade six school, and other fun retired-person endeavors. She would love to see any classmates visiting Maine! ✹ Deb Fanton wrote with lots of family news for her and Rick Manley. Deb is finishing an M.F.A. at Fairfield University and will graduate this July. Exciting to hear that her book, A Matter of Choice, is being submitted as a candidate for the University Book Award. She notes, “Rick and I went to Santorini, Greece, this October with Jake Filoon and wife Gretchen for our respective anniversaries. Kathy (Musser ’84) and Gordon Marshall organized a wonderful Colby reunion last fall in Gloucester with the Filoons, Chris Schmidt, Rob Leary ’82, Brian Neligan ’80, Steve Kirstein ’80, and Greg Keenan ’82.” Glad to hear of any and all Colby reunions! ✹ Lastly, Paul shared the sad news that our classmate Lisa Murray MacLean passed away last October. They remained good friends through the local sailing scene.

New submissions for Spring 2026: Edward McCartin, III became CEO of Energy World Corporation in July 2025 after 10 years working in Vietnam and Myanmar. 

From Marian Leerburger ’84 for Spring 2025: Hi everyone, and thank you all for your wonderful information. ✹ Lorna Colarusso has a new book coming out, The Butterfly and the Web, under her pen name, Lorna Neligan. She spent time with Lynne Fuller Scarfo ’86 and Jane Smyth Sutton ’85 last fall reminiscing about Colby. Otherwise, she lives between Dublin and Connecticut, and as a European citizen is house searching for a new holiday home in France or Ireland. ✹ Lisa Kuzia Krueger looked forward to celebrating with Denise Brunelle Priess in April when her oldest daughter tied the knot. Lisa is also so proud of Catherine Walsh, whose superb editorials continue to inform and enlighten. Lisa welcomed her newest grandniece, Sadie June. She is the most recent addition to the Kuzia clan and the granddaughter of Stan Kuzia ’85 and the late Susan Robertson Kuzia ’82. ✹ Mike Mahaffie and his wife, Karen, are in South Burlington, Vt., where they practice partial retirement and dabble in musical and theatrical pastimes. In January they visited their youngest child on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. In June they celebrated the marriage of their eldest, in Toronto, Canada, in the Toronto Reference Library among the stacks. Somewhere in there, Mike spent a lovely day with Thalia Tringo, Walter Judge ’82, and Laurellie Jacobs-Martinez and her husband, Carlos, at Thalia’s place in Woodstock, Vt. ✹ Dave Augeri started a nonprofit organization called WISE—World Institute for Society and the Environment. It’s based in Jackson, Wyo., and is continuing to be developed. Dave is also still running his environmental consulting business, Biodiversity Unlimited (biodiversityunlimited.com). ✹ Chris Hyun wanted to note the passing of our classmate Stephen Garrity on July 26, 2023. (dolanfuneral.com/obituaries/stephen-t-garrity) Chris and Steve were roommates at Colby, fraternity brothers at ATO, traveled Europe with classmate Dan Kramer their sophomore summer, and remained lifelong friends. Chris knows that all who knew Stephen will remember him with great fondness for his intellect, musical performing talent, wit, and fun-loving spirit. ✹ In May 2024 Ann Brachman left the Boston area and returned home to Milwaukee to help care for her mother. Lack of interest in working and perhaps a bit of ageism caused Ann to retire and love life. Her son is in Madison, so she sees him somewhat frequently. She did get out to Seattle to visit her daughter and was happy to stay with Lia Lundgren. Ann would love to see you if you end up in Milwaukee! ✹ Cathy Walsh really enjoyed our 40th Reunion, talking with classmates in the dorm, over meals, and while roaming the beautiful (and much-changed) campus. She looks forward to keeping these connections going as life allows. She is in her 12th year as a writer for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, an order of Catholic nuns dedicated to mitigating climate change, supporting immigrants, overcoming racism, and empowering women. Cathy has traveled with them to the U.S.-Mexico border and the Philippines. They also support several Haitian migrant families in Boston. A recent trip to the Swiss Alps with her seven siblings and mom was a lot of fun. She is grateful to Colby for the life she has.

From Tom Colt ’85 for Spring 2025: Imogen Mintzer Hinds recently retired from her job as assistant vice provost for student housing operations and Stanford conferences. She celebrated her 25th-year work anniversary at Stanford University in July 2024. Imogen and her husband, Steve, sold their home in the San Francisco Bay Area—where they resided for almost 30 years—and moved to a small agricultural town near Chico, Calif. They bought a home with a small walnut orchard and look forward to learning more about the walnut business and getting involved with their new community. She’s joined the local Rotary and Women’s Community clubs and started taking classes offered by Chico State University’s adult learning center. ✹ Kevin Bruen attended his last Colby Parents Weekend in the fall—his youngest son, Chris Bruen, graduates in May 2025. Kevin’s first Colby Parents Weekend was in 1973 when he went up to see his brother Phil Bruen ’77 with his parents. That’s a lot of weekends in Waterville spread out over 50-plus years! Kevin returned to New England in October to watch Chris play water polo vs. Middlebury. He then went on a surf vacation in Portugal with Tom Valinote. They enjoyed uncrowded surf spots, warm water, 75-cent beers, and excellent food. Kevin also saw the Mules take on Bowdoin in the fall and capture the CBB football crown! ✹ In August 2024 Buster Clegg, his wife, and their third-grade daughter made a temporary move to San Juan, P.R., from Newburyport, Mass., which was “an awesome experience and adventure.” Buster’s other children are all well, three out of college and two in college (one in her final year at Trinity College in Dublin and one in his second year at University College of London). Buster reports, “It’s been a real treat and gift to go through the parenting thing again at our advanced stage of life!” Buster and his family will spend the summer in Maine and then move to London. He’s still working in the gas/oil brokering sector. ✹ In June 2024 Terry Martin retired as a teacher from Maine’s Mt. Ararat High School after 37 years. Terry has a 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter! He will celebrate his 16th wedding anniversary in June with his second wife. ✹ Roy Hirshland reports the following: “Last summer, a group of Colby friends gathered on Dodge Pond in Rangeley, Maine, to remember our Colby friend, Peter Murphy ’87, who sadly passed away in a tragic drowning accident on nearby Mooselookmeguntic Lake in July 1999. Murph and I lived together after Colby in Portland, Maine. He made me smile and laugh every day. Among those joining me were Tom Colt, Mark Burke ’86, Doug Parker ’86, Chris Parker ’86, and host Jim Sullivan ’87. Murph’s widow, Jen, and daughter Anna were there to celebrate Murph’s life, smile, and spirit. It was a weekend that celebrated both Murph and all that is good and special about Colby friends.” ✹ Jim King works in Bozrah, Conn., at Hillandale Farms. Jim’s son, Michael, continues to pitch in the MLB for the San Diego Padres. ✹ Lynn Brunelle and her husband, Keith, now empty nesters, had a great visit with Charlie and Debbie England Gray last autumn and had fun trips to NYC and San Diego. Lynn continues to write and had three books come out last year. One of them, Life After Whale, won the American Library Association Sibert Medal Award for outstanding nonfiction children’s book of the year. Congratulations to Lynn! ✹ Megan, my wife, and I are in our eighth year living in Shanghai, where we both work at international schools. Last summer we made a trip to the States, where I was able to attend the memorial celebration for Peter Murphy ’87 (who Roy refers to above). Outstanding organizational work by Jim Sullivan ’87 to set up the event and bring everyone together. We also had a great time in Maine and Massachusetts catching up with Gordon Tweedie and Linda and Paul Swartz. We continue to travel as much as possible with trips over the past year to Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Morocco, France (for the Olympics!), Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan, and Uzbekistan.

From Mary Lou Kopas ’86 for Spring 2026: “Lots of changes, mostly positive: After 23 years in Seattle, I am back in New England, separated from my husband of 30 years, and loving my new rural Vermont home. I am still practicing midwifery. I joined a wonderful small community hospital practice, but unfortunately they recently closed down our labor and delivery service. Now we are fighting to keep providing this crucial service to our community, raising funds to open Vermont’s first freestanding birth center.”

From Susan Maxwell Reisert ’86 for Spring 2025: Greetings from Waterville! Not a lot of news to share this time around. Many thanks to the few of you who responded to my plea. Next time, if I don’t hear from enough of you, I’ll make up some news. You’ve been warned! ✹ In November 2024 Sally Jaffe Curley celebrated the seventh anniversary of her consulting business (launched after retiring from Cardinal Health, Inc.’s executive team). She and her husband, along with two dogs, split their time between homes in Savannah, Ga., and Asheville, N.C. She’s grateful that she experienced only minimal damage from Hurricane Helene. She’s now focusing on helping her neighbors, who were not so lucky. In September 2024, she traveled to Italy to celebrate her big birthday along with close friends. She keeps in close touch with others from 1986, including Heather Frasier Chabot, Colette Cote Mayerhoeffer, and Doug Parker. ✹ David Mace is still enjoying living in Somerville, Mass., where he’s working (at the time of writing) for FEMA’s Region 1 office, in media relations. In terms of travel, he recently went to Brazil to meet his girlfriend’s family. ✹ Rodney Southworth is living in Atlanta. His son graduated from Auburn, and his daughter is currently a student there. Rodney and his wife, Clarisa, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in February by traveling to Portugal and France. ✹ Lila Hopson Monahan sent a nice note (with photos) with her news. In December she met up with Cindy Castro Minnehan at Cindy’s home in Tampa, Fla. At the end of December, Lila saw her very last primary care patient, after 28 years as a primary care pediatrician in Nashua, N.H. Last year, she traveled to Hawaii. The group included Dawna Eastman-Gallo ’83 and Donald Gallo ’83. ✹ As for myself, I’ve seen a few classmates in the last year, although several of those visits were under very sad circumstances. Last December there was a little Class of 1986 cohort that sat with me and my husband for the funeral of Sandy Maisel—Ted Wolff, Anne Clarke Wolff ’87, and Jen Imhoff Foley. Since I moved back to Waterville in 1997, Sandy had become a good friend. His passing is a huge loss. At last year’s honorary degree dinner, I shared cocktail time with Jane Powers, who now has a dorm named after her! I’m sure any Colby student would be proud to live in “Ja-Po”! In terms of travel, my husband and I finally got to Peru in 2024 (the third time was the charm). This year, we are looking forward to hiking in the Dolomites. Best to all!

New submissions for Fall 2025: Beth Harrison Cutliffe is currently cruising America’s Great Loop with her husband Larry aboard their 58’ Ocean Alexander. They started on Sturgeon Bay, Wis., on Aug. 11 and are currently in Camden, Tenn., after cruising the inland rivers. They’re loving life on the water!

From Scott Lainer ’87 for Spring 2025: News, anyone? I mean, besides this whole Presidential thing. And I’m sure nothing will come of that. So, let’s switch gears. ✹ Deb Gassner is “still happily settled in Seattle.” She’s an experienced design director at a consultancy focused on healthcare clients. Deb is married to Joe Park, a fine artist and home-fixer extraordinaire. “He’s always doing projects and will never be done, which keeps our marriage cheerful. (Never being done with a project translates to lazy, Deb. Just an opinion.) We’re empty nesting, after two daughters—one graduating from Macalester this spring and one at UBC. We got a pandemic puppy, Billie, and she’s beyond wonderful. I don’t see Stefanie Greenfield enough, but she sends me good New Yorker cartoons via text.” (The New Yorker has cartoons?) ✹ Teri Scally Kinsella says: “We’re still living outside DC, in Bethesda, Md. Our three sons, Cole, James, and Devin (not too pretentious, Teri), will all graduate from college in the next 18 months, from Indiana University, University of Maryland, and DePaul University, respectively. My husband and I are looking forward to being able to keep all of the money we make, once these guys are off the payroll! (About $17/week.) We’re mostly enjoying the empty nest (Doesn’t anyone have a full nest anymore?), but love having everyone home for the holidays and planning ski and beach vacations together. (Wow, I didn’t even know you could ski on a beach.) Since Tim and I can both work from anywhere, this past year we started traveling on each other’s business trips, if they are in a cool location. We are hoping to do more of that in 2025.” ✹ Michael Zarate Salvador writes: “First, a shout-out to Ingrid Hoffman, Peter McKinley, Charles Herrera, Richard Bachus, Tammi Parker ’89, and Lesley Tolpa Glorioso ’89—hope you’re all doing well! Would love to catch up. And ‘Hey Brett, what’s cooking buddy? You’re in our thoughts!’ As for me, life has been a rewarding ride. After Colby, I built a career in law and had the honor of serving as both a state and federal judge in civil rights and labor employment law. (Booooring!) Along the way, I’ve taken on roles at Dartmouth, the University of California, and California State University (sorry, Mike, never heard of them), where I continue working to support their civil rights and compliance initiatives. Let’s keep this connection strong.” ✹ Wendy Barrows Lyles recounts, “My husband and I did a ‘thing’; we built a home with our youngest son, his wife, their four kids (boys, ages 5, 3.5, and 1.75, and baby girl, 7 months) and our three puppers. Our room is on the first floor. Our daughter, her husband, twin 1-year-olds, and a giant doodle are a few doors down. Our oldest, his wife, and their son are just down the road a piece. I have discovered my superpower is keeping my sh*t together amongst chaos, most days.” (And so few people can have their own village.) ✹ Geoff Johnson writes: “Life is great in northern MA. Ann retired and has time now in her downtown studio, creating and teaching. Daughter Cate, Colby ’17, and son Sam are both local and thriving in the Portsmouth, N.H., area. Always nice to catch up occasionally with Chris Van Horne. He and Vicky are loving life with their grandkids. Pete Ackerman and Elizabeth Applegate stay in touch from Seattle. Son Henry is also in Cate’s Colby ’17 class. Rediscovering Maine and beautiful, coastal summers at our cottage in Harpswell. It’s Bowdoin country, but proudly sporting my Colby garb locally!” (Yes, I’m sure that makes all the difference when you’re getting beaten up.) ✹ I know there’s all kinds of news, good and bad. Especially as we get older. But if you think everybody is swimming in beer and vacationing in Aruba, rest assured, the beer is stale and Aruba is so overrated. So, love yourselves hard, dear classmates. And remember, I love you, too!

New submissions for Spring 2026: After 20 years in California, Christopher Pattersonand his wife Lizzie Hutter moved back to Massachusetts where they still have two daughters in school.

From Kate Walker ’88 for Spring 2025: Greetings, Class of 1988! ✹ It was nice to hear from Brannon Claytor, who is working in the suburbs of Philadelphia as chief of plastic surgery at Main Line Health. Brannon reports that his brother Warren ’92 has been instrumental in starting the aviation Jan Plan program at Colby, which ran for the third year in 2025. Brannon is looking forward to seeing everyone at our next reunion. Mark your calendars for June 2028! ✹ Thank you to Greg Lawless, a professed “long-time lurker, first-time writer,” for finally contributing! In recent years, Greg has spent a lot of time in Colorado, where two of his children have attended college. Greg regrets not connecting with me when up in the mountains, explaining that his time in Colorado has been generally focused on the kids, some fishing, and a lot of odd jobs to keep his property in good rental condition. With Greg’s oldest son well established in Illinois, daughter getting married in August in a beautiful ceremony in San Clemente, Calif., and youngest son finishing his degree in November in Denver, Greg felt that the time was right to accept an international assignment from his employer. Currently, Greg is living in Amsterdam with his wife, Charlotte. He regretted not taking part in his junior year abroad while at Colby. Now Greg and his wife are going to do the adult version, which means a very different price point and no hostels! Greg is leading the human resources function for ManpowerGroup across Europe. Before Charlotte came over and they had a chance to move in, Greg dropped his bags at a hotel storage room in Amsterdam and was off for meetings in Paris, Porto, and then Frankfurt. Greg is incredibly excited about this European adventure and would be happy to connect with any ’88s who are passing through! ✹ Mary Jane Carty Brown serves on the local League of Women Voters board, and her responsibilities as an elected library trustee in Hamilton-Wenham keep her busy, especially in these times of disappearing local journalism, voter suppression, and library funding challenges. MJ feels that it is critical to build and foster local community in light of national division and partisanship. Dan Harris ’93 has been keeping MJ sane for a decade now with his mindfulness meditation content! Taking Dave Scannell’s 2023 Reunion advice to heart, MJ has been trying to be more mindful about connecting with classmates and making mini-reunions happen. In late July, that took the form of sharing a weekend in Rockport with Dave (and Kim), Dean (and Ann) Schwartz, Kath Lowney, Mark Wylie, Amy Lumbard Holbrook, Karen Hentz Merriam, and Susan Zimmermann. They shared tons of laughter, delicious meals, and refreshing swims. MJ hopes to make it an annual event with a wider group. Colby ‘88 energy is restorative! Well said, MJ!

New submissions for Spring 2026: David Fernandez ’89 and Cindy Cohen Fernandez ’89, now long time empty nesters, continue to live in Mansfield, Mass. Dave continues to work in the insurance business and, like Matt Sotir, extols the virtue of insurance at every opportunity. Cindy has been a busy woman recently helping plan the wedding of oldest daughter Sarah Fernandez ’19 to classmate and wonderful guy, Matthew Mitchell ’19, in the summer of 2027. Sharing reunion years will be most helpful when we are Golden Mules and need assistance!

New submissions for Fall 2025: In 2024, Joel Tickner and his spouse finished a new home outside of Middlebury, Vt., where they now live full time and enjoy skiing, hiking, and gravel biking and engaging in state and local government service. He took a leave of absence from his role of Professor of Public Health at UMass Lowell, as well as from the business organization he founded, Change Chemistry, to focus his full attention on chemical industry transformation strategy. ✹ Scott Jablonski, a multiple-award-winning children’s book author, continues to create “edutainment” materials for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers seeking material to build confidence, kindness, and positive habits in kids ages 4–10 to inspire them to be their best selves. His Stand Out! Stand Out! framework is being adopted by schools, organizations, and homeschooling families to accomplish these goals.

From Anita Terry ’89 for Spring 2025: You know I love hearing from any and all of you, but it’s always a good day when someone new writes in with their news. ✹ Elaine Kingsbury Fryda was inspired to check in for the first time because her daughter is a freshman on Mayflower Hill. Elaine reports that she is having a great time, thanks to Colby’s “wonderful, welcoming community.” Elaine has taught high school social studies in rural Maine for 28 years. Thanks for doing the lord’s work, Elaine! ✹ The stem-cell transplant Shaun Dakin endured last year put his multiple myeloma in remission. Such fantastic news! Shaun continues to run Dakin Associates, doing digital marketing and social media for environmental organizations. It is, as you might imagine, a busy time for him. ✹ Look for a show on Amazon written by our own John “Johnny P” Reynolds, premiering at the end of 2025. It’s an adult animated series called Kevin starring Whoopi Goldberg and Aubrey Plaza. Parental discretion is definitely advised. ✹ Bill “Manute” Carr still lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons, although one is a freshman at Bowdoin so obviously out of the will. Bill runs a small management consulting company but spends part of his time in Sun Valley, Idaho, skiing, cycling, and golfing. From Day 3 of a polar vortex in Minnesota, that sounds awesome. ✹ Scott Jablonski’s big news is that he continues his work on a children’s inspirational framework called Stand Out Stand Out!, creating books, music, videos, and other materials to be shared with kids by teachers, parents, and the like. Scott’s picture book, How Do You Stand Out? You are Unique. Make a Difference! just won two awards: a gold medal Global Book Award and an International Impact Award. Congrats, Scott! In only slightly less exciting news, Scott also sees Rob “Coupes” Coupe often. ✹ Despite having issues emailing my class notes email address, Ruth Bender keeps giving it the old Colby try. Y’all are welcome to use my personal email: AnitaLTerry -at- gmail.com, if the class notes address is uncooperative. ✹ Finally, I highly recommend retirement. I traveled by Amtrak in October to see Meg Christie in Chicago, where her daughter is a senior at Columbia College, and I just returned from a trip to Spain to see my younger daughter, who is newly stationed in Rota and needed her pack-mule parents to bring over her stuff. Please stay well and keep the news coming!

• James W. Bourne ’81, May 6, 2024, in Littleton, Mass., at 65. He earned a master’s in environmental management from Duke University School of the Environment in 1987 and then embarked on a 36-year career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A national leader in water policy working at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., for 20 years, he helped establish the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and supported states’ efforts to increase state drinking water program funding. He was a key player in the establishment of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and he set up and managed the national Drinking Water Academy. For the second half of his career, he worked in EPA Region 1 (Boston) as the regional CWSRF coordinator. An enthusiastic Colby supporter, he served as president of his class, treasurer of the Colby Club of Washington, D.C., and co-chair of the Alumni Council Clubs Committee. At his 25th Reunion in 2006, he was awarded a Colby Brick Award. He enjoyed fly fishing, hiking, skiing, and camping, and he loved to travel. He held a vast knowledge of history, forestry, and architecture and was an excellent tour guide for friends and family. He leaves his wife, Elizabeth, two children, two step-children, and a brother, Robert Bourne Jr. ’76.
• John J. Masiz ’81, May 11, 2024, in Topsfield, Mass., at 65. He earned a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1985 and became a pioneer in the pharmaceutical research and development field. He spent many years as CEO, president, and chair of the board of directors of Vaso Active Pharmaceuticals, a spinoff division from its parent company, BioChemics, where he also worked. An avid outdoorsman, he cherished time hunting and fishing; a boating enthusiast, he was happiest on the open waters. Survivors include his longtime partner and fiancée, Laura Stephens, his parents, and two brothers, including Mark Mscisz ’83.
• Chappell F. “Chappy” Nelson ’82, June 19, 2024, in Levant, Maine, at 64. He earned a master’s in athletic administration from The Ohio State University in 1984 and returned to Colby the next year, beginning a 30-year career as athletic equipment manager for the Mules. In 2016 he began working for Bowdoin College as manager of equipment services. He was a longtime member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association. Additionally, he umpired high school baseball for more than 40 years, serving on the executive committee of the Umpires Association for many of those years and earning a reputation statewide for his umpire skills. He also coached, as assistant baseball coach at Colby from 1989 to 2017, as the American Legion baseball coach, and for three summers as coach of the highly successful Mid-Maine Marlins of the Eastern Maine Amateur Baseball League. Survivors include his mother, S. Carleen Nelson, a sister, and extended family.
• Lisa Murray MacLean ’83, Oct. 12, 2024, in South Yarmouth, Mass., at 63. She earned a master’s in education from Northeastern in 1986 and a CAGS degree from Anna Maria College, focusing on school counseling and counseling psychology, respectively. She pursued these degrees while working as a guidance counselor at Maynard High School, where she worked for 35 years, changing the lives of students and colleagues. She had a passion for water and sailing, which she learned at an early age, and a great love for teaching and one design racing. She was the program director at her beloved Lewis Bay Yacht Club and, for the past 25 years, was the chair of the One Design Race Committee at Hyannis Yacht Club. She helped to build a strong, vibrant community on the water. Survivors include her husband, Norman MacLean, two children, her father, and two brothers.
• Stephen T. Garrity ’84, July 26, 2023, in Boston, Mass., at 60. He carried his love of and talent for singing and stage performance beyond Colby, nurturing a passion for music, theater, and the arts by sharing it with his nieces and nephews. His lifelong career was as a clinical trial manager for several pharmaceutical companies—namely Dupont, Wyeth, Organon, and Millennium—running clinical drug studies in hospitals throughout New England. Diagnosed with AIDS 30 years ago, he was an advocate and friend to others with the disease. He donated to charities through fundraisers and events, and he mentored unhoused individuals, often taking them in to help them rehabilitate. He leaves his parents, two siblings, and five niblings.
• Steven P. Montebello ’84, Jan. 10, 2025, in Monson, Mass., at 63. He worked for the Hartford Insurance Group, retiring as a manager. He enjoyed music, movies, reading, nature, and travel. His greatest happiness was found in spending time with his family and friends. He leaves his wife, Susanne “Susie” Montebello, a son, and a brother.
• Karen G. Hess ’85, Feb. 4, 2026.
• Robert L. Casey ’86, Feb. 2, 2026.
• Dana Friedman ’87, Dec. 11, 2024, in Mission Viejo, Calif., at 59. After attending Colby and the American University in Paris, he settled in Southern California and launched a career in advertising and public relations before pivoting to various entrepreneurial pursuits, including a business—Seal Guard—focused on sea lion abatement strategies in Newport Harbor. For many years, he and his wife volunteered every Sunday at Friends of the Sea Lion (later Pacific Marine Mammal Center) in Laguna Beach, where they rescued, rehabilitated, and released sea lions, harbor seals, and elephant seals. The terrorist attacks of September 11 encouraged Dana to re-evaluate his career. He sought out the training and certifications necessary to become an animal control officer and was hired in 2009 by Coastal Animal Services Authority, serving San Clemente and Dana Point. Being an animal control officer was the perfect match for his gifts. Underneath his bravado was a deeply caring soul with an amazing, hilarious wit. He died after a fierce battle with stage 4 cancer and is survived by his wife, Lynn, two sisters, many cherished cousins, and a boisterous community of chosen family.
• David E. Philbrick ’87, Nov. 19, 2024, in Duxbury, Mass., at 59. After graduating from Colby, he joined the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant in the Supply Corp., where he served in the Red Sea during the entirety of the First Gulf War. He received his M.B.A. from Babson College and went on to work at EY as an executive director in the Corporate Finance Division, specializing in business valuation. But his favorite job was after he retired, working for Duxbury Conservation, creating and maintaining the town trails. For him, his life had come full circle, as he and his father had spent many hours in the woods of his home state of Maine chopping 20 cords of wood each summer. Intelligent, curious, honest, and hard-working, he was above all a family man who coached his children in baseball and softball. He loved to travel, ski, and dine at restaurants. He was an avid Star Trek fan and had an encyclopedic knowledge of classic television shows. Survivors include his wife, Elaine Mullen Philbrick ’87, two children, and three sisters.
• Maura A. Smith ’98, April 1, 2026.