University of Maine - Class of 1965

Welcome to the Class of 1965 official webpage on the University of Maine Alumni Association website. Here you will find any special announcements or reminders the Class of 1965 needs to know.

Please plan to join us October 15, 16, and 17 for our 45th Reunion!

Members of the Class of 1965 met in Portland on February 4th to begin planning for our 45 Reunion. Left to right are: class president Horace Horton and reunion committee members Win Robbins and Beth Wiley Chapman. The Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor is giving the class special rates (207-262-0099) but you must use this number and not the Hilton's general number. Other local hotels are: the Black Bear Inn in Orono (207-866-7120) and the University Inn in Orono (207-866-4921). A reception is being planned for Friday afternoon at Buchanan Alumni House. If you wish to order tickets for the fooball game on Saturday (Maine vs. Villanova) call 207-581-BEAR or 1-800-756-TEAM Monday through Friday, 8:30 - 4:00.

Below is the longer version of the Class of 1965 Class Column. The shorter version appeared in the Summer 2010 issue of Maine Alumni Magazine.

Sylvia A. Tapley
47 Beals Avenue
Ellsworth, ME 04605-1701
(207) 610-1322
satapley@juno.com

I have discovered Facebook on the web! While I do not have a lot of time to “chat” daily, it has given me the opportunity to locate ’65 classmates.
Bruce Bayuk retired from Hewlett-Packard about six years ago and formed a business with his wife, Pam, focusing on supplying group retiree medical insurance to large companies with legacy retiree medical commitments. Bruce wrote it is a huge change from the technical world but Pam has a long history in the insurance business. They work three or four days each week and play in the sun for the other three. In 2006 they built a home on a golf course in North Port, Florida. They have two sons living in Massachusetts: one is a doctor in Northampton and the other has his own employment service in Middletown. Their third son is a lobbyist in Rhode Island. Bruce and Pam visit New England three to four times each year to see friends and family. This includes Rendle and Pat Kopfmann Jones in Camden, ME. Rendle is an attorney and Pat sells real estate with Town and Country. Their children are Kimberly and Vincent.
Pam Braley and Chuck O’Leary ’61 recently traveled to Berkeley, CA, to visit their new grandson, Emmett, who arrived March 16 on his sister’s birthday. His parents are Ann O’Leary and her husband, Goodwin.
Retired Brigadier General Stu Gerald still does consulting in Huntsville, Alabama, but is tapering off and ready to test what folks say about retirement: “don’t know how I ever found time to work.” He and his wife, Maggie Edgar Gerald, have a son, Jason, daughter-in-law, Tanya, and two grandsons.
Susan E. Harburger Mullin wrote that she played in a golf tournament with her college roommate, Cathy Gaw Savage, in February at her course, Verandah, in Fort Myers, FL, and she shot 86. She had a hole-in-one and they won the tournament. More recently, Sue had lunch with longtime friend Lorna Peabody Philley and her husband, George, who were in Naples, Florida, for a while. They talked about planning a reunion sometime in Maine this summer.
Bill Lucas is retired.
Fred Paganucci and his wife, Helen, decided to get out of the snow belt and they relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Three of their four children live in the West. Fred wrote, “so far so good as the desert has mild winters. . .We like the big sky and the climate.”
I am a friend (again) through Facebook with Elsie Stanley Plante, originally from Cranberry Isles, Islesford, Maine. She has a new address: 345 Pond Road, Wayne, ME 04284.
My Chi O sorority sister and friend Roberta Roak Foltz has written a book and teaches classes on the craft of floor cloths. Very simply, they are made by decoupaging fabrics onto a primed canvas, then painting them. Floor cloths lend themselves to endless variations in design, color, size, and shape, to fit any décor and setting.
Looking for Facebook friends is Jane Tompkins Miller. She and her husband, Bob ’63, are retired and have become Florida residents, where they spend a little over six months in the Deep Creek area of Punta Gorda. They have a home in Orono and a camp in Island Falls. Their son David ’93 is married and lives in Orono with his wife, Sara, and their children Isaac (4) and Carmen (1 ½). He is an attorney with Joe Bornstein’s law firm. Their other son, Thomas, lives in Seattle and works for Becker & Mayer, a book production company.
Beth Wiley Chapman sent me an email with the following 45th Reunion information.
Horace Horton, class president, Win Robbins, and Beth Wiley Chapman met in Portland in February to begin planning for the 45th Reunion. In the works are arranging for Class of ’65 reservations at a Bangor area hotel to be determined. The weekend will begin with a class gathering at Buchanan Alumni House on Friday afternoon the 15th, complete with hearty hors d’oeuvres in the Treat room. Following will be a panel discussion open to all other alumni focusing on the environment. We are looking for faculty to speak on wind energy, biomass, and the proposed North Maine Woods state park. Dr. Robert Kennedy, president of the University of Maine, will be invited to join us. We are also looking into an online auction of several Vincent Hartgen paintings as a fundraiser.
Homecoming weekend now features a vibrant craft fair and Maine Marketplace, giving us an opportunity to meet and talk with artisans from all over Maine and to buy their handcrafts and products. Prospective vendors who are class members can talk with Chris Corro at Buchanan Alumni House about exhibiting. The University of Maine plays Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon.
There will be an online link and the schedule for all activities happening (athletics, Greeks, arts, academics, student organizations) on the alumni association website.
An important note: we are one of the few classes with scholarship funds that are paying out this year. Congratulations, classmates.
Please make plans now to join us on October 15, 16, and 17.

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Class of 1965 Class Project To make a gift to our Class Reunion Fund, contact the Reunion giving department at 1-800-934-2586 or give using the online giving form.