Class of 1955

Class of 1955 News

Class of 1955 Summer 2023 Class Note

Hello again, members of the Class of 1955. I wonder whether any of you ever think of your time spent in Orono beginning in 1951 until June of 1955. I certainly do, as they were years of joining in class activities, learning, and making wonderful friends. It would be so nice to return to those…

Class of 1955 Winter 2022 Class Note

Hello, everyone. It’s time again to do my column, and I always look forward to these times, as it brings out so many wonderful thoughts of the university that I had for 71 years since I met my first classmate, my roommate Beverly Safran Klemes. We had a great year. We thought we were getting…

Class of 1955 Winter 2022 Class Note

I hope that you are doing well and are beginning to resume a normal life after our pandemic year. A small group of 1955 classmates met for lunch on Monday, August 23 at the McKernan Center at the Southern Maine Community College campus in South Portland to celebrate our postponed 65th Reunion. It was a…

Class of 1955 Summer 2021 Class Note

Janet Bishop Butler 39 Blueberry Lane, Unit C35 Falmouth, ME 04105 (207) 781-2504 JanetBume@gmail.com A sincere “Maine Hello” to our classmates and friends as we continue in our lives with the pandemic, but I am sure that by the time you receive this MAINE Alumni Magazine that you have received your COVID-19 shots. It certainly…

Class of 1955 Winter 2021 Class Note

I do hope and pray that each of our classmates, their families and friends have had safe and healthy lives during these recent months. I received an email from Elaine Walts Chipman, who lives in a senior community in Peabody, MA. After attending the university, she entered a program at a local hospital and became…

Class of 1955 Summer 2020 Class Note

Janet Bishop Butler It was a wonderful surprise to get an email from Al Healy. He and Gloria moved from Vermont to Tennessee in 2011 following a most tragic complete burning of their house in Vermont. They had a house built outside of Jonesborough, TN, with a great mountain view. They say they like it…

Class of 1955 Winter 2020 Class Note

Janet Bishop Butler It seems like such a long time since I last sat down to produce my column. However, I do have a little information, which I can pass on to you. Ron Sheay and 60 UMaine alums and guests attended the Maine-Princeton hockey game at the Hobey Baker Rink in Princeton in December…

Class of 1955 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Janet Bishop Butler I am not certain where the time went during 2018. I received a nice letter from Ron Sheay, who told me about the group that got together at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, MA, for lunch. They had a great day reminiscing about the good times that they had at UMaine. Mert…

Class of 1955 Fall 2018 Class Note

Janet Bishop Butler 116 Oakhurst Road Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-1550 JanetBume@gmail.com Greetings to my classmates of 1955. The recipient of our Class of 1955 Scholarship for the 2017 – 2018 academic year is Ben Quimby, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering. Ben’s mother, grandmother, and father all attended the University of Maine. His…

Class of 1955 Spring 2018 Class Note

Janet Bishop Butler 116 Oakhurst Road Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-1550 JanetBume@gmail.com I am certain that many of the class correspondents will mention in their columns about the cold weather that we had in Maine in December of 2017, but just in case you hadn't heard, it was unbearable for about eight days with…

Class of ’55 Fall 2017 Notes

Janet Bishop Butler 116 Oakhurst Road Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-1550 JanetBume@aol.com As of this writing, summer is finally here, thank goodness. We had enough of the “white stuff” this past year, but by the time you receive your next copy of the alumni magazine, there might be that “white stuff” once again…

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