Welcome to winter, classmates! Please plan to join us next summer for our make-up 60th Reunion — it will be bigger and better than ever! Read on about some of the classmates who planned to come to the Boothbay region and Orono for the Reunion. Peter Gauthier and his wife, Germaine, decided to honor their…
Class of 1960 Summer 2021 Class Note
August 17, 2021Gail Rae Carter 12 Drowne Road, Apt. 109 Cumberland Center, ME 04021-2645 abigailraecarter@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1960/ As I begin again to write our class news it is the first day of spring; when you receive this, the winter of COVID and global discontent will be over. Out in Portland, OR, Donna Fritz Brunstad and husband, Bill Sweeney,…
Class of 1960 Winter 2021 Class Note
February 4, 2021Kay Sawyer Hannah Most of what is available to share with you comes from our Class of 1960 “Virtual Reunion,” arranged by the Alumni Office and held for about an hour via Zoom on September 23. We were heartened to see (happily without facemasks) those who were able to join in. Though we lamented that…
Class of 1960 Summer 2020 Class Note
September 17, 2020Kay Sawyer Hannah I know I speak for us all when I say I hope you are persevering through this challenging pandemic. It is certain that you are impacted in hardly believable ways. Contact with family, friends, and classmates is more precious than ever. Keep in mind that most of this column was written before…
Class of 1960 Winter 2020 Class Note
February 4, 2020Kay Sawyer Hannah Dick Sturgeon ‘66G, who starred at Old Town High School and UMaine, where he earned All-Yankee Conference status in ’59, was inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2019 on Aug. 19 in Bangor. Although a knee injury shortened his playing career, he coached with the UMaine freshman team,…
Class of 1960 Summer 2019 Class Notes
July 31, 2019Kay Sawyer Hannah The Class of 1960 Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year was awarded to sophomores Courtney Reddish of Canton, MA, and Drew St. Jean of Stillwater. Courtney is majoring in communication sciences and disorders and is the granddaughter of the late Elaine Higgins Reddish ’72G, who worked as a teacher in the Mt.…
Class of 1960 Fall 2018 Class Note
October 18, 2018Kay Sawyer Hannah 88 Seawood Park Road New Harbor, ME 04554-5003 (207) 677-3003 khannah@tidewater.net Dwight Hunter was one of 22 players, coaches, and contributors to join the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame in August. The 41-year athletic administrator at Caribou High School was a 1955 graduate of Presque Isle High School, where he excelled…
Class of 1960 Spring 2018 Class Note
May 30, 2018Kay Sawyer Hannah 88 Seawood Park Road New Harbor, ME 04554-5003 (207) 677-3003 khannah@tidewater.net Richard Sturgeon ’66G, who starred in basketball at Old Town High School and UMaine, was inducted into the Maine Sports Legends at its annual Hall of Honors ceremony in June, 2017. Dick began his coaching career with the Black Bear’s freshman…
Class of ’60 Fall 2017 Class Notes
November 6, 2017Kay Sawyer Hannah 88 Seawood Park Road New Harbor, ME 04554-5003 (207) 677-3003 khannah@tidewater.net Not too much news from here yet but it may take awhile for you to get used to my writing in place of our last regular correspondent, Gail Rae Carter—not that I could ever replace her and I certainly won’t…
Spring 2015 Class Note
February 16, 2016Click here to read the Spring 2015 Class Note.
55th Reunion
February 16, 2016The Class of 1960 had a great time celebrating their 55th Reunion on September 30th and October 1st, 2015.