Greetings to my classmates! Nancy Morse Dysart is chairman of Reunion events, and early plans call for a gathering in Portland, ME, before the Reunion in Orono in September. Details of both places will be forthcoming. Last summer Nancy enjoyed being on Prince Edward Island, where she has a cottage. Class president Ace Conro has…

When you go to your mailbox do you get excited to see the alumni magazine there? I do — please think of me as there will be another issue on the horizon. I am making a plea for you to send me news, no matter how ordinary you think it is. Before proceeding with “people”…

Winter greetings to the Black Bear family of the Class of ’60! All of you have received last winter’s letter from President Ace Conro. Eleven percent of the class donated to the UMaine Foundation. Presently the Class of 1960 Sandra J. Page Academic/Athletic Scholarship Fund has a market value of $377,324 — way up from…

The tulips and daffodils are popping up, but not a lot of news has. It’s sunny in Hawaii, and the “Aloha” news from class vice president Rick Lloyd is that he has been president of the island’s classic car club for four years. In his email, classic antique American cars are in full view. My…

Hello, classmates of ’60! After being cancelled for two years our 60th Reunion was held in Orono on September 8th and 9th, with a pre-football game event at the President’s House on campus on the 10th. The pre-Reunion gathering at Newagen Seaside Inn and Resort in the Boothbay region began with a harbor cruise, followed…

Three years we waited. Reunion gatherings cancelled in 2020 and again in ‘21. Three UMaine 50-year classes (1970, ’71, and ’72) waited month after month for their long-anticipated 50-year celebrations. And then, suddenly, the waiting was over. Finally, last September, we went back to campus. My Class of 1960, celebrating our 60th/61st/62nd Reunions, chose to…

As I start to write the next column of class news for summer, we are nearing April, which is thought to be named for the Latin word aprilis, which means “to open.” After three years of COVID, the possibility of gatherings prompted Nancy Morse Dysart to join class president Ace Conro in reminding you all…

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…

Gail 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,…

Kay 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…

Kay 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…

Kay 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,…