Hi Classmates, I hope you are successfully surviving our current world situation. We asked John Diamond, the President of the Alumni Association to talk with some ’63ers about the situation at UMaine. Specifically, how the University is doing, what’s going on with classes starting, how is COVID being handled, how is UMAA doing and what is…

From January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020 – $100 has been donated to the Class of 1963 Scholarship Fund. The Principal Value of the Scholarship Fund as of 3/31/20 was: $69,447 Market Value of the Scholarship Fund as of 3/31/20 was: $67,808 The scholarship payout to a student last year was $1,427. This coming…

Hi All, Who would have predicted we would all be considered high risk and pretty much confined to our homes for who knows how long??  Best wishes to you all as we muddle through this! Our June 18 mini reunion has been postponed to some time in the future with no schedule until the pandemic…

The group decided to postpone our June 18 meeting in Portland to some future date to be determined. A postcard notice will go out and there will also be an email notice to the 269 folks we have email addresses for.  Dana and Ashley will develop the card and email.  Ron Brown will notify DiMillos…

Thursday June 18, 2020  DiMillos Restaurant  25 Long Wharf, Portland, Maine 11AM   Registration 11:30   Class meeting and speakers  TBA 12:30   Lunch   2:15   Ferry to Peaks Island from 56 Commercial Street – 20 minute ride,  Senior Fee is $ 3.85 round trip for pedestrians.   3:00   Tour of 5th Maine Regiment and Peaks Island Museum ($5.00), golf…

www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1963/ Greetings — The Class of 1963 still needs someone to write this column for the magazine twice a year. Please contact Abby at Abigail.zelz@maine.edu if you would like to become the class correspondent. William “Tim” Hanson wrote to the Alumni Association to say that his book, Prisoner of Peace –2nd Edition, is available as…

Greetings, here are some updates on Class activity: Finances:  As of June 30 there was $3,469 in the class account.  The Class Scholarship was valued at $72,486 thanks to the class contribution of $10,000, individual contributions, and $7,500 in matching funds from the University of Maine Foundation. Last year our classmates donated over $200,000 to…

Conference Call – March 26, 2019 Present: Dana Dolloff, Perry Clough, Jim Goff, and Gail Hoxie Brown Mini reunion was discussed and we will look at a one day event in Portland, Kittery or Wentworth by the Sea for spring of 2020. Perry will check out Portland locations, Gale will check out Casco Bay Lines for…

Greetings, Class of ’63 — there is no column because the class needs a new correspondent. Barbara Fowles Allen wrote the class column for 30 years, and that’s an impressive record. Perhaps it’s intimidating — but unless someone volunteers to write, there won’t be 1963 news in the magazine. Please consider becoming the writer. It’s…

Conference Call – Jan. 23, 2019    Present: Dana Dolloff, Perry Clough, Irv Marsters, Marcia Roak Fitzgerald, and Jim Goff UMAA – UMAA has submitted a draft agreement to initiate our participation in the Associations Independent Advocacy efforts.  We have tentative class approval for $10,000 to support that program and to challenge other Classes to consider…

Dear Classmates, Our 55th reunion in September had two sessions. We spent 2 days in Boothbay Harbor at the Ocean Point Inn with lots of visiting time, including a tour of the fabulous Maine Coastal Gardens, dinners, and a class meeting, all arranged by Jim Goff ’63. Then many of us traveled to Orono for…

Thank you to all of the Class of 1963 members who came back for Reunion 2018! We had so much fun catching up with classmates, learning about all the new things Orono has to offer, and enjoying good weather. If you missed the photos or want to see them again, they can be found here. If…