I know you will probably be reading this column in the middle of winter, but I am just back from the Senior Alumni Reunion on campus and feel I need to check in. First, let me say that the campus looks gorgeous. The old buildings remain as they were in my mind and others have…

As our 50th Reunion approaches, I am hearing from other class members, as well as meeting via Zoom with our class officers planning events for the weekend, September 29-30. You should be receiving mailings from the Alumni Association with details for what is in store.  John Irving, who has not been back for a reunion,…

As semi-normality returns (as of this writing), I am hopeful that we will all be doing things to share with our fellow classmates. Actually, let’s face it, life is all pretty interesting.  Gary Spinney G was inducted into the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame, honoring his 41-year career as a physical education teacher in the…

Among the dozen Maine athletic elites inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame this year is Ron Cote, a three-sport star at St. Louis High, outstanding quarterback at the University of Maine, and longtime coach of high school and college teams. His success included 350 wins as boys’ and girls’ basketball coach at Biddeford…

Allan Freedman sent me an update last December and I filed it where I would be able to retrieve it easily and then did not do said retrieve. Apologies Allan. Allan retired from a 40-year career in his own practice of hematology and oncology in the Atlanta area. He and Paula have many projects to…

Rachel Davenport Dutch 5506 M Street Sacramento, CA 95819 redhed47@juno.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1973/ Brenda Cook ’75, ’81G was in touch via email from her home in San Rafael, CA, down the road from me. She has been on the West Coast since 2007, when she lived in Sacramento, working for Sacramento State. Brenda also worked for Dominican…

Michael Thurston has been inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame. Mike’s 64-foot shot in the 1969 state championship game won the first gold ball for Caribou High School. After graduation, he became “one of the best (basketball) officials in Maine history.” Robert “Peab” Peabody is the town manager of Bridgton, where he has…

Rachel Davenport Dutch I hope 2020 is going well for you all. Steve and I were so happy to welcome our third grandchild, Avery Elizabeth Raymond Burdge, on January 3, a terrific way to start the year. She is the daughter of our middle daughter, Claire, and her husband, Daniel Burdge, of Chelmsford, UK, and…

Rachel Davenport Dutch Monty Darryl Vogel sent a news-filled email with details of his very interesting life. He began at Maine as a member of the Class of 1967, but took a detour when academics forced him to answer the “Greetings” letter from the US government, becoming a soldier in the US Army in January…

Rachel Davenport Dutch Craig Shinn sent us an update on his very full life since leaving the University of Maine. He, now emeritus professor in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, Oregon, has been honored with numerous awards that reflect his career. Craig received the school’s Center for Public Service…

Rachel Davenport Dutch 5506 M Street Sacramento, CA  95819 redhed47@juno.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1973/   REUNION October 26-28 at Homecoming   I had a nice long email from Dori Hawkes Robinson catching us up on the last 45(!) years.  Right after graduation, John took a job with Johns Manville Corporation and stayed with them throughout his career in…

Rachel Davenport Dutch 5506 M Street Sacramento, CA  95819 redhed47@juno.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1973/   REUNION October 26-28 at Homecoming   The holidays always bring a few notes from classmates, catching me, and by extension you, up on the exciting things going on in their lives. Linda Murray Murphy sent a nice long email with details of her…