Class of 1983 Summer 2021 Class Note

Janet Robbins
P. O. Box 3655
Brewer, ME 04412
(207) 989-7506
info@northwindpublishing.com
facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1983/

Steve Spear has retired from the federal government after 35 years of service with the department of defense in Washington, DC. Steve and his wife, Patty, raised two boys and retired to North Carolina. Steve tries to return to Maine each summer/fall. He says choosing to attend the University of Maine was the best decision he made in high school. 
Paul Tukey has written a book about the U.S. women’s national soccer team. Paul is the former publisher of People, Places and Plants magazine and is the director of environmental stewardship for the Glenstone Museum in Maryland. 
Award-winning war correspondent Janine de Giovanni was named the recipient of the University of Maine 2020 Bernard Lown ’42 Humanitarian Award. Janine has written about some of the most notable wars, genocides, and humanitarian crises of our lifetime. Her career has spanned more than three decades sharing the stories of people forever marked by war. In April, Janine gave the Allen Miller lecture, which was presented virtually. 
Robert Lucy ’87G was hired by MSAD 75 to serve as a temporary superintendent in February and March 2021 to fill in for the current superintendent, who was called to active duty with the Maine Army National Guard.