Class of 1956 | UMaine Alumni Association

Class of 1956

Welcome to the Class of 1956. We’d love to hear from you. Please take a few moments and share your news with classmates.

For questions or to get involved in class activities, please contact Ashley Twombly ’10, ’12G at (207) 581-1144.

Class Officers 2016-2021

President William "Bill" Johnson

Vice President/Activities Chair Richard "Doc" Nevers

Secretary Joan Fuller Russell

Class Historian Faith Wixson Varney

Treasurer/Class Agent Betsy Harvey Ruff

Class Correspondent John Schwartz

Executive Committee Elizabeth Brockway Nevers, Arthur Thompson, Marilyn Page Thompson, Grace McKinlay, Stuart P. Haskell, Evelyn Whitney Foster, Geraldine Wallace Williams, Robert J. Williams, Carroll Brown Marino

Class of 1956 News

Class of 1956 Winter 2021 Class Note

The new Class of 1956 correspondent will take this opportunity to thank Joan Fuller Russell for providing a significant amount of news that wasn’t reported in time to be printed in the past summer issue of the MAINE Alumni Magazine. Sadly, Carolyn Bull Dahlgren passed away on May 3, 2020. Carolyn was a very active class…

Class of 1956 Summer 2020 Class Note

John A. Schwartz The Class of 1956 has a few updates we would like to share with classmates. Gloria Thorpe Bangs ’57 contacted the Alumni Association to inform classmates of the death of her husband, Dick Bangs. She reported that Dick died on March 2, 2018, of ALS, which was caused by his military service.…

Class of 1956 Winter 2020 Class Note

Faith Wixson Varney The Class of 1956 had a very successful mini-reunion on Wednesday, October 16th at the McKernan Center on the Southern Maine Community College campus. Twenty-eight classmates and guests gathered for a buffet lunch overlooking Casco Bay and a wonderful time was had by all! Thank you to everyone who joined us and…

Class of 1956 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Faith Wixson Varney I received a phone call from President Bill Johnson that reminded me that he and/or Betsy Harvey Ruff write each scholarship recipient congratulating him/her and asking a few personal questions to bring to our next meeting. That way we get to know him/her a bit better. It is nice to know him/her…

Class of 1956 Fall 2018 Class Note

Faith Wixson Varney 69 Falmouth Road Falmouth, ME 04105 (207) 781-3038 fvarney@maine.rr.com Hi, classmates: Doc and Betty Brockway Nevers write, “at our mini Reunion on May 23rd the Class of ’56 voted to transfer $5,000 from our 1956 class fund to the Class of 1956 Scholarship fund. We had 44 registered between the Tuesday evening dinner and the Wednesday luncheon/business meeting.…