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 2021-2026

President William "Bill" Johnson

Vice President/Activities Chair Richard "Doc" Nevers

Secretary Joan Fuller Russell

Class Historian Faith Wixson Varney

Treasurer/Class Agent Vacant

Class Correspondent John Schwartz

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

Class of 1956 News

Class of 1956 Winter 2022 Class Note

As we all know, the nasty COVID-19 raised its head again! For the second year our University of Maine Reunion was canceled. Obviously, we had to change our plans and “wait ’til next year.” Jim and Barbara Victor were disappointed to learn the on-campus Reunion was canceled. They had planned a motor trip to visit…

Class of 1956 Summer 2021 Class Note

John A. Schwartz 309 Pinelake Court Spartanburg, SC 29301 (864) 574-1869 jaschwartzsr@bellsouth.net After 25 years of being a “snowbird,” (someone who spends the cold winters in sunny Florida and then spends the summer up north), Doc and Betty Brockway Nevers have decided to make Fort Pierce, Florida, their yearly residence. Doc and Betty still plan to take…

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…