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Class of 1961

Welcome to the Class of 1961. 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/Sr. Alumni Rep Andrew "Andy" T. McGarry

Vice President/Class of 2020 Liaison Margaret "Meg" Thompson Villarreal

Secretary/Class Correspondent/Co-Class Agent Judith E. Ohr

Treasurer Jean McNeary Woodard

Senior Alumni Representative Etta Libby Davenport

Executive Committee June Toulouse Heintz, Ian MacKinnon, Shirlene Gosline , Kay Allen- Co-Class Agent, Donald T. Sturgeon, Lawrence Schiner - President Emeritus

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Class of 1961 News

Class of 1961 Winter 2021 Class Note

You might have read about the university’s plans to change the name of Little Hall, named for Dr. Clarence Cook Little, a former president, because of his involvement with the study of eugenics. Richard Little, his son, penned a letter to the Bangor Daily News (July 13) in defense of his father and his dad’s…

Class of 1961 Summer 2020 Class Note

Judy Ohr So nice to hear from a fellow journalism major, Ron Drogin, who wrote a weekly sports column for the Campus. He says he chose not to pursue that career after graduation, fearing he might be working in some small Maine town, not being able to afford a lobster dinner. Now he is back…

“The rafters ring in Maine” Sports Illustrated Article

Weekends at Maine University begin early Friday afternoon when a big, boxlike green truck, with the fancy yellow inscription, “Eastern Maine Egg Company,” goes rumbling south toward Orono on highway 2A. The driver is an enterprising young man known to most of Maine’s 4,400 students as Cannonball. Cannonball is working his way through school by…

Class of 1961 Winter 2020 Class Note

Judy Ohr And a good time was had by all. What a marvelous class celebration in Boothbay Harbor in September. A big thank you to co-chairs Ian MacKinnon ’70G and Shirlene Heath Gosline ’73G along with their committee Anne Wescott Dodd ’82 C.A.S., ’94 Ed.D., Ann Lynch MacKinnon, Meg Thompson Villarreal, Pete Berry, and Ellen…

Class of 1961 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Judy Ohr Only a few more months until our mini-Reunion in Boothbay Harbor this September. You should have received a mailing with a reservation form. If you didn’t receive the information (or have misplaced it), email me. Additional information is on our webpage at UMaineAlumni.com, class notes, class page, 1961. Also if you haven’t accessed…