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Class of 1972

Welcome to the Class of 1972. We’d love to hear from you. Please take a few moments and share your news with classmates.

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

Class Officers 2017-2022

President Vacant

Vice President/Class Agent Gregory D. Jamison

Secretary Kathryn Clukey Pierce

Treasurer Charles J. Carter, Jr.

Class Correspondent Anne Dearstyne Ketchen

Executive Committee Richard J. Staples, Cynthia McDonough

Reunion Committee Susan Gerrish Hynson, Nancy B. Prisk, Kathryn Clukey Pierce, Debbie Rice Staples, Gregory J. Doyon, Diane Sivertsen Inman, Gregory D. Jamison, Stephen M. Korth, Peter Bartley, Dianne Hall Lamb

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Class of 1972 News

Class of 1972 Summer 2022 Class Note

I’m sorry to lead with sad news, but our classmate Channing Migner died in December of 2021. I met Channing when we were sophomores. He and my roommate, Jo-Ellyn Sanford Harris, were close friends when we all lived at the Hilltop Complex. My connection with him was not consistent or deep, but our paths crossed…

Class of 1972 Winter 2022 Class Note

I was delighted to hear directly from three classmates recently. Wendy Bradstreet Rozene and her husband, Dick, have three daughters and two four-year-old grandsons. They “survived the pandemic by downsizing, packing, selling our home of 36 years, and building a new home and unpacking. Our grandsons grew up over FaceTime and work continued over Zoom…

Class of 1972 Summer 2021 Class Note

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen anneketchen@comcast.net facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1972/ I am saddened to open with the death of Russ Martin in late April. Russ was the longtime vice president and president of the Class of ’72 as well as president of the Kennebec Valley Alumni Chapter. He worked in the Augusta area for years before moving to Bath, where…

Class of 1972 Winter 2021 Class Note

I hope you are all healthy and doing as well as can be expected these days. One upside to the pandemic has been that I’ve participated in more lectures, concerts, and exercise classes than I would have found time to attend in person. Case in point, during the summer I participated in several of Nancy Greenblatt’s…

Class of 1972 Summer 2020 Class Note

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen I’m writing this during surreal times — socially distanced because of COVID-19. My husband and I have been taking long walks in the woods every day, and are getting used to using Zoom for virtual exercise classes, book group meetings, church services, happy hour, and dinner with friends. I hope by the…