Class of 1972 | UMaine Alumni Association

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For question or to get involved in class activities, please contact Mckenzie Evans ’24 (207) 581-1143.

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 Spring 2025 Class Note

My husband and I didn’t take any big trips last summer, but we had some enjoyable extended stays in the Berkshires; Martha’s Vineyard; Danforth, ME; and the New Bedford/Fairhaven/Mattapoisett, MA, area. And — thanks to a generous neighbor who works for a company that co-owns a box at Fenway Park, we went to a Red…

Class of 1972 Summer 2024 Class Note

I received a newsy email last December from Dave Hutcheson, who was originally in the Class of 1970 but dropped out for a bit and graduated with us in 1972. He and his wife, Emily, met in high school in Weston, MA, where they currently live. They have been married 48 years and have four…

Class of 1972 Winter 2024 Class Note

My last letter from the Alumni Association started with this sentence: “You are the unfortunate recipients of no news clippings for the winter magazine.” So I guess I’ll be self-indulgent and tell you what I did on my summer vacation! In July, my sister picked me up in Seattle and we drove to Sisters, Oregon,…

Class of 1972 Summer 2023 Class Note

Happy summer to you all! The golfers among you will be interested to know that Julie M. Green of Bangor was inducted into the Maine Golf Hall of Fame. For many years, she was one of the state’s premier female golfers. In 1964, Julie became a member of the Bangor Municipal Golf Course, where she…

Class of 1972 Winter 2022 Class Note

I have just one item to share this issue. Louise Ouellet Kirkland sent an update from Sun City West, AZ, where she is enjoying retirement. She says there are “lots of clubs to join to learn new hobbies along with exercise routines. Traveling throughout the state affords new opportunities for learning and meeting new people.”…

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…

Class of 1972 Winter 2020 Class Note

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen Suzanne R. Roy G recently published The Enclave, a novel that tells the story of a French Canadian girl who attempts to keep her dreams alive as she grows into womanhood in the “Little Canada” enclave that her culture created in Lewiston to protect itself from the American melting pot. Her journey toward…

Class of 1972 Summer 2019 Class Note

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen Last June, Paul Soucy ’01G of Brewer was inducted into the Maine Sports Legends’ Hall of Honors. He and the other six inductees were chosen by three regional committees to recognize their accomplishments and contributions to youth and sports in Maine. Congratulations, Paul! I was pleased to receive an email from John…

Class of 1972 Fall 2018 Class Notes

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen 446 Brook Street Carlisle, MA 01741 (978) 369-1661 anneketchen@comcast.net facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1972/ How many of you attended your 50th high school reunion this year? At the time of this writing, I’m looking forward to mine — a September weekend at Blue Water Manor on Lake George, NY. The only news I have this time…

Class of 1972 Spring 2018 Class Note

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen 446 Brook Street Carlisle, MA 01741 (978) 369-1661 anneketchen@comcast.net facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1972/ After a dramatic winter of cold and snow, spring has arrived. But before winter set in, I got an email from Patricia Clark Billingsley, which I quote here: “I graduated from UMaine in 1972 with a degree in geology. I first worked…

Class of ’72 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Anne Dearstyne Ketchen 446 Brook Street Carlisle, MA 01741 (978) 369-1661 anneketchen@comcast.net facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1972/ I hope you all had a great summer. Last May I finally got to meet Ray Viola. He and his family were in the area to attend the graduation of one of his sons from Merrimack College in North Andover, MA. My…