Class of 1978 | UMaine Alumni Association

Welcome to the Class of 1978. 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 Mckenzie Evans ’24 (207) 581-1143.

Class Officers 2023-2028

President Meredith N. Strang Burgess

Vice President/Class Correspondent Linda Card LeBlond

Secretary Mary Rogers Libhart

Treasurer Harry H. Hinrichsen

Co-Class Agent Judith L. Morton

Co-Class Agent Donna Keirstead Thornton

Reunion Committee Suzan C. Beaudoin, Richard J. Brewer, Kathryn E. Burgoin, Dianna Dayton Dowd, Ellen M. Honan, Cathy A. Hopper, Bruce J. Hynes, Pamela Joy, Brian Knowlton, Catherine Brown Lemin, Greg Leonard, Joe Loring, Richard A. MacInnes, Kathleen Mahoney, Emile E. Paradis, Timothy J. Rector, Larry Reynolds, Clayton Saucier, Rob Sherman, Lori Oberst Tewhey

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Class of 1978 News

Class of 1978 Spring 2025 Class Note

Happy winter to one and all. The campus may be awash in the magical white of a winter storm by the time y’all see this. My freshman year I lived in Somerset and had an 8:00 dance class at Lengyel Hall. That was a brutal walk on a cold winter morning! Jay Feyler, the town…

Class of 1978 Summer 2024 Class Note

Happy summer! In mid-May, I walked into the Cape Elizabeth town hall and who did I see? It was Mike McGovern. He retired several years ago after a long career as the town manager and has been asked to do the job again on a temporary basis after the departure of his successor to Cumberland.…

Class of 1978 Winter 2024 Class Note

Brook Merrow has published a new young adult mystery, Trapped. The synopsis reads as follows: “In a small coastal town in Maine, high school senior Ethan Olson struggles to investigate the disappearance of his brother, the death of a friend, and nonstop harassment that threatens his family’s lobstering livelihood. Despite help from a potential girlfriend…

Class of 1978 Summer 2023 Class Note

Greetings, classmates. First, I wish to apologize for the lack of news submissions in the past two issues. I’ve been dealing with the aftereffects of a spinal cord injury and working hard to figure out how to live with a disability. I promise to do better going forward. However, there is a silver lining to…

Class of 1978 Winter 2022 Class Note

Richard Glueck G is former president of the New England Steam Corporation, a nonprofit dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and operation of the Maine Central Railroad’s 470 locomotive. Richard and a group of fellow volunteers, who range in age from engineering students to retirees, have been working on the locomotive, which is now disassembled in…

Class of 1978 Summer 2022 Class Note

Greetings, Class of ’78, and happy summer! Please send along some news so we have something to report in this column. We look forward to hearing from you!

Class of 1978 Winter 2022 Class Note

Hello, classmates — Who thought we would still be dealing with COVID-19 18 months after the first cases were detected in our state? Nonetheless, here we are, and I hope you and your loved ones are healthy. I don’t know if the pandemic has somehow played a role in the lack of news from all…

Class of 1978 Summer 2021 Class Note

Rev. Linda Card 52 Wildwood Drive Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-0545 lindacardme@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1978/ Dear classmates, How did you fare during the pandemic? What did you do to maintain a measure of physical and mental health during the past year? I hope you’ll be willing to share the things that helped you make the most…

Class of 1978 Winter 2021 Class Note

Hello and how are you all surviving our new socially distant normal? I’d love to hear how you are managing these most unusual of times. How are you staying in touch with your loved ones? Are you working from home, and if so, do you miss your co-workers? Do you have Zoom fatigue? I know…

Class of 1978 Summer 2020 Class Note

Rev. Linda Card I have received only one news item news to report: Mark “Rookie” Letendre, the director of umpire medical services for Major League Baseball since 1999, retired at the end of the 2019 season. Rookie will serve as an adviser throughout the 2020 season and assist Scott Sheridan, who has taken over his…

Class of 1978 Winter 2020 Class Note

Rev. Linda Card Classmate John Witherspoon, who has served as president and CEO of Skowhegan Savings Bank since 2007, announced his plan to retire at the end of 2019. During John’s tenure, the bank expanded into both western Maine and the Augusta area; he also established the bank’s charitable foundation with over $2 million in…

Class of 1978 Summer 2019 Class Note

Linda Card Although it seems impossible, our 40th Reunion has come and gone. Back in 1978, who among us would have considered that we would be returning to campus in our 60s? Or considered our retirements while we were still trying to decide what to do with our lives? One of our recently retired classmates…

Class of 1978 Fall 2018 Class Note

Linda Card 52 Wildwood Drive Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-0545 lindacardme@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1978/ REUNION October 26-28 at Homecoming Hi everyone, I know that you all are out there, but I haven’t received any news. Something must have happened in your life since our graduation in 1978, and your classmates want to know. Where…

Class of 1978 Spring 2018 Class Note

Linda Card 52 Wildwood Drive Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-0545 lindacardme@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1978/ REUNION October 26-28 at Homecoming Get ready, everyone! Believe it or not, our 40th class Reunion is coming October 26-28. Mark your calendars now and let’s plan to reconnect in person this fall. John S. Williams ’80G, the former head…

Class of ’78 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Linda Card 52 Wildwood Drive Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 (207) 799-0545 lindacardme@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1978/ Greetings, classmates. Do you realize that next year will be our 40th Reunion? How on earth did that happen? There’s lots of news this time. Ken Lindlof G, former Waterville High basketball coach, was named the new hoops coach at longtime…