Class Secretary: Rachel Harper Garcelon, 56 Blueberry Cove Rd., Yarmouth, ME 04096; raeallan@aol.com

Class President: Arthur W. Ridlon, PO Box 766, Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538; artann@gwi.net

Next Reunion in 2007. Got news? Tap out a note to magazine@bates.edu! Susan Armstrong Cox is retired, volunteers at her local library and the Cape Cod Hospital, and has an ambitious exercise program (swimming, walking, and Nautilus). Sadly, she reports the death of her mother in November. Her youngest son, Matt, will be married on Cape Cod in September, giving Sue a chance to participate in preparations.... Gail Brann Hayden-Benner retired two years ago and has been teaching part time at Andover College in Portland. Using skills she began to develop when she was 8, she has a thriving knitting business making felted wool hats. Sons, Chris and Matt, both live and work in Vermont. Her daughter Jenny will graduate from law school in May.... Janice Carroll Moreshead's son David and wife expect identical twin boys. Daughter Cynthia will be married in May with a second wedding reception in Boise, Idaho, the same weekend as Reunion.... Tony Cherot manages an information technology company and is busy with new initiatives — the portal and Web site for CDC and an information assurance technology development project. He still mentors an eighth grader and plays tennis once a week.... Sarah Foster Smith and David are moving back to New England after 11 years in the Southwest. David is being considered for pastor by several churches, so no location yet. Sarah retired as editor for several home-plans magazines, but her vision problem doesn't prevent her from singing in the choir or playing the piano. Sarah's mother, Beulah Page Foster '30 has lived near the Smiths, and they hope she'll join them back East, but she is reluctant to leave her many activities.... Sharon Fowler Kenrick and Ed were at their timeshare in Palm Beach until the end of April.... Nancy Goldthwaite Leech couldn't make Reunion because a grandchild was expected about that time. She was to assist the midwife.... Rachel Harper Garcelon had a visit from son Gregg last summer, back East from Montana for his 20th high school reunion. "My business, the Good Wife, is now in its fifth year and going strong. I take a few classes in art at Maine College of Art, volunteer at an organization called Well Suited, which provides free clothing and advice to women attempting to get back into the work place after divorce, abuse, or state assistance. Allan's two children live in Boston: Eric works for Sony, and Leigh is the executive director of STEP for the Boston Symphony, an outreach program that introduces youngsters in the neighboring communities to classical music."... Orson Hathaway is in his final year with Great American Insurance Co. in Cincinnati. He plans to retire in 2003 and move to the Wells Beach (Maine) area, and get a dog.... Ken Holden is finishing his 36th year in the natural sciences department of Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Mass. He may retire in 2003, and wife Jane plans to retire from her home-sewing business. They will travel, and Ken hopes to get in more trout fishing.... Marcia Holt Thompson has three married sons and six grandchildren: three boys and three girls, two of whom are twins. One son is a doctor, one an electrical engineer, and one a math instructor at Johnstown campus of the Univ. of Pittsburgh.... Peter Huycke sold his Anchorage home and has his fishing camp in Peterson Bay. He and his significant other, Linda Gentile, bought a condo in Delray Beach.... Carolyn Jones is a vocational instructor at an adult sheltered workshop. The clients are mentally and/or physically handicapped. Her parents, 90 and 93, remain in their home at Marblehead, Mass. She says, "Guess I'll be around for awhile?"... Cynthia Kalber Nordstrom teaches music from her home with students from 6 to 46. Husband Bob is employed after over a year of severance, social security, and pension status. Youngest child, Leana '03, studied abroad at Humbolt University in Berlin and has been on the rowing team. The recipient of the Janice Richards '62 Scholarship, she wrote a thank-you note to Janice's father, William, and they have become pen pals. Mark is in pharmaceutical research at Parexel in Waltham, Mass. Eric teaches science at Berkeley Prep in Tampa, Fla. On weekends he usually performs with his violin in venues that range from classical concerts to accompanying rock stars. Keith '93 expects to complete his Ph.D. in geophysics and has a post doc at the Univ. of Colorado in Boulder... Katherine Marshall Stricker loves semi-tropical Hilton Head Island and retirement. A European tour with the Hilton Head Choral Society was to take her to Vienna and Prague during Reunion.... Cynthia Merritt Fischer retired after 30 years of teaching in the public schools and in the Head Start program. She works part time at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset. "I am busy enough, but particularly enjoy the time I have to read and reflect, visit with friends and relatives, walk daily and drink in the beauty of coastal Maine." She swims at a local recreation building, belongs to book group, and works on a town committee addressing the use and development of Wiscasset's waterfront.... Roger Morency was elected to the Beverly (Mass.) City Council last fall. Roger is the retired marketing manager for Plymouth Rock Companies and a lifelong Beverly resident.... Lorraine Otto Gloede hoped to retire at the end of April.... Susan Ramer Lawler notes that while John has been retired from AT Cross for two years, he stays busy and maintains close contact with his associates at Cross. Sue teaches at Rhode Island College part time. Daughter Elizabeth and her husband moved to Boston, making visits more frequent. Son Sean is a pediatrician in Seattle.... Arthur Ridlon and Ann were looking forward to a new grandchild. He won the Maine Senior Tennis Tournament last year... Joan Ritch Hick enjoys real estate as one of seven brokers in a boutique firm near Duxbury Bay. Skip continues as vice president of national recruiting for New England Financial in Boston. Children Kristen, David, and Doug and their families (soon to include six grandchildren) live close to each other in Connecticut.... Judy Rubin Cadorette, as an educational consultant in elementary math and science for Scott Foresman Publishing Co. for 11 years, conducts in-service training for New England teachers. Recently she dined with Joan Duarte Ohrn on Cape Cod. She and husband Edmund attended a math conference in Orlando last year and had a fantastic two-week cruise to the Mediterranean that began in Barcelona and ended in Venice. In June Ed plans to retire from 40 years teaching at the elementary level. Judy will follow him in August. Judy says Caroline Taber Kiessling is having "just too good a time as a retiree for us not to join her."... Warren Ruland retired in '95 after 33 years in the aerospace systems/software business at United Technologies and a one-year stint at TRW. Wife Gail retired from teaching first grade the same year. Son Paul works in the electronics controls industry in Atlanta area and has a son and daughter. Daughter Susan works for Frito-Lay in San Francisco. Gail and Warren spend their summers in Corea, Maine. Warren is a woodworker, sportsman, and walker. Gail is a "master" quilter, volunteer, and also loves to walk. Warren spent time with his Bates roommate, Peter Gove, and his wife Susan at their home in Rockport, Mass.... Peter Schuyler says retirement is not in the plans right now. He and Sonja are continuing their travels to unusual places like Colombia, Siberia, and Taiwan.... From Denver, Robert Scofield and Jane traveled to the East Coast last year with stops in Williamsburg and New York City, where they visited the World Trade Center and took pictures from the top — "now a vivid memory." From Connecticut to Maine, Rob showed Jane some childhood haunts while visiting old friends and relatives. In Maine they visited Bar Harbor, Camden, and Bailey Island. Jane continues her work as a high school counselor, and Rob is in his 17th year as a financial consultant with A.G. Edwards. Rob was building committee chair for their new church and vice president of communications for the Colorado Symphony League. He works with the U.S. Naval Academy to assist high school counselors and to interview candidates.... Sandra Smith Boynton and Bob have lived in Dover, Mass., for 34 years; they summer on a New Hampshire lake. Bob's C.P.A. and law practice continues in Boston; Sandra teaches English conversation classes to international women at MIT. Active in her church, she has played in a handbell choir and is on the board of deacons and personnel committee. Daughter Laura is an assistant professor of special education at Providence College; she and her husband have two little boys. Son James is a senior manager for Price Waterhouse in Boston. Son John lives in Seattle and sells environmental products to hotels for GreenSuites International.... The Ken Snows saw both kids get married last year. Greg lives in North Conway, N.H., and Kris is in Boston. Marnie '63 retired from teaching, got bored, and is now working part time at a local hospital photographing newborns in the maternity ward. Ken completed his 35th year at the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester and has no plans to retire: "I still love it." Ken says he's competing with Lee Majors to be the bionic man with two new hips and a new knee over the last three years. He is feeling great.... Al Squitieri probably echoes sentiments many of us feel when he says that after a divisive presidential election, it is good to see "a revitalization of the true American spirit of patriotism and liberty and truly unfortunate that it took the events of Sept. 11 to bring that about." They traveled to Russia and the West Coast, and Hawaii. Al is a member of the alumni council of MCP/Hahnemann University and he manages to golf daily. Harriet continues to enjoy her part-time job as substitute high school nurse.... Jim Swartchild and Peggy have already been to San Francisco twice to play grandparents to Catherine Ann, born last December to daughter Jill. Oldest daughter, Pam, is expecting, and youngest daughter, Amy, is to be married in July.... Caroline Taber Kiesling retired from the Walpole school system after 39 years teaching third grade. To celebrate, she and Ed took a two-week land and cruise trip to Alaska. She keeps busy singing with the Neponset Choral Society and church choir. She is also a deaconess and serves on the church by-law committee. She also reads, makes jams, jellies, and pickles, and supports Ed in his Masonic and Shrine work.... Richmond Talbot sold his insurance agency and now works as a free-lance writer and photographer. His work includes a weekly food column and monthly nature column as well as business news. His columns appear mostly in The Memorial Press Group, a chain of weekly papers on the South Shore of Massachusetts.... Lyn Webber Nelson has been busy since 9/11 counseling those who were directly affected by the tragic events. By winter, she and Gus were finding time to "escape to Vermont" with friends, enjoying cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and indoor tennis. They spent Christmas in San Francisco with two children and time in New Jersey and Vermont with the other two and their children.... Carol Williams Jackson reports that Dan retired in January, after which they put their Atlanta house on the market and are renovating a Hilton Head house.... Ed Wilson retires in June after 30 great years deaning at Kellogg, which prompted the school newspaper, Merger Monthly, to note that "it is nearly impossible to imagine the school without him." Fran Brasfield, assistant dean of student affairs, said, "Dean Wilson has been the driving force behind Kellogg's personality." He was roundly praised for improving the quality of life for students and helping to foster the renowned Kellogg culture of teamwork and collegiality. Kellogg dedicated the full-time student affairs suite in Ed's name, honoring his years in that position.... Linda Zeilstra Kellom and John have been happily retired on Hilton Head since 2000. Linda audits courses at the Univ. of South Carolina-Beaufort's HHI campus and is active in two book discussion groups. Her volunteer activities include mentoring a fourth grader, working one day a week at the public library, and hands-on help building a Habitat for Humanity house sponsored by her church.