Class of 1987

Class Secretary: James J. Kircaldie, 64 Vineyard Rd., North Haven, CT 06473

Class President: Paula M. Colahan, 14 Bayberry Ln., Beverly, MA 01915, pmcolahan@mediaone.net

Next Reunion in 2007. Got news? Tap out a note to magazine@bates.edu! Mark Hatch is the new dean of admissions and financial aid at Colorado College. For the past four years Mark was director of admissions at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where applications doubled and the academic profile improved dramatically. He worked with under-represented students and their families through Upward Bound and the LA Community Outreach Program. Formerly on the Bates Admissions staff, he is one of six deans on the national board of Common Application, Inc…. In Portland, Mark Shanahan continues with the Portland Newspapers as city hall reporter. “Send him any good scoops,” says Michelle (McGonagle ’88), who continues being a new mom with a return to school in September for an M.S.W.