Class of 1980

Class Secretary: Vincent B. Skinner Jr., PO Box 8724, Portland, ME 04104; vskinner@gwi.net

Class President: Christine Tegeler Beneman, 105 Spurwink Rd., Scarborough, ME 04074; cbeneman@maine.rr.com

Next Reunion in 2005. Got news? Tap out a note to magazine@bates.edu! Andrea Eschen is the regional director for Latin America for EngenderHealth, an international agency working in 30 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. “The agency’s mission is to improve the access to clinic-based family planning and reproductive health services in resource poor areas. We also address HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, improving the quality of reproductive health services, infection prevention in health facilities, and post-abortion care for women who have induced abortions.”… Old First Church in Springfield, Mass., has installed the Rev. J. Thomas Gough as its senior pastor. He sees as his mission to reconnect the 365-year-old church with the 366-year-old city. He also teaches world religion at Springfield College…. After spending six years practicing law in New York and Boston, Lucinda Lohman-Oota is back in Kyoto, Japan, and working in nearby Osaka for a large Japanese law firm. She’s also finishing up a master’s program through Harvard Extension online…. David Reinhart has been appointed president of the MeadWestvaco Specialty Paper Division, which manufactures decorative and overlay papers for laminate flooring, furniture, and countertops, and papers used in automotive and industrial applications…. The third edition of the award-winning book, Hacker’s Guide to Visual FoxPro 7.0, has been released. Ted Roche is one of the co-authors. Ted has his own firm in Contoocook, N.H., specializing in development of Web, client-server, and networked database applications.