classnews - Bowdoin College

More documents

Recommendations

Info

SUMMER 2011 Bowdoin M A G A Z I N E CONTENTS 24AGreatSecondHalf PHOTOGRAPHS BY FELICE BOUCHER In an interview that coincided with the opening of an exhibition of the Victoria and Albert’s English alabaster reliefs at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art last semester, Jill Shaw Ruddock ’77 talks about the goal of her new book, The Second Half of Your Life—to make the second half the best half. 30FortheClassof1961,BowdoinisForever BY LISA WESEL • PHOTOGRAHS BY BOB HANDELMAN AND BRIAN WEDGE ’97 After 50 years as Bowdoin alumni, the Class of 1961 is a particularly close-knit group. Lisa Wesel spent time with a group of them talking about friendship, formative experiences, and the privilege of traveling a long road together. 36StandUpWithaSocialConscience BY EDGAR ALLEN BEEM • PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARSTEN MORAN ’05 The Seattle Times has called Hari Kondabolu ’04 “a young man reaching for the hand-scalding torch of confrontational comics like Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor.” Ed Beem talks to Hari about his journey from Queens to Brunswick and the power of comedy as an instrument of social change. 44SlicingthePie BY EDGAR ALLEN BEEM • PHOTOGRAPHS BY DEAN ABRAMSON The Student Activity Fund Committee distributes funding of nearly $700,000 a year in support of clubs, entertainment, and community service. With the ability to approve or deny funding, the committee wields considerable power. But the real value, say the students who serve, is the learning experience it provides. DEPARTMENTS Mailbox 2 Bookshelf 5 Bowdoinsider 8 Alumnotes 50 Class News 51 Weddings 80 Obituaries 91
| l e t t e r | FROMTHEEDITOR Solace From the Past This fall will mark 40 years since the first women matriculated at Bowdoin as members of the entering class. We’ve written about that group before, at earlier milestone moments, and they were indeed an interesting, even courageous, group of women. In the months ahead, we will not only think of that first class, we will celebrate the full four decades of women’s history here – the accomplishments of our alumnae and the richness that coeducation brought to Bowdoin. What has been remarkable to me, as I think about those 40 years, is how it is simultaneously a long time and the blink of an eye. Life is like that, of course— members of the Class of 1961 no doubt felt that way at their reunion in June, when they could both practically see themselves on the quad at 20 but couldn’t figure out which building was called “Studzinski.” Indeed, even the youngest alums back for the weekend probably had a sense of that duality. But there is something particular about change, I think, and how it alters the perception of time. I didn’t attend Bowdoin, but the college I attended had become coeducational in the same era. I enrolled in the fall of 1980, and women had only become officially and fully a part of the men’s college three years earlier. And yet it was a subject that never seemed to come up. There were impassioned, impromptu debates in dorm rooms about wage equality for women, about abortion rights, even about the political and social statements made by make-up and hairstyles. So there was no shortage of gender-related discussion. But no one ever talked about whether women should be students there. It had quickly become a given that they were. I’m sure there were many, as at Bowdoin, who thought the old way was the better way; certainly coeducation was not universally beloved anywhere. But change, especially for the young, very quickly stops being change, and just starts being what is. And that is the beauty of it. I have thought of that often in this summer of discontent in politics and finance, amid riots and acts of violence and just general upheaval. It feels so hard when change is being born. It is a true labor—and so often thankless—for those bringing it about, and it is too easy for many to hold on to the old. But I feel optimistic, and change feels possible, when I look back on days like those that brought about an entering class of women at Bowdoin in the fall of 1971, when I think of those who made great and not always easy decisions. New worlds can be made and, when change is right, it will feel that it was always thus. AMB Bowdoin MAGAZINE Volume 82, Number 2 Summer 2011 MAGAZINE STAFF Editor Alison M. Bennie AssociateEditor Matthew J. O’Donnell Design Charles Pollock Jim Lucas Pennisi & Lamare Portland, Maine ObituaryEditor John R. Cross ’76 Contributors Douglas Boxer-Cook James Caton John R. Cross ’76 Travis Dagenais ’08 Susan Danforth Selby Frame Cecelia Greenleaf Scott W. Hood Chelée Ross ’12 Alix Roy ’07 Melissa Wiley ’13 Photographs by Dean Abramson, Brian Beard, Dennis Griggs, James Marshall, Karsten Moran ’05, Michele Stapleton, Brian Wedge ’97, and Bowdoin College Archives. BOWDOIN (ISSN, 0895-2604) is published three times a year by Bowdoin College, 4104 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011. Printed by J.S. McCarthy, Augusta, Maine. Third-class postage paid at Augusta, Maine. Sent free of charge to all Bowdoin alumni/ae, parents of current and recent undergraduates, faculty and staff, seniors, and selected members of the Association of Bowdoin Friends. Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors. Send class news to classnews@bowdoin.edu or mail to the address above. Advertising inquiries? Please e-mail magazineads@bowdoin.edu or fax 207- 725-3003. Please send address changes to the mailing address above. Send ideas or letters to the editor to that address or by e-mail to bowdoineditor@bowdoin.edu. CLASSNEWS@BOWDOIN.EDU 1
Page 1: Bowdoin M A G A Z I N E V O L . 8
Page 5 and 6: look for similar on Bowdoin’s thr
Page 7 and 8: The 1607 Popham Colony’s Pinnance
Page 9 and 10: Reminiscences and Traditions of Bos
Page 11 and 12: | o f f - c a m p u s | THE | n e w
Page 13 and 14: | o f f - c a m p u s | GIRLS ON TH
Page 15 and 16: | o f f - c a m p u s | Peter Eichl
Page 17 and 18: | o f f - c a m p u s | TO BEAUTIFY
Page 19 and 20: | o f f - c a m p u s | FLY-FISHING
Page 21 and 22: owdoinsider | h i s t o r y | 100 y
Page 23 and 24: | c a m p u s | 17 Ways of Looking
Page 25 and 26: | c a m p u s | bowdoinsider Hopper
Page 27 and 28: After graduating from Bowdoin, Jill
Page 29 and 30: I’ve always lived my life thinkin
Page 31 and 32: see an exhibit at the Bowdoin Colle
Page 33 and 34: “If we don’t do anything, we wo
Page 35 and 36: “Charlie is the glue that holds o
Page 37 and 38: B O W D O I N R E U N I O N • 2 0
Page 39 and 40: with a Social Conscience CLASSNEWS@
Page 41 and 42: “Growing up here is amazing. Grow
Page 43 and 44: “He’s still my best friend.”
Page 45 and 46: Kondabolu initially struggled to re
Page 47 and 48: slicing the pie Why would anyone wa
Page 49 and 50: Clockwise, beginning at middle left
Page 51 and 52: Club ski trips, and recreational sk
Page 53 and 54:
41 Bob Barton emailed on February 4
Page 55 and 56:
On October 25, 2010, band mates Ed
Page 57 and 58:
they would be as spry when they rea
Page 59 and 60:
Polar Bears on their clothing) by t
Page 61 and 62:
Phoenix golfing and hiking. We now
Page 63 and 64:
68 Gordie Flint reported in early M
Page 65 and 66:
Three generations of Magee family P
Page 67 and 68:
Proud parents John ’82 and Kathle
Page 69 and 70:
Alumni ruggers Andy Palmer ’88, M
Page 71 and 72:
Malia Lewis (4) kisses her new baby
Page 73 and 74:
Beth Morgan ’98 and husband Duane
Page 75 and 76:
Alyson Shea Gilberg ’00 and Jeff
Page 77 and 78:
“Two little polar bear buddies”
Page 79 and 80:
With support from Bowdoin friends,
Page 81 and 82:
While on a spring Leadership Traini
Page 83 and 84:
4 5 6 7 4 Peter Holman ’01 marrie
Page 85 and 86:
12 13 14 15 12 Heather Tindall ’9
Page 87 and 88:
21 22 23 24 21 Jennifer St. Thomas
Page 89 and 90:
29 30 31 32 29 Hillary Fitzpatrick
Page 91 and 92:
38 39 40 41 38 Andy Cashman ’03 a
Page 93 and 94:
Barrett C. Nichols ’25, the longe
Page 95 and 96:
East Division in 1958. This was fol
Page 97 and 98:
Kenneth Harvey Bonenfant ’42 died
Page 99 and 100:
his contemporaries, Mailer, James J
Page 101 and 102:
in 1946 while remaining a member of
Page 103 and 104:
Rangeley Lakes Railroad. He is surv
Page 105 and 106:
General Hospital until he enrolled
Page 107 and 108:
y his wife of 62 years, Charlotte W
Page 109 and 110:
deacon of the Sudbury Congregationa
Page 111 and 112:
Ouimet Scholarship Fund Distinguish
Page 113 and 114:
II, attaining the rank of sergeant,
Page 115 and 116:
in the English language published i
Page 117 and 118:
in Presque Isle, Maine, and graduat
Page 119 and 120:
Gas in Fairfield until retiring. He
Page 121 and 122:
in the Army, and was a member of De
Page 123 and 124:
until his retirement in 1998, he se
Page 125 and 126:
Lawrence, Mass., on September 22, 1
Page 127 and 128:
commencement speaker at her graduat
Page 129 and 130:
advisor at Merrill-Lynch. He was an
Page 131 and 132:
Bob and Judy Toll In 2009, Bob and
show all

classnews - Bowdoin College

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?