annual report of the president

2004-2005

annual report of the president

2004-2005

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Academic year 2004-05 was marvelously productive for Colby, as the College made several large strides toward achieving goals set out in The Plan for Colby and in other areas. A new building rose in a new district across Mayflower Hill Drive from the main quadrangle. Faculty continued to work wonders in the classrooms, performance spaces, and labs as well as in their scholarship. We welcomed the Class of 2008, whose com-bined mean SAT score was 1360, the highest ever. A new playing field allowed spring athletes to shine. Colby was recognized nationally for its efforts in internationalism. Student government earned worldwide attention for tackling the difficult issue of teach-ing students to use alcohol moderately. Student athletes racked up unprecedented num-

bers of All-America honors. Perhaps most significant for the future of the College, the Board of Trustees authorized the most ambitious capital campaign in Colby history.

The most visibly noticeable accomplishments of the past year were evident in the College’s physical plant. The Colby Green opened officially on October 9, 2004. A new district focused around the green eventually will include four buildings. Two, the Lunder House admissions office and the Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center, are in place. A third, the Diamond Building, which will house social sciences departments, interdisciplinary studies pro-grams, and the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, began construction following a ground-breaking ceremony during the April Board of Trustees weekend. At that ceremony Trustee Bob Diamond ’73 spoke of his affection for the project and the College. The

College Relations Division moved into the Schair-Swenson-Watson Alumni Center in July 2005. In addition to office space, the building includes a great room to be used for campus events and trustee meetings, smaller meeting rooms, and a library. The entire Colby community will use the varied spaces for a wide range of activities.

The Bill Alfond Field, a synthetic turf field used for practice by several teams and for competition by field hockey and men’s and women’s lacrosse, had its grand opening in April. It is named for Trustee Bill Alfond ’72, who, along with his wife, Joan Loring Alfond, gave the lead gift, a challenge gift. Despite a snowy winter—and thanks to our Physical Plant Department, which runs the snow plows that cleared the field—the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams practiced on the synthetic turf on February 15, the first day, under NESCAC regulations, that practices are allowed. Athletics Director Marcella Zalot estimated that without the field the two teams couldn’t have practiced outside until April 8.

Planning for a major addition to and renovation of the Cotter Union began last fall and continues as we try to create a building that will serve student needs well into the future. And, perhaps most visible of all, the Miller Library tower was swathed in scaffolding for the summer (as it was the summer before) to enable structural maintenance and repairs.

President William D. Adams

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Most on campus enjoyed watching the project proceed, especially when the Hero weathervane was lowered from its place for res-toration. A dissenting opinion came from one large grey squirrel that was evicted, thanks to a well-placed Hav-a-hart trap baited with peanut butter and asparagus.

Colby received the 2005 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, given by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. We were so honored for a number of reasons: the requirements of half of our 53 majors have an inter-national component; more than 100 courses satisfy requirements in the international studies major; more than two thirds of our students go abroad for study or internships (we ranked seventh in the nation for percentage of students studying abroad); and 66 countries are represented in our student body. We continue to marvel at the contributions made to our community by the Davis United World College scholars, who come to Colby thanks to financial aid provided by Shelby M.C. and Gale Davis and their family, including Trustee Andrew Davis ’85.

Student accomplishments in the academic year were, as always, varied and impressive. Asma Husain ’05, of Karachi, Pakistan, won a Watson Fellowship to conduct her project, Concepts in Concrete: Searching for Utopias to Alleviate Urban Poverty, in Brazil and India. Twenty-one students were named to All-America athletic teams, the most in recent years. Nick Bayley ’05 earned ESPN Magazine Academic All-America First Team honors all three years he was eligible—the only athlete in the nation to do so. Student Government Association President Catherine Welch ’05 and Vice President Adelin Cai ’05 brought the national press to our doorstep with an innovative program wherein of-age students could purchase beer or wine to accompany Friday night meals in the Fairchild Room at Dana Dining Hall. Cat and Adelin proposed the program as a way to educate students about appropriate alcohol use. Colby provided white tablecloths, wine glasses, and help with programming. Students also planned, organized, and played host to two major conferences on campus during the spring semester. Shadows of Rwanda garnered interest across the region and had as its keynote speaker Romeo Dallaire, commander of United Nations peacekeeping forces during the 1994 genocide. And the Green Campus Summit brought students from colleges and universities in Canada and New England to Colby to discuss climate change and environmental stewardship.

As for Colby’s outstanding faculty, it would take several reports of this length to sum-marize their contributions in 2004-05. A few highlights include Jim Fleming (science, technology, and society) being named Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum; Colby’s $1.95-million share in a

For the second summer in a row, the tower of Miller Library was surrounded by scaffolding. Crews took care of necessary maintenance and repairs, which included a major overhaul for the sloop Hero weathervane.

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grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources to expand biomedical research opportunities for undergraduates in Maine (thanks to the proposal-writing efforts of Andrea Tilden (biology), Judy Stone (biology), and Dean Ed Yeterian); a $150,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to revamp the social studies curriculum at Waterville High School in an effort led by Jim Webb (his-tory); Messan Jordan Bennisan (music) having his third CD featured on National Public Radio’s All Songs Considered; Jason Opal (history) winning the Organization of American Historians’ prize for the best article of 2004; Julie de Sherbinin (Russian) organizing the

stunning Chekhov Centenary Festival conference that at-tracted scholars from around the nation here to Mayflower Hill; and Deb Aitken (athletics) being named NESCAC and New England Region NCAA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year as well as NESCAC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.

Most importantly, Colby’s faculty continued to ply their skills in our classrooms and in other learning venues here and around the world. A Vanderbilt University study con-ducted this year showed that, among all types of higher education available, liberal arts institutions like Colby were chosen most frequently by the children of academics. A column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer paraphrased the study as saying that for these “most astute” consumers of higher education, “places like Amherst, Colby and Pomona col-leges, where full-time professors’ first task is teaching un-dergraduates, offer the best value.” This is borne out year after year, as we hear from both students and alumni/ae that the faculty is Colby’s key and priceless asset.

Looking AheadIn April the Board of Trustees approved plans for the pub-lic phase of Reaching the World: A Campaign for Colby,

as well as the campaign goal—a breathtaking $235 million. In the summer I sent let-ters to alumni/ae announcing the campaign’s public-phase kickoff, which was held on October 22 in Waterville. I received one copy of the letter back by return mail. In the top corner, an alumnus had written: “When will it stop?”

I understand the sentiment. Colby reaches out to alumni/ae every year for help with the Annual Fund and makes a variety of other appeals. Now, in the context of the Reaching the World campaign, we need help as much as ever, if not more than ever. But the honest answer to the question “when will it stop” is: it won’t. As it has from its inception nearly 200 years ago, this college has big dreams and serious aspirations, and those dreams and aspirations make it necessary for Colby’s leadership to mount com-prehensive capital campaigns. In this and subsequent president’s reports throughout the campaign years, I will highlight areas of primary focus for the campaign and offer my

Das Thamattoor (chemistry) was one of five members of the faculty granted tenure and a promotion to associate profes-sor rank. The others were Ariel Armony (government), Howard Lupovitch (history and Jewish studies), Andrea Tilden (biology), and Ankeney Weitz (art).

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thoughts as to why they are critical to Colby’s ongo-ing success.

Of the $235-million total, $115 million is ear-marked for growing our endowment. By far the largest chunk of that $115 million is $50 million for financial aid. As of June 30, 2005, the portion of our endowment dedicated to financial aid was ap-proximately $147 million. That sounds like a lot—it is a lot—but consider this: only 30 percent of the grant aid offered by the College in 2003-04 came from the endowment. In order to attract the very best students from all socioeconomic backgrounds, Colby must continue to offer attractive financial aid benefits, and increasing our endowment for financial aid is one way to remain competitive with our peer institutions, many of which have far greater endow-ments than Colby’s.

National trends in access to higher education for low-income students are disturbing. “Access Denied: Restoring the Nation’s Commitment to Equal Educational Opportunity,” a 2001 report of the national Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance1, notes that, partly because of record levels of unmet financial needs, “low-income students . . . attend four-year institutions at half the rate of their comparably qualified high-income peers.”

There has been a concomitant and noticeable shift in priorities for financial aid toward middle-income students and toward merit aid, which is based on achievement, not on need. “Access Denied” notes that in the 1990s, “policy makers at all levels shifted from focusing on low-income students, who otherwise might not attend college without assistance, to making college more affordable for those whose attendance was already assured.” The report continues: “This political perception of a middle class at risk belies a harsh reality: the cost of college (as a percentage of real family income) rose substantially only for low-income families, to 62 percent from 42 per-cent in the early 1970s.”

1 The committee’s vice chair was Charles Terrell ’70.

Ground was broken for the Diamond Building, an impres-sive new academic building on the southwest corner of Colby

Green. The building will house many social science departments and interdisciplinary programs, as well as the Goldfarb Center

for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement.

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Both this report and Equity and Excellence in American Higher Education, by William G. Bowen, Martin Kurzweil, and Eugene M. Tobin, stress that although increasing

numbers of high-need students are graduating from high school (a trend projected to rise in the coming decade2) and college enrollment rates have gone up across the board, that “does not mean that there is anything like equal access to college today.” Bowen and his co-authors quote economists David Ellwood and Thomas Kane, saying that “the role of family background in determining postsecondary training choices [and especially enrollment at four-year col-leges] seems to have increased over time, causing a widening in the low-income/high-income enrollment gap.”

Why does it matter that low-income students have ac-cess to higher education, and particularly to colleges like Colby? It matters to them, of course, since college

graduates can now expect to earn 75 percent more over their careers than high school graduates. But it also matters to our nation. According to “Access Denied,” recent es-timates suggest that if the gap in college-going rates between the highest- and lowest-income Americans were closed significantly, “we would add nearly $250 billion to the gross domestic product and $80 billion in taxes.”

As a leader among American institutions of higher learning, Colby must, I believe, continue to work to increase access for low-income students through grant aid. The College’s longtime goal has been to admit students without regard to financial need. With our current endowment for financial aid, we simply cannot afford to meet this goal. We hope the Reaching the World campaign will take us several giant steps closer.

So I repeat: it will not end. You will be hearing more from all of us in the coming months and years as we bring the campaign and its goals to your attention. This is a sin-gularly important and exciting moment in Colby’s history, and I hope everyone in sight of these words will be a part of it.

2 According to “Access Denied,” the percentage growth of college-age Americans will be 16 percent from 2000-2015, with 1.6 million of those Americans enrolling in college. This cohort also will be “more ethnically diverse than the general population: 80 percent will be non-white, and almost 50 percent will be Hispanic,” the report says.

Students work in the Crawford Art Studios, completed in 2001.

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Financial Highlights

Fiscal ’05 Fiscal ’04

Summary of Current Fund Operations

Revenues ...........................................................$107,112,000 $99,906,000

Expenditures and Transfers ................................106,914,000 99,778,000

Net Income ...........................................................198,000 $128,000

Gifts and Bequests

Annual Fund .......................................................$12,657,000 $8,639,000

Capital ...................................................................14,235,000 5,711,000

Life Income ...............................................................767,000 2,941,000

In Kind .......................................................................632,000 210,000

Total Gifts and Bequests ................................$28,291,000 $17,501,000

Colby Student Financial Aid

Scholarships ........................................................$16,812,000 $15,600,000

Student and Parent Loans ......................................1,649,000 1,166,000

Campus Employment .............................................1,145,000 1,173,000

Student Financial Aid Awarded .....................$19,606,000 $17,939,000

Endowment and Similar Funds

Market Value as of June 30 ...............................$424,205,000 $357,171,000

Life Income Funds

Market Value as of June 30 .................................$31,650,000 $31,497,000

Physical Plant

Net Investment in Plant as of June 30 .............$124,492,000 $118,190,000

Indebtedness as of June 30 ................................ $38,952,000 $40,372,000

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Corporate NameThe President and Trustees of Colby College

OfficersWilliam D. Adams, M.A. ’00, Ph.D., Waterville, Maine, PresidentJames B. Crawford ’64, M.A. ’90, LL.D. ’05, Richmond, Virginia, Chair of the BoardJoseph F. Boulos ’68, M.A. ’93, Falmouth, Vice Chair of the BoardEdward H. Yeterian, M.A. ’91, Ph.D., Sidney, Maine, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of FacultyJanice Armo Kassman, M.A., Albion, Maine, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of StudentsParker J. Beverage, M.A., Waterville, Maine, Dean of Admissions and Financial AidRichard Allen Ammons, M.B.A., Oakland, Maine, Vice President for College RelationsSally A. Baker, A.B., Winslow, Maine, Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary of the CorporationW. Arnold Yasinski, M.A. ’90, M.B.A., Ph.D., Waterville, Maine, Administrative Vice President and Treasurer

Board of TrusteesWilliam D. Adams, M.A. ’00, Ph.D., Waterville, MaineWilliam L. Alfond ’72, M.A. ’02, Boston, Massachusetts (2006)Robert N. Anthony ’38, M.A. ’59, M.B.A., D.C.S., Hanover, New Hampshire (Life Trustee)Joseph F. Boulos ’68, M.A. ’93, Falmouth, Maine (2005)Susan Comeau ’63, M.A. ’87, Wellesley, Massachusetts (2009)William R. Cotter, M.A. ’79, LL.D. ’00, J.D., Concord, Massachusetts (Life Trustee)James B. Crawford ’64, M.A. ’90, LL.D. ’05, Richmond, Virginia (2005)Andrew A. Davis ’85, M.A. ’99, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Al. 2006)Robert E. Diamond Jr. ’73, M.A. ’93, M.B.A., London, England (2007)Gerald Dorros, Sc.D. ’01, M.D., Wilson, Wyoming (2006)Robert Sidney Gelbard ’64, M.A. ’04, LL.D. ’02, M.P.A., Washington, District of Columbia (2008)William H. Goldfarb ’68, M.A. ’85, J.D., Avon, Connecticut (Al. 2006)Michael L. Gordon ’66, M.A. ’04, J.D., New York, New York (2008)Deborah England Gray ’85, M.A. ’92, J.D., Andover, Massachusetts (Al. 2005)Timothy B. Hussey ’78, M.A. ’03, M.B.A., Kennebunk, Maine (Al. 2006)Nancy Joachim ’98, M.A. ’02, J.D., New York, New York (Al. 2007)Colleen A. Khoury ’64, M.A. ’95, J.D., Portland, Maine (2008)Paula Crane Lunder, M.A. ’98, D.F.A. ’98, Scarborough, Maine (2006)Joanne Weddell Magyar ’71, M.A. ’02, Stamford, Connecticut (Al. 2007)William J. Montgoris, M.A. ’99, B.B.A., Sc.D., Franklin Lakes, New Jersey (2007)Kate P. Lucier O’Neil ’85, M.A. ’00, M.B.A., Prides Crossing, Massachusetts (Al. 2006)Lawrence R. Pugh ’56, M.A. ’82, LL.D. ’99, Yarmouth, Maine (2009)David Pulver ’63, M.A. ’83, M.B.A., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (2009)William J. Rouhana Jr. ’72, M.A. ’99, J.D., Greenwich, Connecticut (2007)Robert A. Rudnick ’69, M.A. ’03, J.D., Washington, District of Columbia (Al. 2007)William J. Ryan, M.A. ’00, M.B.A., Cumberland Center, Maine (2008)Douglas M. Schair ’67, M.A. ’94, M.B.A., Falmouth, Maine (2005)*Richard R. Schmaltz ’62, M.A. ’76, Rowayton, Connecticut (2009)Paul J. Schupf, B.A., M.A. ’91, Hamilton, New York (2006)Robert E. L. Strider II, M.A. ’57, Litt.D. ’79, Ph.D., Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Life Trustee)Michael S. Sylvester ’63, M.A. ’03, M.B.A., New York, New York (2007)Allan van Gestel ’57, M.A. ’99, LL.B., Rockport, Massachusetts (Al. 2005)Nancy Greer Weiland ’65, M.A. ’02, M.S., Ph.D., New York, New York (2006)Anne Clarke Wolff ’87, M.A. ’02, M.B.A., Brooklyn, New York (2006)

The Corporation: 2004-2005

* Deceased, January 27, 2005

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Faculty RepresentativesPeter B. Harris, Ph.D., Waterville, Maine (2005)L. Sandy Maisel, Ph.D., Rome, Maine (2007)

Student RepresentativesAdelin Cai ’05, Singapore (2005)Catherine M. Welch ’05, Cheshire, Connecticut (2005)

Trustees EmeritiRichard L. Abedon ’56, M.A. ’86, J.D., 1986-1994Howard D. Adams, M.A. ’85, B.A., 1985-1994Frank O. Apantaku ’71, M.A. ’87, M.Sc., M.D., 1987-1993, 1994-1997Clifford A. Bean ’51, M.A. ’70, M.A., M.B.A., 1970-1976Susan Fairchild Bean ’57, M.A. ’76, 1976-1982Carol M. Beaumier ’72, M.A. ’97, 1997-2003Anne Lawrence Bondy ’46, M.A. ’81, 1981-1987Robert W. Burke ’61, M.A. ’81, M.B.A., 1981-1987Levin H. Campbell, M.A. ’82, LL.B., 1982-1990, 1991-1999E. Michael Caulfield ’68, M.A. ’93, M.B.A., 1993-1996John G. Christy, M.A. ’84, M.A., 1984-1992Jane Whipple Coddington ’55, M.A. ’94, M.L.S., 1994-1998John R. Cornell ’65, M.A. ’97, LL.M., J.D., 1997-2003John W. Deering ’55, M.A. ’78, 1978-1981Robert M. Furek ’64, M.A. ’90, M.B.A., 1990-1999Anne Ruggles Gere ’66, M.A. ’98, M.A., Ph.D., 1998-2004Jerome F. Goldberg ’60, M.A. ’89, J.D., 1989-1994Rae Jean Braunmuller Goodman ’69, M.A. ’83, M.A., Ph.D., 1983-1989Peter G. Gordon ’64, M.A. ’95, M.B.A., 1995-1998Eugenie Hahlbohm Hampton ’55, M.A. ’72, 1972-1978Peter D. Hart ’64, M.A. ’89, LL.D. ’85, 1989-1993, 1995-1999Wallace M. Haselton, M.A. ’71, 1971-1977, 1978-1981George E. Haskell Jr. ’55, M.A. ’92, 1992-1997Ellen Brooks Haweeli ’69, M.A. ’93, 1993-1999Nancy Spokes Haydu ’69, M.A. ’86, M.Ed., M.C.R.P., M.A., 1986-1994Gerald J. Holtz ’52, M.A. ’84, M.B.A., C.P.A., 1984-1992, 1993-2001Audrey Hittinger Katz ’57, M.A. ’96, 1996-2001Robert S. Lee ’51, M.A. ’75, 1975-1987, 1989-1992, 1992-1995Beverly Nalbandian Madden ’80, M.A. ’86, 1986-1992, 1994-2002Robert A. Marden ’50, M.A. ’68, LL.B., 1968-1974, 1974-1993David M. Marson ’48, M.A. ’84, 1984-1993Rita Ann McCabe ’45, M.A. ’66, 1966-1972, 1973-1983Lawrence C. McQuade, M.A. ’81, LL.B., 1981-1989Paul A. Nussbaum, M.A. ’98, J.D., 1998-2002C. David O’Brien ’58, M.A. ’75, 1975-1985Kershaw E. Powell ’51, M.A. ’82, D.M.D., 1982-1988Patricia Rachal ’74, M.A. ’80, Ph.D., 1980-1986Robert C. Rowell ’49, M.A. ’61, 1961-1967Robert Sage ’49, M.A. ’74, 1974-1986, 1987-1993Elaine Zervas Stamas ’53, M.A. ’92, 1992-2000Albert Stone ’51, M.A. ’96, M.B.A., 1996-1999Eugene C. Struckhoff ’44, M.A. ’68, LL.B., 1967-1970W. Clarke Swanson Jr., M.A. ’70, LL.B., 1970-1976M. Anne O’Hanian Szostak ’72, M.A. ’74, Ph.D., 1974-1982, 1995-2002Arthur T. Thompson ’40, Sc.D. ’69, M.B.A., 1970-1974Sigrid Emma Tompkins ’38, M.A. ’70, LL.B., 1970-1976, 1977-1985Barbara Howard Traister ’65, M.A. ’88, Ph.D., 1988-1994Beth Brown Turner ’63, M.A. ’89, M.A., 1989-1992, 1993-1996

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Peter A. Vlachos ’58, M.A. ’77, 1977-1980Robert F. Woolworth, M.A. ’65, 1965-1977John R. Zacamy Jr. ’71, M.A. ’92, M.B.A., 1992-1996, 1996-2001, 2002-2003

OverseersHarold Alfond, L.H.D. ’80, Belgrade Lakes, Maine (Life Overseer)Charles M. Allen ’91, M.B.A., J.D., New York, New York (2009), Visiting Committee on Career ServicesLaurie Haley Allen ’87, Dover, Massachusetts (2008)Todger Anderson ’67, M.B.A., Englewood, Colorado (2005), Visiting Committees on Libraries and on Career ServicesSusan E. Boland ’83, M.A., New York, New York (2007), Visiting Committee on International StudiesSara J. Burns ’79, Manchester, Maine, (2007), Visiting Committee on Physical PlantRichard H. Campbell ’58, M.B.A., York, Maine (2007), Visiting Committees on Psychology, on Physics and Astronomy, and on GeologyPeter C. Clark ’75, New Boston, New Hampshire, (2005), Visiting Committee on SociologyAdrienne B. Clay ’97, New York, New York (2009)Brooke D. Coleman ’92, M.S., Revere, Massachusetts (2006), Visiting Committee on SociologyRebecca Littleton Corbett ’74, Baltimore, Maryland (2008), Visiting Committee on College RelationsElizabeth Corydon-Apicella ’74, M.A., M.P.S., Berkeley Heights, New Jersey (2009), Visiting Committee on Student ServicesJames E. Cowie ’77, M.B.A., Kenilworth, Illinois (Al. 2008)Robert A. Davidson ’80, Duxbury, Massachusetts (2008)Christopher A. Feiss ’85, Baltimore, Maryland (2006), Visiting Committee on LibrariesDeborah Wathen Finn ’74, M.A., Westfield, New Jersey (2009)Patricia Orr Frost ’59, M.S., Miami Beach, Florida (2006)Diana J. Fuss ’82, M.A., Ph.D., New York, New York (2005), Visiting Committee on PhilosophyJanice C. Griffith ’62, J.D., Atlanta, Georgia (2008)Todd W. Halloran ’84, M.B.A., Darien, Connecticut (2006), Visiting Committee on College RelationsMarjorie Cyr Isaksen, M.A., Oyster Bay, New York (2008)Rick N. Johnson, B.A., Leawood, Kansas, Americraft Carton (2009)Peter G. Jordan ’80, M.S., Brooklyn, New York (2006), Visiting Committee on Student ServicesPaul D. Kazilionis ’79, Hobe Sound, Florida (2007)Kendra A. King ’94, Ph.D., Atlanta, Georgia (2006)Stephen R. Langlois ’85, M.B.A., Weston, Massachusetts, Visiting Committees on Art and on GeologySeth W. Lawry, M.B.A., Weston, Massachusetts (2006), Visiting Committee on Physical PlantPeter H. Lunder ’56, D.F.A. ’98, Scarborough, Maine (Life Overseer)Lynn McKinley-Grant ’69, M.A., M.D., Washington, District of Columbia (2008)Susan Ryel Mettler ’71, Studio City, California (2007), Visiting Committee on GovernmentBetsy L. Morgan ’90, M.B.A., New York, New York (2008)Susan Jacobson Nester ’88, Crofton, Maryland, (2005), Visiting Committees on Dining Services, and on CommunicationsKristian K. Parker ’94, Ph.D., Gland, Switzerland, (2008), Visiting Committees on Environmental Studies and on BiologyM. Jane Powers ’86, M.S.W., Medford, Massachusetts, (2006), Visiting Committees on Education, on Latin American Studies, on Student Services, and on SociologyLou Richardson ’67, Wellesley, Massachusetts (2007), Visiting Committee on PsychologyClaudia Caruso Rouhana ’71, Sands Point, New York (2007), Visiting Committees on American Studies, on Art, and on MusicRichard H. Sabot, Ph.D., Williamstown, Massachusetts (2005), Visiting Committee on LibrariesEdwin F. Scheetz III ’87, M.B.A., C.F.A., Belvedere Tiburon, California (2008)Jennifer Alfond Seeman ’92, Weston, Massachusetts (2006), Visiting Committee on Dining ServicesGeorge M. Shur ’64, J.D., Dekalb, Illinois (2009)Moses Silverman ’69, J.D., New York, New York (2006), Visiting Committee on EducationPatricia Valavanis Smith ’80, M.S., Andover, Massachusetts (2007), Visiting Committees on Health Services and on Physical Education and AthleticsPaul G. Spillane Jr. ’79, M.B.A., Darien, Connecticut (2007), Visiting Committee on Physical Education and Athletics

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David M. Steinberg ’83, M.B.A., San Francisco, California (2009), Visiting Committee on Environmental StudiesMichael D. Sullivan ’75, Trappe, Maryland (2009)Gerald S. Tanenbaum, J.D., New York, New York, (2007) Visiting Committees on Science, Technology and Society, on GovernmentCicely Finley Taylor ’94, Katy, Texas (2006), Visiting Committee on MusicAlfred Traversi ’74, M.B.A., Concord, Massachusetts (2006), Visiting Committees on Physical Plant, on History, and on EconomicsRichard Y. Uchida ’79, J.D., Bow, New Hampshire (2006), Visiting Committees on Latin American Studies, on Anthropology, and on East Asian StudiesCharles O. Wood, B.S., L.H.D. ’96, New York, New York (2005)Joshua C. Woodfork ’97, M.A., Ph.D., Saratoga Springs, New York (2006), Visiting Committee on American StudiesJonathan Zuhovitzky, B.A., New York, New York, (2005), Visiting Committees on Jewish Studies, and on German and Russian

Overseers Visiting Committees Philosophy (October 10-12): Diana J. Fuss ’82, chair; Drew Hyland, Trinity College, consultant; Eva Kittay, SUNY Stony Brook, consultant.Education (October 31-November 2): M. Jane Powers ’86, chair; Moses Silverman ’69; Nancy Jennings, Bowdoin College, consultant; Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, consultant.Psychology (November 14-16): Richard H. Campbell ’58, chair; Lou Richardson ’67; Martha Arterberry, Gettysburg College, consultant; John Darley, Princeton University, consultant.College Relations (February 27-March 1): Todd W. Halloran ’84, chair; Rebecca L. Corbett ’74; Michael Kiefer, Amherst College, consultant.Libraries (March 6-8): Todger Anderson ’67, chair; Christopher A. Feiss ’85; Richard H. Sabot; Christine Conroy, Boston College, consultant; Barbara Doyle-Wilch, Middlebury College, con-sultant.American Studies (March 13-15): Claudia Caruso Rouhana ’71, chair; Joshua Woodfork ’97; Scott Wong, Williams College, consultant; Sean McCann, Wesleyan College, consultant.Physical Plant (April 3-5): Alfred Traversi ’74, chair; Sara J. Burns ’79; Seth W. Lawry; Dennis Hawley, Bucknell University, consultant; Leon McLennan, St. Francis Xavier University, consultant.

Museum of Art Board of Governors William G. Tsiaras ’68, M.D., Barrington, Rhode Island, chairW. Mark Brady ’78, New York, New York, vice chairBarbara Lawrence Alfond, Weston, MassachusettsTheodore B. Alfond, Weston, MassachusettsAlexandra Anderson-Spivy, New York, New YorkEugene Beaupre, M.D., Waterville, MaineMary Beaupre, Waterville, MaineS. Bruce Brown ’62, M.B.A., Rockport, MaineLee Scrafton Bujold ’64, Weld, MaineJay Cantor, Woodstock, ConnecticutThomas Colville, M.M.U., New Haven, ConnecticutHilary Ervin, Waterville, MaineJames A. Ffrench ’85, New York, New YorkDouglas de K. Hall ’90, Portland, MaineHeather Payson Hamlin ’88, Cape Elizabeth, MaineIngrid Hanzer, Los Angeles, CaliforniaAda Del Moro Katz, New York, New YorkAlex Katz, D.F.A. ’84, New York, New YorkVincent Katz, New York, New YorkPaula Crane Lunder, M.A. ’98, D.F.A. ’98, Scarborough, MainePeter H. Lunder ’56, D.F.A. ’98, Scarborough, MaineAlan B. Mirken ’51, New York, New York

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Leigh A. Morse ’78, M.F.A., New York, New YorkThomas H. Saliba ’67, M.B.A., South Freeport, MaineThomas B. Schulhof ’69, J.D., New York, New YorkPaul J. Schupf, Hamilton, New YorkJohn E. Shore ’59, J.D., Cincinnati, OhioElaine Zervas Stamas ’53, M.A. ’92, Scarsdale, New YorkStephen Stamas, Ph.D., Scarsdale, New YorkSeth Thayer ’89, M.A., Northport, MaineBarbara Starr Wolf ’50, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Alumni Council Executive CommitteeFrank A. Wilson ’73, chair, and president of the Alumni AssociationHope Palmer Bramhall ’56, vice chair of Alumni CouncilLou Richardson ’67, immediate past chairMargaret Felton Viens ’77, executive secretary/treasurerBoyd Allen III ’75, chair, Awards CommitteeG. Arthur Brennan ’68, chair, Athletics CommitteePatricia Whittemore Jenkins ’67, chair, Career Services CommitteePeter Merrill ’57, member at largeJanice Wood Parsons ’65, chair, Admissions and Financial Aid CommitteeBarry S. Potter ’60, chair, Nominating CommitteeSusan Maxwell Reisert ’86, member at largeEric F. Rolfson ’73, member at largeJessica D’Ercole Stanton ’92, chair, Alumni Fund CommitteePhilip C. Wysor ’70, chair, Alumni on Campus Committee

Parents Executive Committee LeadershipDavid L. and Pamela F. Maltz P’05, chairsDara L. Gordon and Gerald J. McConnell P’05, vice chairsPaul H. and Teresa P. Silverman P’05, vice chairsElizabeth and James E. Wavle Jr. P’06, vice chairsCandace and Howe G. Wheelock Jr. P’06, vice chairsDale C. and Richard J. Ahearn P’07, vice chairsAnn Marie and Richard F. Connolly Jr. P’07, vice chairs

Nonprofit OrganizationU.S. Postage Paid

Colby College

colby college4181 Mayflower HillWaterville, Maine 04901-8841