University of Maine - Class of 1949

Welcome to the Class of 1949 official webpage on the University of Maine Alumni Association website. Here you will find any special announcements or reminders the Class of 1949 needs to know.

Below is the longer version of the Class of 1949 Class Column. The shorter version appeared in the Winter 2010 edition of Maine Alumni Magazine.

1949
Kathleen Kennedy Nickless
12 Northwood Drive
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 878-0954
kay.nickless@gmail.com

Seasons Greetings, ’49ers, and happy, healthy New Year to each of you.
As I write this column it is 85 degrees and I’m still thinking—60th Reunion. What a great time it was for all who attended. I was unable to go because of family health reasons but I had lots of happy feedback from those who were there. The good news is that we made our class gift goal and then some! Congratulations and many thanks to all who helped make this happen.
During the business meeting there were questions about the class gift and how the funds would be used. I hope the following information will answer those questions.
As of the end of June the ’49 class fund held $12,273. Of that total $10,000 will be the class gift, which will be spent as follows!
$2,000 for the Senior Alumni fund for nontraditional student scholarships.
$2,000 for our portion of the Traditions Trail. Our portion is a two-foot by 10-foot section of the red brick path. There will be a round granite inlay in the center denoting the Class of 1949.
$6,000 discretionary fund is primarily used to support student programs and activities, professional development for employees, and special support for the arts and humanities (like the Art Museum and the School of Performing Arts). We still have $2,273 in our class fund.
In February ’09 Bob Haraden of Bozeman, MT, sent a note with some interesting details about his October ’08 visit to the campus. He wrote, “Having lived in the West for over 50 years working for the National Park Service I have had only occasional visits to campus—although we have returned to Maine many times (Bar Harbor and Camden). However, last October 1st I was invited to speak to Prof. Eric Landis’s civil engineering students and with Prof. Leahy’s parks and recreation class about recollections of my time at the University of Maine and beyond. I really enjoyed that, followed by a few minutes with President Kennedy and a tour of campus with Lynda Martin Rohman ’86. It was a special time for me, 59 years after graduating, and to see the many exciting changes that have occurred during all those intervening years.”
Thanks, Bob, for sharing your visit to campus with your classmates. I am sure that it was equally very special for the students who were lucky enough to be in those classes when you visited.
There are some biographical updates:
Stanley J. Miller majored in engineering at Maine, earned a MSE at the University of Michigan, and was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Engineering Study at MIT. He worked with McDonnell Douglas Electronics Systems. Stanley and wife, Hilda Livingston Miller ’51, live in Tustin, CA, and have three children and six grandchildren. Among his current activities: area coordinator/instructor AARP driver safety program, reading, and the computer. He also travels to visit children in Virginia, Colorado, and northern California. Sounds like you are a busy traveling family.
Ronald E. and wife, Shirley Smith Stewart ’51, live at 4 Schooner Ridge Rd. #3, Bath, ME 04530. Nicknamed “Beaver” or “Stew,” he majored in public administration. The father of four children and 14 grandchildren, Ronald is retired from city management. He was involved in the Maine Municipal Association (ex-president) and AARP (state president for three years). Ronald was on Gov. King’s state Long Term Care Association for about three years. Shirley notified us that they returned to their condo, which had burned in August of 2007. Glad you are back to Schooner Ridge Rd.
Bruno H. Baldacci majored in pulp and paper technology. Currently retired with four children and three grandchildren, he splits his time between Arizona, Ohio, and a cottage in New York. He enjoys hiking, rock climbing, lapidary, and silversmithing. His home address: 8681 Sugar Tree Drive, Novelty, Ohio 44072. It sounds like you have active and interesting hobbies.
Thanks, everyone, for the updates.
It is with sadness that we acknowledge the passing of several of our classmates, whose names appear in the special section of this magazine. We honor their memory and to their families we extend our sincere condolences.
As the class correspondent, I received a wonderful photograph of the 60th Reunion attendees from Sarah McPartland-Good at the University of Maine Foundation. In the future, on the new improved alumni association website, www.mainealumni.org, we will be able to share photos and instantly post stories and events concerning our classmates. Stay tuned!

 

 

Siblings, Shirley Doten Oliver '49, '53G and Herbert Doten '54, '66G accept the Fogler Legacy Award from Suzanne Hart (center) during Reunion 2009. They are the second generation of the Doten family to graduate from UMaine. Since their graduation, two more generations have graduated from UMaine.

 

Reunion 2009

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Class of 1949 Class Project

To make a gift to our Class Reunion Fund, contact the Reunion giving department at 1-800-934-2586 or give using the online giving form.