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Class of 1963 News

11.20.24 – Class Updates and Reunion Recap

Note to Classmates: All reunion correspondence is being sent via email. If you did not receive this November 20, 2024 email be sure to update your email on file with the Alumni Association by emailing ashley.twombly@maine.edu. Class of 1963 mini-reunion Sept 25 and 26 in Freeport, Maine We had a nice turnout of 30…

8.31.24 – Thank you notes from our scholarship recipients!

Click here to read a note from Jeff Mills, UMaine Foundation CEO regarding our Class of 1963 Scholarship Fund: https://www.umainealumni.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/p1-scaled.jpg Click here to read a thank you note from a recipient of our Class Scholarship Fund: https://www.umainealumni.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/p3-scaled.jpg Click here to read another thank you note from a different recipient of our Class Scholarship Fund: https://www.umainealumni.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/p4-scaled.jpg…

Class of 1963 Summer 2024 Class Note

Dear classmates, As I put the finishing touches on this column, the state of Maine is in the throes of a major nor’easter. I write that fact only as a reminder of how unpredictable Maine weather can be. At the start of my last column, I wrote about how much fun our 60th Reunion was…

February 21, 2024 – Class of 1963 Fund Account Statements

Click below to review our Fund Account statements for two funds that we support that are held at the UMaine Foundation: The Class of 1963 Scholarship Fund and the Kenneth W. Allen Scholarship. Fund Account Statements

Class of 1963 Winter 2024 Class Note

Dear classmates, Our 60th Reunion was so much fun! As many of you are aware, we met at the Hilton Inn in Freeport on Wednesday, September 27 and moved on to Orono on Thursday for the next couple of days. The journey from Freeport to Orono included a stop at Curran Village in Orrington. Curran…

Class of 1963 Summer 2023 Class Note

Dear classmates, As you first look at this column, if your reaction is that the column seems a little short, you are so right. While I have heard from several of you, the overwhelming comment was “looking forward to our Reunion and catching up with all who are there.” Yet, these classmates sent no information…

Class of 1963 – 60th Reunion

Save the Dates! September 26 & 27:Pre-reunion in Freeport, Maine September 28-30: On-campus Senior Alumni Reunion Activities Dear Classmates, After several years of Covid-aborted mini class reunions we are now looking at our 60th. Our reunion committee has planned events in Freeport and Orono that will give us an opportunity to revisit old times, connect with…

Class of 1963 Winter 2022 Class Note

Hello, classmates, When I wrote my last column, I started with the hope of being able to give you all “great detail” of the plans for our 60th reunion in 2023. By the time you read this column, you will have all the information you need to plan your attendance. Remember that the information is…

Class of 1963 Summer 2022 Class Note

Hello, classmates, My hope was to give you “great detail” of the plans for our 60th Reunion in 2023! At the time this column was due “great detail” was just not available. However, by the time you read this column, that information will be on the UMaine Alumni Association website. If you have any questions,…

May 3, 2022: Profile Story on Brian Estes ’63

Classmates, We have done interviews or profiles on three classmates – Dan Churchill, David Sklar, and Bernd Heinrich (all available on our Class Page on the Alumni Association’s website). The latest on Admiral Brian Estes by Dan Churchill ’63 is available here. When we asked Dan to undertake this profile, we were unaware that Brian was seriously…

11.4.22 Class of 1963 Classmate Profiles

March 16, 2021 – Class of 1963 Webinar Video Starring Dan Churchill ’63 Click HERE for a full screen version of the video or see below to watch the Class of 1963 Webinar featuring Dan Churchill ’63 July 15, 2021: The David Sklar ’63 Story Below is an interesting profile story about one of our…

4.13.22 – Dana Dolloff ’63 Inducted Into Francis Crowe Society as Distinguished Engineer

In early April of 2022, Class President Dana Dolloff ’63 was inducted into the Umaine College of Engineering Francis Crowe Society as a Distinguished Engineer. Classmates Ron Brown, Dan Churchill, Brian Estes, Stanley Hill, Brian Schafer and Fred Stoddard have also received this honor. Click Here to Watch Dana Receive his Award.

Class of 1963 Winter 2022 Class Note

Winter greetings to you all. As I wrote the summer column in the blustery days of March, I am writing this one on a colorful fall day where the leaves are beginning to turn and the promise of winter is still far away. I will always give due respect to Mother Nature and what she…

October 27, 2021: Profile Story on Bernd Heinrich ’63

Below is another interesting profile story, written by Bruce Wentworth ’63, about one of our great classmates. Enjoy! BERND HEINRICH, Ph.D. Bernd Heinrich was born in Poland of a landed gentry family. His father, an amateur biologist, often traveled overseas on bird collecting expeditions for various U.S. museums. In 1944, when Bernd was 4…

September 20, 2021: 1963 September Zoom Cancelled

Class of 1963 Sept. 22 Zoom Cancelled Dear Class of 1963 Members, Due to low turnout and a few anti-Zoom comments, we are canceling the planned Zoom class meeting on Sept. 22. Yes, we have had a lot of Zoom. The new plan is to hold the lunch part of the original in-person agenda without…

August 31, 2021: Mini-Reunion Postponed

Dear Class of 1963 Members, Due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in Maine and out of an abundance of caution, the Reunion Committee has decided to cancel the Portland event for September and postpone it to as early as COVID will permit. We will meet for lunch at DiMillo’s as soon as…

Class of 1963 Summer 2021 Class Note

Elaine Murphy Burnham 1 Orin Lane York, ME 03909 (207) 363-3001 elaine.burnham@gmail.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1963/ Hello, classmates, I am looking out my sliding glass door watching two cardinals and a bluebird at the feeder. It is blustery and cold, a typical March day. Yet, the odds are pretty favorable that when you read this, the day will…

August 3, 2021: 1963 Mini Reunion Registration Open Now!

Class of 1963 Mini-Reunion Dear Class of 1963 Members, September 22, 2021! That’s the day for you to catch up with your 1963 classmates on the coast of southern Maine! Join us for lunch on the deck of a converted ferry boat at the famed DiMillo’s Restaurant on the Portland waterfront. Then enjoy a delightful…

July 15, 2021: The David Sklar ’63 Story

Dear Classmates, Below is an interesting profile story about one of our great classmates. Enjoy! The David Sklar Story In 2016 David Sklar ’63 worked with the UMaine Foundation to develop a provision in his will to provide one million dollars to establish an endowed scholarship to support any UMaine student on a…

1963 Mini Reunion in Portland Tentative Attendee List

Responses re Sept. 22, 2021 Below are the folks who we have heard from and their intentions as of July 28 Bunny Thibodeau Andrews Barbara Allen Lee Bingham – Ron Brown’s house only Gail BrownRon Brown plus 1 Elaine Burnham Perry Clough plus 1 Dave Cox plus 1 Dana Dolloff plus 1 Gary Dorsey…

June 10, 2021: Dr. Aaron Weiskittel Presentation to Class of 1963

Some class members attended a Zoom call with Aaron on June 10 to learn about forestry in Maine today and what is ahead. Aaron has three jobs at UMaine, Center for Research on Sustainable Forestry Director, Professor of Forest Biometrics and Modeling and holds the Irving Chair for Forest Ecosystems Management. Full disclosure, he is…

April 27, 2021 – Class Updates

Greetings ’63 Class Members, The webinar interview with Dan Churchill ’63 on March 16 was well received and is available on our Class Page on the Alumni Association website. Betty Churchill was presented with honorary UMaine Alumna status by Alumni Association President, John Diamond, during the webinar and our Executive Committee has also made Betty an…

March 16, 2021 – Class of 1963 Webinar Video Starring Dan Churchill ’63

Click HERE for a full screen version of the video or see below to watch the Class of 1963 Webinar featuring Dan Churchill ’63

February 23, 2021 – UMaine Class of 1963 Webinar Starring Dan Churchill ’63

NOTE: This event took place March 16. Registration is now closed. Dear Classmates, We have some very interesting folks in our class and this webinar (our first) is focused on Dan Churchill ’63 who with wife Betty made provisions in their estate plan to leave approximately $6.5 million to UMaine to be used in very…

Class of 1963 Winter 2021 Class Note

Hello, classmates, As I wrote my first column, I certainly did not expect the ensuing months to unfold as they have. I’m sure we share the hope that by the time you read this column, life is once again more settled. I find myself often thinking of Jerry Garcia and his ”What a long strange…

Authors from the Class of 1963

Dana Dolloff Dear Classmates, Thanks for the compliments on the John Diamond video that was sent to you in early September. I can also recommend the three videos that are available and appear at the very end of our presentation. The one featuring Dr. Mayewski in particular focuses on his role as the leader of…

Class of 1963 Summer 2020 Class Note

Elaine Murphy Burnham Hello, classmates! Please note that our class has a correspondent. A heartfelt THANK YOU and huge kudos are sent to Barbara Fowles Allen, who wrote this column from 1988 until recently. Your new correspondent has lived in York since 1968. Several years ago I downsized to a retirement community. Somebody else mows;…

Class of 1963 Zoom Meeting

Hi Classmates, I hope you are successfully surviving our current world situation. We asked John Diamond, the President of the Alumni Association to talk with some ’63ers about the situation at UMaine. Specifically, how the University is doing, what’s going on with classes starting, how is COVID being handled, how is UMAA doing and what is…

Class of 1963 Financial Updates

From January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020 – $100 has been donated to the Class of 1963 Scholarship Fund. The Principal Value of the Scholarship Fund as of 3/31/20 was: $69,447 Market Value of the Scholarship Fund as of 3/31/20 was: $67,808 The scholarship payout to a student last year was $1,427. This coming…

April 8, 2020: Mini Reunion Postponed and other Status Reports

Hi All, Who would have predicted we would all be considered high risk and pretty much confined to our homes for who knows how long?? Best wishes to you all as we muddle through this! Our June 18 mini reunion has been postponed to some time in the future with no schedule until the pandemic…

Class of 1963 Conference Call Thursday, March 26 Summary

The group decided to postpone our June 18 meeting in Portland to some future date to be determined. A postcard notice will go out and there will also be an email notice to the 269 folks we have email addresses for. Dana and Ashley will develop the card and email. Ron Brown will notify DiMillos…

Tentative Schedule for Class Mini Reunion in June!

Thursday June 18, 2020 DiMillos Restaurant 25 Long Wharf, Portland, Maine 11AM Registration 11:30 Class meeting and speakers TBA 12:30 Lunch 2:15 Ferry to Peaks Island from 56 Commercial Street – 20 minute ride, Senior Fee is $ 3.85 round trip for pedestrians. 3:00 Tour of 5th Maine Regiment and Peaks Island Museum ($5.00), golf…

Class of 1963 Winter 2020 Class Note

www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1963/ Greetings — The Class of 1963 still needs someone to write this column for the magazine twice a year. Please contact Abby at Abigail.zelz@maine.edu if you would like to become the class correspondent. William “Tim” Hanson wrote to the Alumni Association to say that his book, Prisoner of Peace –2nd Edition, is available as…

Class of 1963 News and Updates

Greetings, here are some updates on Class activity: Finances: As of June 30 there was $3,469 in the class account. The Class Scholarship was valued at $72,486 thanks to the class contribution of $10,000, individual contributions, and $7,500 in matching funds from the University of Maine Foundation. Last year our classmates donated over $200,000 to…

Class of 1963 Spring Conference Call Minutes 2019

Conference Call – March 26, 2019 Present: Dana Dolloff, Perry Clough, Jim Goff, and Gail Hoxie Brown Mini reunion was discussed and we will look at a one day event in Portland, Kittery or Wentworth by the Sea for spring of 2020. Perry will check out Portland locations, Gale will check out Casco Bay Lines for…

Class of 1963 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Greetings, Class of ’63 — there is no column because the class needs a new correspondent. Barbara Fowles Allen wrote the class column for 30 years, and that’s an impressive record. Perhaps it’s intimidating — but unless someone volunteers to write, there won’t be 1963 news in the magazine. Please consider becoming the writer. It’s…

Class of 1963 January 2019 Conference Call Minutes

Conference Call – Jan. 23, 2019 Present: Dana Dolloff, Perry Clough, Irv Marsters, Marcia Roak Fitzgerald, and Jim Goff UMAA – UMAA has submitted a draft agreement to initiate our participation in the Associations Independent Advocacy efforts. We have tentative class approval for $10,000 to support that program and to challenge other Classes to consider…

Class of 1963 Update

Dear Classmates, Our 55th reunion in September had two sessions. We spent 2 days in Boothbay Harbor at the Ocean Point Inn with lots of visiting time, including a tour of the fabulous Maine Coastal Gardens, dinners, and a class meeting, all arranged by Jim Goff ’63. Then many of us traveled to Orono for…

Class of 1963 Reunion 2018

Thank you to all of the Class of 1963 members who came back for Reunion 2018! We had so much fun catching up with classmates, learning about all the new things Orono has to offer, and enjoying good weather. If you missed the photos or want to see them again, they can be found here. If…

Class of 1963 Fall 2018 Class Notes

Barbara Fowles Allen Out of the office www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1963/ Dear Classmates, Only one piece of news arrived from a classmate this time. Jacqueline Lemme Cunningham retired as clinical neuropsychologist from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2016 after 17 years of service. “Following retirement, I’ve been employed as adjunct professor in the School of Arts…

Class of 1963 Spring 2018 Class Note

Barbara Fowles Allen 2690 Falls Road Marcellus, NY 13108 barallen26@aol.com www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1963/ 55th REUNION September 13-15, 2018 It is snowing in upstate New York as I write this, but my column is centering around our 55th Reunion next September. Yes, the reunion time has changed to the fall. So at this point I can give you…

Class of ’63 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Barbara Fowles Allen 2690 Falls Road Marcellus, NY 13108 barallen26@aol.com www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1963/ Irv Marsters ’71G, our class treasurer, reports that our class scholarship fund could use a boost in contributions. If you would like to direct your giving, you can send a check payable to the University of Maine Foundation, with a note reflecting the…

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