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…

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…

    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…

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…

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…

    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…

  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…

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…

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…

Click HERE for a full screen version of the video or see below to watch the Class of 1963 Webinar featuring 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…

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…