Class of 1961 | UMaine Alumni Association

Welcome to the Class of 1961. We’d love to hear from you. Please take a few moments and share your news with classmates.

For questions or to get involved in class activities, please contact Ashley Twombly ’10, ’12G at (207) 581-1144.

Class Officers 2021-2026

President Margaret "Meg" Thompson Villarreal

Vice President Larry Schiner

Secretary/Class Correspondent/Co-Class Agent Judith E. Ohr

Treasurer June Toulouse Heintz

Senior Alumni Representative Etta Libby Davenport

Senior Alumni Representative Andy McGarry

Executive Committee Jean McNeary Woodard, Shirlene Gosline , Kay Allen- Co-Class Agent, Donald T. Sturgeon, Anne Wescott Dodd, Peter McCracken

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Class of 1961 News

Class of 1961 Summer 2024 Class Note

Nice to hear from so many classmates. Our class president, Meg Thompson Villarreal, wrote, “for many of us this is a significant celebratory year. We have turned or will turn 85! Whoever said old age is not for the faint of heart was speaking from experience! I am coordinating gatherings for folks in the Mid…

Class of 1961 Winter 2024 Class Note

As I write this column the campus is preparing for Senior Alumni Reunion and football. Dorothy Hutchins Curtis, Etta Libby Davenport, Jane Petherbridge Ives, Larry Schiner ’62G, and Barbara ’61H will attend. Larry as well as Don Sturgeon ’64G, Wayne Champeon, andBob Morin will be inducted into the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame as recognition…

Class of 1961 Summer 2023 Class Note

In case you haven’t heard, here is the new board: Class officers until 2026: president, Meg Thompson Villarreal; vice president, Larry Schiner ’62G; secretary, Judy Ohr; treasurer, June Toulouse Heintz. Representatives to the Senior Alumni Board: Andy McGarry and Etta Libby Davenport. Board members: Kay Allen, Anne Wescott Dodd, Peter McCracken, Don Sturgeon ’64G, and…

Class of 1961 Winter 2022 Class Note

It’s been a few months since Reunion but here is a recap. Meg Thompson Villarreal conducted a short class meeting. She reported that as we “age out” there were many questions as to how we should most effectively and efficiently shepherd our ’61 Scholarship and the class fund. As a result, the decision was made…

Class of 1961 Summer 2022 Class Note

Class President Meg Thompson Villarreal wants you to “Celebrate 61 with the Class of 1961! By the time you read this, the countdown to our delayed Reunion will have begun. All things progressing positively, we will meet on campus from September 8-10. We hope as many as possible will make the event, but if not,…

Class of 1961 Winter 2022 Class Note

Your executive board was quite bummed that Reunion was postponed until 2022 but we were understanding about the COVID concern. Please make plans for next September. In lieu of our class election that had been scheduled for the canceled September Reunion, the executive board selected officers in a Zoom meeting. Meg Thompson Villarreal is president;…

Class of 1961 Summer 2021 Class Note

Judy Ohr 19332 Hempstone Avenue Poolesville, MD 20837-2133 judyohr@aol.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1961/ Lots of news. David Smith and Nancy Quigg wrote to reminisce about their years at Phi Gam and as a Tri Delt. Nancy was a cheerleader for all four years and David was the Winter Carnival king. Their two sons graduated from Orono and were…

Class of 1961 Winter 2021 Class Note

You might have read about the university’s plans to change the name of Little Hall, named for Dr. Clarence Cook Little, a former president, because of his involvement with the study of eugenics. Richard Little, his son, penned a letter to the Bangor Daily News (July 13) in defense of his father and his dad’s…

Class of 1961 Summer 2020 Class Note

Judy Ohr So nice to hear from a fellow journalism major, Ron Drogin, who wrote a weekly sports column for the Campus. He says he chose not to pursue that career after graduation, fearing he might be working in some small Maine town, not being able to afford a lobster dinner. Now he is back…

“The rafters ring in Maine” Sports Illustrated Article

Weekends at Maine University begin early Friday afternoon when a big, boxlike green truck, with the fancy yellow inscription, “Eastern Maine Egg Company,” goes rumbling south toward Orono on highway 2A. The driver is an enterprising young man known to most of Maine’s 4,400 students as Cannonball. Cannonball is working his way through school by…

Class of 1961 Winter 2020 Class Note

Judy Ohr And a good time was had by all. What a marvelous class celebration in Boothbay Harbor in September. A big thank you to co-chairs Ian MacKinnon ’70G and Shirlene Heath Gosline ’73G along with their committee Anne Wescott Dodd ’82 C.A.S., ’94 Ed.D., Ann Lynch MacKinnon, Meg Thompson Villarreal, Pete Berry, and Ellen…

Class of 1961 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Judy Ohr Only a few more months until our mini-Reunion in Boothbay Harbor this September. You should have received a mailing with a reservation form. If you didn’t receive the information (or have misplaced it), email me. Additional information is on our webpage at UMaineAlumni.com, class notes, class page, 1961. Also if you haven’t accessed…

Class of 1961 Fall 2018 Class Note

Judy Ohr 19332 Hempstone Avenue Poolesville, MD 20837-2133 judyohr@aol.com www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1961/ Class president Andy McGarry asks that as you read through these class notes, pause and reflect upon how far we have come in our journey since graduation. Shirlene Heath Goslin and Ian MacKinnon together with Meg Thompson Villarreal, Anne Wescott Dodd, and Ann Lynch…

Class of 1961 Spring 2018 Class Note

Judy Ohr 19332 Hempstone Avenue Poolesville, MD 20837-2133 judyohr@aol.com www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1961/ Springtime on campus and in our lives. So glad to say bye-bye to the cold and snow, even in Maryland. Was glad to hear from so many classmates for this column. Keep the news and photos coming; we love photos. If you haven’t checked out…

Class of ’61 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Judy Ohr 19332 Hempstone Avenue Poolesville, MD 20837-2133 judyohr@aol.com www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1961/ Time for the news: A year ago spring Jane Goode took a Seine River cruise from Paris to the Normandy beaches. This year Jane took a cruise from Miami to Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago, Cuba. Ever moving, this fall Jane took a Rhone River cruise. During her…

1959-1960 Audio PRISM Yearbook

Narrated by Lee Morton ’61 and edited by Judith Ohr ’61, this audio version of the 1959-1960 PRISM yearbook was originally released on vinyl and has since been converted digitally.