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Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 94, Number 3, Fall 2013, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 2013

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 94, Number 3, Fall 2013, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Black Bears win CAA, set records --- Cohen Lecture addresses civility issue --- UMaine's Black Bear Batallion --- The day JFK came to UMaine --- Ride to the top --- Class Notes


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2010, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jul 2010

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2010, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Not Your Traditional Valedictorian: Eighteen years out of high school only increased Amy Smith's passion for learning --- Master of the Mile: All-American Riley Masters runs UMaine's first sub-four-minute mile --- Beyond Belt Tightening: UMaine's president calls for strategic planning to deal with the budget crunch --- Innovation for the Greater Good: Wireless telecom guru Ashok Jhunjhunwala works to help rural India --- Alumni Newsmakers: Major General John "Bill" Libby, Alexander Irvine, Sandy Blitz, Bryce Bayer --- Remembering a Native Son: Fred Hutchinson


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2009, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jul 2009

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 90, Number 2, Summer 2009, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Foundation for Success: The University of Maine Foundation celebrates its 75th anniversary by honoring five outstanding alumni --- Cost-Cutting Casualties: UMaine suspends men's soccer and women's volleyball --- Good Influences: A UMaine teacher is inspired by the values and strong models of his students --- Up for the Challenge: Recent UMaine grads approach a tough job markets with realism, creativity, and optimism for the long term --- Alumni Newsmakers: Los Angeles Times writer Bettina Boxall wins a Pulitzer Prize, Navy LTJG Adam Jones is on board during the dramatic rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from pirates


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 2004

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Leaving the Job You Love: Peter Hoff looks back on his UMaine presidency --- More Than Maintaining the Status Quo: Interim president Robert Kennedy will be more than a caretaker --- Lobstering Her Way Through College: Christina Rackliff '04 learned the value of hard work from her father --- From Boardman Hall to the Halls of Justice: Judge Franklin Van Antwerpen '64 is elevated to America's second highest court --- Bolting to the Top: John Tortorella '81 leads the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup --- Remembering President Paul Silverman


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 1, Winter 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jan 2004

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 1, Winter 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Bringing Back the Bears Den: The ever-generous Class of '44 funds a new pub-style version of the old student hangout --- A Triumph for Popular Fiction: Stephen King '70 is honored by the National Book Foundation --- The Power of Positive Thinking: Track and field team member Carly Bunyan survives a brain tumor and is back competing for the Black Bears --- All That's Fun and Hip in Beantown: Wendy Semonian '92 provides a guide to Boston fashion and nightlife as publisher of The Improper Bostonian


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 2, Spring 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 2003

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 2, Spring 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Around the Campus --- Bringing Real World Experience to the Classroom: UMaine class helps a California company --- "The Right Guy at the Right Time": New UMaine athletic director Patrick Nero --- Alumni Newsmakers --- Politics of the People: Family and community shaped the philosophy of Maine Governor John Baldacci '86 --- Protecting the Rich Diversity of Life in Africa: A look at the work of United Nations advisor Trinto Mugangu '90 Ph.D.


Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 1, Winter 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jan 2003

Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 84, Number 1, Winter 2003, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Around the Campus --- A Pioneering Partnership of Research and Industry: A new Bangor company is manufacturing wood-composite beams developed at UMaine --- Alumni Newsmakers --- Becoming a Consistent Winner: UMaine football --- A New Era for UMaine Art: art museum moves to Bangor --- A Patent for Success: profile of New York City attorney Scott Stimpson '86


Maine, Volume 82, Number 3, Fall 2001, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 2001

Maine, Volume 82, Number 3, Fall 2001, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Special Report: UMaine alumni and campus affected by September 11 --- Breath Test Research Takes on New Relevance --- UMaine scientists are working on a test that could work as a triage device in a bioterrorist attack --- A Day Fit For a King: UMaine celebrates its most famous graduate --- Toward a More Holistic Approach to the Middle East: UMaine political science professor Bahman Baktiari looks to foreign policy changes after the war on terrorism --- A Tribute to Coach Shawn Walsh --- Walking in Space: Twenty-seven-year-old alumna Bridget Ziegelaar Johnson '96 coordinates NASA's extra vehicular activities for …


Maine, Volume 81, Number 2, Summer 2000, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jul 2000

Maine, Volume 81, Number 2, Summer 2000, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Creating the Right Chemistry: A profile of UMaine's energetic new baseball coach Sharon Versyp --- Policy-Relevant Research: Director of UMaine's Water Research Institute, Steve Kahl '77, believes in being accountable --- Moving into the Future with a Sense of the Past: A look at the changes on the UMaine campus --- No Place Like Home: Old Town native Cathra Chappelle '92, MD looks forward to becoming a traditional town doctor --- Bringing the Games to Disney's Wide World of Sports: Jeff Sturgeon '89 gets the chance to combine his interests in business and sports


Maine, Volume 81, Number 1, Spring 2000, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 2000

Maine, Volume 81, Number 1, Spring 2000, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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A special 125th Anniversary Issue providing profiles of Alumni On the Move, Making an Impact.

Those selected were: A. Manette Ansay '87 --- Don Holder '80 --- Christina DeHoff '95 --- Frank Hackett '89 --- Kimberly Strom-Gottfried '80 --- Heather Blease '86 --- Blair LaCorte '85 --- John Coleman '85 --- Andrew Frawley '84 --- Kevin Mann '86 --- John Brier '88 --- Matthew Kenney '88 --- Peter Brooks '88 --- Jeff Jackson '88 --- Nicole Kimball '94 --- Kate Wynne '81G --- Linden McClure '89 --- Richard Londraville '89G --- John Baldacci '86 --- Robert Tyrer '87 --- Kathleen …


Maine, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1998

Maine, Volume 79, Number 3, Fall 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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A New Tool for Studying the Genetic Landscape: GenoSIS Brings Together Genetics and Geographic Information Systems --- Is It Breaking Up? UMaine Hosts Conference That Examines the Disintegration of the West Arctic Ice Sheet --- Maybe It's the Men's Turn: Home-Grown Star Andy Bedard Hopes to Help the Black Bears Get Their First NCAA Tournament --- The Dr. Ruth of UMaine: Sandy Caron '79 Helps Students Understand Sexuality and Relationships --- Prescription for Beating the Street: Radiologist Turned Investment Strategist Robert Birchenough '64 Shares Some of the Secrets of His Success


Maine, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Apr 1998

Maine, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring 1998, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Goal, Lorenz! UMaine's Women's Hockey Star --- Too Much Mercury: UMaine Researchers Have Been Warning About Mercury Concentrations in Maine Waters for Decades --- Lighting 'The Lion King': UMaine Forestry Graduate Don Holder '80 Makes It to the Big Time as the Lighting Designer For One of Broadway's Biggest Hits --- Forcing Diversity Issues to the Forefront: An Ugly Racial Incident Leads to a UMaine Community Discussion on Making the Campus More Inviting for People of Color --- Supreme Justice: A Profile of Maine's Newest State Supreme Court Justice, Leigh Ingalls Saufley '76


Maine, Volume 78, Number 3, Fall 1997, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1997

Maine, Volume 78, Number 3, Fall 1997, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Whence El Nino? UMaine Researchers are Studying the Origins and Impacts of the Weather Phenomenon --- Starting on a High Note: UMaine's 17th President, Peter Hoff, Has a Surplus of Enthusiasm --- Howling at the Door: Do We Want the Timber Wolf Back in Maine? --- Following Cindy: UMaine's Superstar Has a Pure Passion for the Game --- Preachers to the Prisoners: A Profile of UMaine Alumnus George Castillo '67


Maine, Volume 78, Number 2, Summer 1997, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Jul 1997

Maine, Volume 78, Number 2, Summer 1997, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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The Whiz Kid: Kristen Gwinn Graduated from UMaine with Honors at Age 19 --- Ideally Suited for the Job: Incoming General Alumni Association President Jeff Mills '83 Understands Maine --- The Genealogy Gurus: Class of '69 Members Jim and Terry Willard Host the PBS Series 'Ancestors' --- Integrity in the Face of Adversity: Reflections on the Fred Hutchinson '53 Presidency --- Replacing a Legend: A Look at UMaine's Four Alums in Big League Baseball, Including Cal Ripkin's Replacement Mike Bordick '88


Maine, Volume 77, Number 1, Winter 1996, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Jan 1996

Maine, Volume 77, Number 1, Winter 1996, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Maine's Master Jazzman, A Profile of Professor Karel Lidral and His UMaine Jazz Ensemble --- Hautala's Horror: A Look at Class of '70 Horror Writer Rick Hautala --- What Are Grades Worth? It's Up in the Air --- In the Penalty Box, Will UMaine's Self-Imposed Sanctions Be Enough to Satisfy the NCAA?


Maine, Volume 75, Number 2, Fall 1994, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1994

Maine, Volume 75, Number 2, Fall 1994, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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New Look, New Spirit For the Maine Marching Band --- The Food Detective: Nutritionist Jayne Greer Hurley '79 Is Letting Americans Know What's In the Food We Eat --- Faithfully Following Cindy: Excerpts from Tabitha King's '71 New Book on Maine's High School Hoops Superstar Cindy Blodgett --- John Baer '92, NYPD: From the Serenity of Orono To Walking a Beat in the Big Apple --- Patience and Perseverance: Tips For Job Seekers in the '90s from Employment Expert Charles Logue '58


Maine, Volume 75, Number 1, Spring/Summer 1994, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Apr 1994

Maine, Volume 75, Number 1, Spring/Summer 1994, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Embarrassment But No Shame: Putting UMaine's Athletic Troubles Into Perspective --- Raising the Standard: Getting Into the University Might Not Be As Easy As You Think --- A New Vision For the Maine Woods --- Can Soccer Score in the Good Old USA? ---The Pride of Maine: San Francisco Giant's Star Bill Swift '84 Has Won the Hearts of Mainers --- A Breeding Ground For Disorders? College Students Seem To Be Especially Susceptible to Anorexia and Bulimia --- Skill of Hand, Peace of Mind: A Profile of (musical instrument maker) Stephen Johnston '70


Maine, Volume 74, Number 3, Fall 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Oct 1993

Maine, Volume 74, Number 3, Fall 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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The Professor of Basketball: Coach Rudy Keeling Loves Teaching Basketball and Stressing Academics --- Recapturing the Excitement: The Bottom Line for John Patches, the New Director of the MCA, Is Always Excellence --- Changing Climate of Maine Agriculture: New Ideas for Hard Times --- Interview with Eric Brennan '68: On the Leading Edge of Home Health Care --- Helping To Get the Ships to Sea: Mechanical Engineer Joanne Ouillette '86 Heads an Important Navy Program


Maine, Volume 74, Number 1, Winter 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association Jan 1993

Maine, Volume 74, Number 1, Winter 1993, University Of Maine General Alumni Association

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Could This Be the Year? Eighteen-Year-Old Wonder Paul Kariya Hopes To Provide Maine Hockey the Boost It Needs To Go All the Way --- Campus at Risk: How Concerned and Informed are UMaine Students About AIDS? --- When You're Lighter Than Air (featuring Ruth Ludwig '78, editor of Ballooning magazine) --- Lasers, Stock Cars & a High Tech Crystal Ball: a Profile of Chemical Physicist and 'High-Tech Astrologer' George Hart --- Talking Trade: Economist Peter Morici Gives His Views on Free Trade, the Maine Economy, and the Policies of the Clinton Administration


Maine, Volume 73, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1992, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 1992

Maine, Volume 73, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1992, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Can Maine Athletics Stay Competitive? Devastating Budget Cuts Have Forced UMaine To Give Its Sports Program a Lower Priority --- A Triumph of Human Spirit: Hao Trung Duong '92 Risked His Life To Escape Vietnam --- The Return of Fred Hutchinson '53: With Openness, Good Humor, and a Willingness To Listen, the New MAINE President Begins a New Era --- Making the Grade: While Americans Worry About the State of Education, UMaine Is Leading the Way In Improving Schools --- Puttering With Education Reform: A Quality Education Seems To Grow More Distant With Each Newly Funded Program To Ensure …


Maine, Volume 73, Number 1, Winter 1992, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jan 1992

Maine, Volume 73, Number 1, Winter 1992, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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UMaine Fraternities Clean House: Three Greek Organizations Are Reinstated With a New Commitment To Their Original Ideals --- The Mystic, the Skeptic, and the Academic: UMaine Professor Kyriacos Markides Rediscovers the Mysticism in His Native Cyprus --- Downsizing for the '90s: Three Years of Budget Cuts --- Determined To Be Independent: A Tragic Football Accident Left Sportswriter Bob McPhee '84 a Quadriplegic, But It Didn't Stop Him From Achieving His Goals


Maine, Volume 72, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association Apr 1991

Maine, Volume 72, Number 2, Spring/Summer 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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President for a Year: John Hitt Takes Over as UM Interim President --- Visions of an Energy Efficient Utopia: Professor Richard Hill Says We Have To Change Our Wasteful Ways --- A World of Color and Light: Paul Knaut '42 Approaches Photography Like a Fine Painter --- Black Bear in the Bronx: Carl "Stump" Merrill '66 Finally Makes It To the "Show" as Manager of the New York Yankees --- The 'We' Generation: Today's College Students Are Working To Define Themselves


Maine, Volume 72, Number 1, Winter 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association Jan 1991

Maine, Volume 72, Number 1, Winter 1991, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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An Air of Uncertainty (about the year's budget crisis) --- Here at LASST! (the Sawyer Environmental Center) --- Maine Women Take the Ice --- Time, Myth, and the Artist: A Profile of UM Teacher / Painter Michael Lewis --- For Peat's Sake: A Profile of UMaine Alumna Joan Brooks --- Quality in the Classroom (Teaching / Research Debate at America's Universities)


Maine, Volume 71, Number 3, Fall 1990, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 1990

Maine, Volume 71, Number 3, Fall 1990, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Activist for the Aging: An Interview with Mary Crowley Mulvey '30 --- Need a New Career? UMaine's Full-Service Career Center Wants to Help --- Mr. Exuberance (Maine hockey coach Shawn Walsh) --- The Grand Illusionist: Magician Bruce Johnson '88 --- Alumni Profile: William Treat '40


Maine, Volume 68, Number 3, Fall 1987, University Of Maine Alumni Association Oct 1987

Maine, Volume 68, Number 3, Fall 1987, University Of Maine Alumni Association

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Bernard Lown '42: A Frank Discussion with the Internationally Renowned Physician and Man of Peace --- Weinrich Makes Olympic Team --- The Canadian Connection: UMaine's Canadian-American Center Celebrates its 20th Anniversary --- Close Call in the Arctic (Walter Staples and the 1937 expedition of the Gertrude L. Thebaud) --- After a War, It Seemed Like Heaven: The Old South Apartments Hold Fond Memories For a Lot of WWII Veterans and Their Families --- The Good Life at Nicatous Lake


Maine Alumnus, Volume 51, Number 4, April-May 1970, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Apr 1970

Maine Alumnus, Volume 51, Number 4, April-May 1970, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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An Academic Moratorium at Orono --- A Man of Conviction Teaches at UMO: The Nilo Faria Story --- The Bond Issue, A Critical Referendum on June 15 --- UMO Team Wins Trophy (for mile relay)


Maine Alumnus, Volume 49, Number 2, November 1967, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Nov 1967

Maine Alumnus, Volume 49, Number 2, November 1967, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Barry Goldwater's visit to campus --- Dr. Edwin Young's Reports on Southeast Asia --- Maine's Soccer Awakening


Maine Alumnus, Volume 48, Number 3, January 1967, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Jan 1967

Maine Alumnus, Volume 48, Number 3, January 1967, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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College Merger Advised --- Electron Microscope Sought --- Christmas Art Exhibition --- John Huard All-America --- Elliott Portrait Given by '62 to University


Maine Alumnus, Volume 47, Number 4, April 1966, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Apr 1966

Maine Alumnus, Volume 47, Number 4, April 1966, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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President's Page --- Cheating Hits U-M --- Ted Curtis to Retire --- To Keep Pace with America (special American Alumni Council insert) --- Maine Keeps Pace with America


Maine Alumnus, Volume 47, Number 3, January 1966, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine Jan 1966

Maine Alumnus, Volume 47, Number 3, January 1966, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

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Contents:

Maine Masque: A History --- Merrill Hall Nursery School --- Tangerine Bowl Report