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[ TABLE OF CONTENTS ] Paul Smith’s College

Fall 2014

ON THE COVER: Cathy S. Dove, the 10th president of Paul Smith’s College. PHOTOGRAPHED BY NANCIE BATTAGLIA

[ DEPARTMENTS ] To Our Readers

Faculty & Staff Notes

Shore Lines

Evergreens

Our Adirondacks

Spaces

Q&A

Alumni Life

Class Notes

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20 6 Shore lines Lumberjack media blitz ... Tree Campus USA ... $1 million endowed chair ... beer here ... and more.

The Cornell University vet discusses her vision for the college, and the job in front of her.

12 Pitching in Hundreds of students fanned out across the North Country to participate in the college’s first-ever Day of Service.

20 Farm team Sustainability starts at Paul Smith’s. In some cases, it goes far beyond, as these Smitties have launched farms and related businesses that keep it green.

14 Change and challenge Cathy Dove became Paul Smith’s 10th president on Sept. 1.

24 Lessons from a decade Q&A with John W. Mills, who stepped down as president this summer after 10 years at the helm.

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PRESIDENT Cathy S. Dove EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kenneth Aaron kaaron@paulsmiths.edu WRITER Bob Bennett Communications Coordinator COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT STAFF F. Raymond Agnew Vice President for College Advancement

Kevin Cooney Internet Publications Coordinator Mary L. McLean Research & Systems Manager Carol Murtagh Assistant to the Vice President Heather Tuttle Alumni Relations Coordinator Andrea Wilcox Annual Giving & Stewardship Manager CONTRIBUTORS Nancie Battaglia Lisa Godfrey

Philip Kamrass Kathleen Keck

DESIGN Maria M. Stoodley PRINTING Service Press Connecticut / Scott Smith ’77 Wethersfield, Conn.

TRUSTEES OF PAUL SMITH’S COLLEGE E. Philip Saunders, Chairman Francine Walker, Vice Chairman Patricia K. Dowden, Vice Chairman Paul E. Avery, Treasurer Anthony Johnson, Secretary Angela NobleStuart H. Angert Grange Paul M. Cantwell Jr. David O'Brien ’63 Robert Chur John A. Paganelli Paul F. Ciminelli Frederick G. Pierce II Peter P. Forrence Thomas Rogers Robert Fox Nora Sullivan Mary Jo Hunt Daniel D. Tessoni Pauline Jennett Elizabeth Thorndike Todd Jones ’90 Katharine H. Welling Pieter V.C. Litchfield Dwayne Mahoney

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27 All roads lead here Save the date for next year’s Reunion ... buy a brick from the Alumni Association to support scholarships ... and more.

36 Silent Cal's (long) holiday When President Coolidge called on the Adirondacks, Phelps Smith answered.

Donald O. Benjamin ’56 Ralph Blum ’54 Richard C. Cattani ‘64 John T. Dillon ’58 William B. Hale John W. Herold ’65 Sheila Hutt Caroline D. Lussi ’60 Charles L. Ritchie Jr. Joan H. Weill

HONORARY TRUSTEE Stirling Tomkins Jr.

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From the Top

e’ve got lots to catch up on. Like a new president. After 10 years, John Mills announced his retirement at the end of 2013 – and, in September, Cathy Dove arrived as the 10th president of Paul Smith’s (and the first woman to hold the position). Typically in this space, I take the time to write about something special in the Paul Smith’s community. (I’m never short of material.) With a new president bringing fresh perspective to the scene, though, I figure it would be even better to share that through her eyes. So when we sat down recently for an interview (see p. 14), I asked President Dove what she tells friends about Paul Smith’s when they ask. Here’s what she told me: “I talk a lot about how we really attract some special students that wouldn’t necessarily go to college. Some would. But regardless of whether they would have gone or not, we provide a lifechanging experience. They leave with lifelong skills, and they leave with a connection to faculty and the community here that I think is extraordinarily unique. I also talk about the fact that we’ve got some extraordinary faculty, for example, that are hands-down incredibly committed to this place. You’ve got this little college in the woods that’s just this wealth of talent.” I agree. You probably do, too. So the goal, she tells me, is to sing those praises to even more people. “Honestly, I think if we can get the word out about what’s happening here, people really are going to want to be connected to us,” she said. “Whether it’s as a student, a faculty member, a staff member, a community partner, people want to be connected to Paul Smith’s because I really do think we have a great mission and a great story to tell that’s important not just to students, but for the community and the world at large. We’re doing great things here.” Indeed we are. Can’t wait to see what’s next.

[ FACULTY & STAFF NOTES] SCHOOL OF COMMERCIAL, APPLIED AND LIBERAL ARTS Hospitality instructor Kelly Cerialo took 11 students to the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort in February as part of the Field Studies in Hospitality course. The overnight visit included a property tour and a meeting with casino-management team members. Cerialo’s students proposed marketing projects for the newly added Sweetgrass Spa and Hotel Banquet center and presented the plans to casino management. Chefs Peggy Fonda and Deborah Misik took several

culinary students to Niagara Falls where they competed in the American Culinary Federation 2014 New York State Student Team Hot Food Competition against four other colleges. The Paul Smith’s contingent earned a bronze metal. Misik also led a group of students to King Arthur Flour in Norwich, Vt., where they learned about internship opportunities, the types of products the company produces, the daily and yearly baking schedule and the different equipment at the facility. Former President John W. Mills awarded Prof. Don Kirche with the H. David Chamberlain Teaching Excellence Award during the President’s Day meeting in May. The award is given each year to a faculty member who has demonstrated outstanding teaching, as well as significant commitment to

Chefs Kevin McCarthy and Sarah Longley brought a small

group of students to Cornell University to learn more about its plant-breeding program, which aims to develop fruits and vegetables with characteristics most desired by chefs. McCarthy’s students already did a test run of Cornell’s honeynut squash, a new hybrid variety that was created especially for chefs. They will have another chance to experiment with the new produce this fall. McCarthy also led his American Gastronomy class to Asgaard Farms in AuSable Forks, N.Y., where his students got a first-hand look at the local, sustainable agricultural operation. Students toured the farm and learned all about the cheese making process and much more. Prof. Peter Roland renewed

his certification with the American Hotel & Lodging Association Educational Institute as a certified hospitality educator.

> Prof. Celia Evans presented at

the Northeastern Natural History Conference in April. Her presentation, titled “Investigating Growth and Growth Form in Invasive and Native Watermilfoil Species Across a Range of Water Temperatures: Implications for Aquatic Plant Communities Under Climate KENNETH AARON

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the students and the mission of Paul Smith's College.

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Chef Kevin McCarthy's students traveled to Cornell University to learn about plant breeding.

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Change Scenarios,” was based on research conducted by the Adirondack Watershed Institute and Watershed Stewardship Program. In May, Evans presented the Adirondack Watershed Institute’s research on invasive and native watermilfoil physiology at the New York State Federation of Lakes Association’s annual meeting in Hamilton, N.Y. The presentation was titled “Answering Questions About Milfoil Physiology, Spread and Growth in Our Lakes: The Role of Drying During Transport and the Role of Increasing Water Temperatures.” Also in May, Evans presented at the Adirondack Research Consortium in Lake Placid where she discussed her Fulbright Scholarship research conducted in Russia and the Adirondack Watershed Institute’s watermilfoil research. Prof. Elizabeth Harper published

an article titled “Effects of Timber Harvesting on Terrestrial Survival of Pond-Breeding Amphibians” in the scientific journal Forest Ecology and Management. Prof. Dan Kelting presented at the

annual meeting of the Northeastern Association of Environmental Biologists in Burlington, Vt., in March. His presentation was titled “Effect of Road Salt Load on Cation and Anion Export from Forested

Watersheds in the Adirondack Park.” Kelting also presented at the annual meeting of the Adirondack Research Consortium in Lake Placid in May. The presentation was titled “Monitoring Road Salt Pollution in Adirondack Streams.” He organized and chaired a panel session on water quality at the meeting as well. Prof. Brett McLeod presented a

talk titled “The Adirondack Center for Working Landscapes, Promoting Durable Communities” at the Adirondack Research Consortium in May. McLeod also presented “Silvicultural Strategies for Wildlife Habitat Creation” at a forest landowners’ workshop in June. Prof. Joe Orefice received a

$36,427 grant from the Northeastern States Research Cooperative to study the composition, management and economics of silvopastures in the northeastern United States. Profs. Lee Ann Sporn and David Patrick received a Walker

Foundation Grant to study Lyme disease in the Adirondacks over the summer. Prof. Jorie Favreau received a Joseph and Joan Cullman Conservation Grant to support this work. Patrick also published an article titled “Multi-Scale Evaluation of the Effects of Forest Harvesting for

Chefs Deborah Misik (far left) and Peggy Fonda (far right) joined by students who participated in a collegiate competition.

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Prof. Joe Orefice (right) received a grant to study silvopastures in the Northeast.

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Woody Biofuels on Mammalian Communities in a Northern Hardwood Forest” in the Northeastern Naturalist scientific journal. Patrick also gave a talk about the effects of climate change on certain amphibians at the Adirondack Research Forum in Old Forge, N.Y. He presented again at the Up Yonda Farm in Bolton Landing, N.Y. His talk was titled “Ecology and Conservation of Adirondack Amphibians.” Prof. Curt Stager received a

$296,000 grant, which will be awarded over a three-year period, from the National Science Foundation to conduct sediment coring of local Adirondack lakes with his students.

STAFF Former President John W. Mills

awarded Help Desk Manager Lisa Green with the H. David Chamberlain Merit Award during the President’s Day meeting in May. The award is given each year to acknowledge and recognize an individual who, by his or her excellent performance, cooperation, and teamwork, is readily identified by colleagues as one who has done an outstanding job this year. Campus Safety Officer Holly Parker earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the State University of New York at Canton. Athletic Director Jim Tucker received the 2014 Cindy Brochman Memorial Person of the Year Award from Snowshoe Magazine, which named him an ambassador of the sport.

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hings editors can’t resist: Puppies. Kittens. Lumberjacks. The college’s Adirondack Woodsmen’s School was everywhere in the media this summer – online, in print, on TV. There was national attention, with coverage by the Associated Press, website Thrillist.com (“10 ways to make this the most glorious summer in history”), and the Fox News Channel, which featured four alums of the woodsmen’s school performing a

live demo on its “Fox and Friends” program in September. “It’s so much cooler than any other college I’ve ever heard of – ever,” said host Tucker Carlson, who lurched his way through a bout with a crosscut saw. (Watch it here: http://bit.ly/1w82hLa) The woodsmen’s school even went global, when Sunday Times of London writer Martin Hemming came across the pond to try his hand at axe-throwing, logrolling

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ABOVE, LEFT: Across the pond and on TV, Paul Smith’s lumberjacks won prime placement in a variety of media outlets this summer.

and speed climbing. (Turns out his skills are closer to English tweed than Adirondack flannel.) The woodsmen’s school, which offers college credits to the men

and women who enroll, entered its fifth year this summer. Learn more at www.adirondackwoodsmens school.com. – KENNETH AARON

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Pacts bring Paul Smith’s closer than ever

sk any college admissions office – building a class isn’t what it used to be. These days, it isn’t enough for institutions to simply hang out a shingle and wait for students to show up. For starters, the students aren’t there – the number of college-aged students in the Northeast, for instance, is falling drastically. And the students who are left are more price-sensitive than ever – as college debt becomes an issue of White House-level concern, many students are enrolling at lower-cost public institutions, eventually transferring to private ones. That means the colleges that will survive, let alone thrive, are developing new models to attract students. And Paul Smith’s is there with them. This summer, Paul Smith’s introduced programs aimed at both high school students and transfers, entering partnerships with the Newcomb Central School District and SUNY-Adirondack. High schoolers in Newcomb can pay tuition to enroll in an advanced-studies program, earning 45 college credits from Paul Smith’s by the time they receive their diplomas. In recent 6

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years, Newcomb has combatted declining enrollment by attracting international students; Skip Hults, Newcomb’s superintendent, called the agreement “a huge opportunity.” “This will allow us to reach out to the brightest of the bright,” Hults said. “We’re sweetening the deal for many international students, who could potentially transfer to Paul Smith’s and continue their education more easily, and more cheaply. This will open the door for a longer stay.” The college’s agreement with SUNYAdirondack, a community college in Queensbury, targets those students who don’t

want to pay for four years at a private institution. Students who enroll in a hospitality program at the community college are simultaneously accepted to Paul Smith’s; upon earning their associate degree from SUNY Adirondack, they’ll automatically transfer into Paul Smith’s hotel, resort & tourism management or recreation, adventure education and leisure management program. “This agreement makes the students’ transition into Paul Smith’s straightforward and simple,” said Christie Casey, Paul Smith’s Accelerated Continuing Education program manager. “It should feel seamless.” – KENNETH AARON

Trees stand tall For

an institution that has been a leader in forestry education for generations – not to mention one that has, oh, about 14,000 acres to its name – you’d think we know something about trees. The Arbor Day Foundation agrees. The nonprofit conservation and education group has designated Paul Smith’s a member of its Tree Campus USA program, which honors colleges and universities that promote effective campus forest management and engage students, faculty and staff in conservation goals. “We’re proud of the care we take of our landscape trees and put forth the effort to

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maintain them at a high level,” said Prof. Randall Swanson, who led Paul Smith’s effort to gain the designation and is coordinator of the college’s arboriculture and landscape management program. “The college’s grounds crew spends hours and hours on tree care, and our arboriculture students also play a critical role in our efforts as they conduct tree-care activities during lab sessions. That kind of hands-on experience is an integral part of their education.” Paul Smith’s joins about 200 other colleges and universities in winning recognition through the program, which was established in 2008. – KENNETH AARON

$500K grant supports invasive species efforts

his summer is barely in the books – but the college’s Watershed Stewardship Program is already geared up for 2015, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The money, which comes from the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, will help watershed stewards expand their efforts to keep invasive species out of waterways in the western Adirondacks. The stewardship program, which is part of the college’s Adirondack Watershed Institute, posts monitors at boat launches across the region; the stewards remove invasive species such as spiny waterflea, Eurasian watermilfoil and zebra mussels

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from watercraft, and teach boaters how they can spot invasives on their own. The grant will cover inspections at about 20 locations. Once invasives establish a presence in lakes, rivers and streams in which they are

not native, they can disrupt ecosystems and squeeze out other native species. In addition to biological costs, there can be significant economic costs as well – invasive species can threaten both trade and tourism.

Web Gem

would be great if the college’s website had more video. (Done.) And more news. (You got it.) And an easy-to-use, up-to-date calendar. (Um, have you been to the website lately?) Paul Smith’s unveiled a completely redesigned website last winter, featuring all of the above – and then some. The project, which was led by the College Advancement office and included input from dozens of members of the campus community, took more than six months to complete; mStoner, a nationally known web developer specializing in higher ed clients, built the site. “The new site is completely responsive, which means it looks great whether you look at it on a laptop, tablet or phone,” said Kevin Cooney, the college’s Internet publications coordinator (or webmaster, if you prefer). “About a quarter of our site visitors get to us via mobile devices, and we expect that number to grow even further.” Among the biggest improvements: the site now gives faculty and staff the ability to make their own updates to pages, so information should be more timely and accurate. Go ahead and see for yourself at www.paulsmiths.edu. – KENNETH AARON

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Park Protectors

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top us if this sounds familiar: Wilderness area needs to expand tourism in order to generate enough jobs for locals – but struggles with the imperative to protect the gorgeous environment, which is what makes the place special to begin with. We’re not talking about the Adirondacks, though. Instead, we’re referring to the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park in Italy, where Prof. Eric Holmlund traveled with four students this summer to help officials develop an ecotourism plan. The Apennines became a national park in 2001, and since then, the wilderness area has faced many of the same challenges and opportunities as the Adirondack Park: It needs a tourism economy to grow and environmental regulation to protect it, but it also needs to balance those ambitions with the needs of the people who have lived there for generations. Working with the Marco Polo Institute of Italy, a group that arranges study-abroad programs, our students are there to help with that balancing act. They are well versed in ecotourism, natural resource management and policy, hospitality and culinary arts, so they can help park officials and the government promote the many opportunities for recreation, agricultural tourism, and community tourism in the region. The park region is underused in terms of year-round visitation by domestic and foreign tourists, and is essentially undiscovered by American tourists. “We’re among the first American tourists to visit these small, exquisite mountain communities,” Holmlund says. “But we hope to change that. The students are conducting interviews with local officials and community members to help the park administration shape tourism development strategies into the future.” – KENNETH AARON 8

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Curt Stager’s name is synonymous with climate research in the Adirondacks. And thanks to a $1 million campaign to establish a post to help fund his work, it will also be synonymous with Paul Smith’s College for years to come. KENNETH AARON Stager received the college’s first Endowed Chair in Lake Ecology and Paleoecology this summer. The endowment challenge, completed in August, included a $500,000 matching gift from Trustee Emerita Caroline Lussi ’60. Stager is the author of “Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth,” a respected volume on climate change. He’s presently involved with work to understand how climate has already changed in the Adirondacks by analyzing sediment cores taken from deep beneath lakes. The endowment ensures that he can conduct his research “until I can’t do it anymore,” he told the Plattsburgh Press-Republican. “I am so thrilled – thrilled and honored and excited.” Lussi called Stager “an absolute treasure.” "Other universities have tried to recruit him, but he loves the Adirondacks and Paul Smith's College,” she said. “He’s the type of professor who asks for more from his students. When it came time for me to give back, I wanted to do something to make the college even better. An endowed chair will allow Dr. Stager’s work to continue regardless of whether grant money is available. The more the endowment grows, the more he can do with his students and his research. Paul Smith’s College should be recognized as having a leading role when it comes to water quality issues and the environment. We have an excellent professor right here in our backyard.” – KENNETH AARON

More than just a pretty place

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Rep. Bill Owens spoke to a crowd of about 100 people at the “Forest, Farm & Fork” symposium, held at the Paul Smith’s College VIC in April. It was the first event sponsored by the Adirondack Center for Working Landscapes, a collaboration between Paul Smith’s and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The center will promote purposefully integrated, multifunctional landscapes, which are central to crafting durable communities capable of producing both healthy ecosystems and a vibrant economy in the Adirondacks-North Country. The center sponsored the third annual Adirondack Rural Skills & Homesteading Festival in September. – KENNETH AARON

LEFT: Viewers gaze at Aquil Virani's work following Convocation. BOTTOM: A close-up view of Virani's intricate drawing.

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ollege is an experience shaped by an entire class. Just like Aquil Virani’s artwork. For the second year in a row, the Montreal-based artist held a five-day residency during Paul Smith’s Welcome Week for incoming freshmen. He created an original, six-foot-long painting that incorporated sketches drawn by incoming freshmen with his own work. His project, “We Are All Artists,” is meant to show students that they are contributing to something bigger than themselves when they’re in college – and also that they’re capable of things they didn’t think possible (like, for instance, creating art). Each student was asked to put something

on a scrap of paper for use in the mural. “If you can write, you can draw,” Virani says. “It’s simply a matter of confidence.”

Art for (and by) the masses

The finished work, which spans three separate canvases, depicts Lower St. Regis Lake with Adirondack peaks in the background. The bottom of the paintings include the drawings by students, which Virani re-painted. Virginia McAleese, who brought Virani in last year, was eager to have him return. The collaborative nature of the project is “a perfect means for our new students to begin their journey at Paul Smith’s,” says McAleese, director of the college’s Academic Success Center. Virani’s latest work is on display in the Joan Weill Adirondack Library. To watch a video about the creation of the work, visit aquil.ca/psc. – KENNETH AARON

Suddenly suds If

it seems like you can’t swing a bag of hops around these days without hitting a craft brewery, well, you’re onto something: There were more than 2,700 breweries in the U.S. last year, up 400 from the year before. That’s a

long way from just 35 years ago, when there were only 42 breweries in the entire country. It’s big business – and now, Paul Smith’s students can get a handle for it in the college’s new craft beer brewing minor, which launched this fall. Prof. Joe Conto, director of the program, said the goal of the minor isn’t to create brewmasters (though there is a brewing class offered), but rather to give students the training to understand the product and how to sell it.

The business-oriented program will focus on marketing, management and operations. In an interview with North Country Public Radio, Conto said the resurgence of craft breweries – in the North Country alone, new ones have opened recently in Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, Canton and Gouverneur – is likely part of a trend toward food and beverage tourism. “People used to travel to find history and things of that nature,” he told reporter David Sommerstein. “I think we’ve come right down to the fact that if you want to know what people are, we will take a look at what they are eating and what they are drinking in that region.” If the initial response is any indication, Conto may have a hit on tap: the Twitterverse has lavished thumbs-up on the program, with pieces appearing online in Time, the Atlantic and other publications. – KENNETH AARON Sequel | Fall 2014

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A gift for giving The $2 million Hutchins fund breaks new ground BY KENNETH AARON

Frank Hutchins (center) joined by his daughter, Katharine Welling (left); his wife, Jeanne (second from right); and son-in-law, Curt Welling (right).

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list of organizations to which Frank Hutchins volunteered during his lifetime runs longer than most peoples’ résumés. Here’s a sample: The Adirondack Park Institute. The International Museum of Photography. The United Way of Greater Rochester. His alma mater, Dartmouth College. The YMCA of Rochester. His church, St. Paul’s Episcopal in Rochester. And – of course – Paul Smith’s College, where Hutchins served as a trustee and trustee emeritus for more than 20 years until his passing in 2012. Hutchins made a name for himself in the advertising industry, building his family’s business into a nationally known firm. But as his daughter, Katharine Welling, says, “That doesn’t really capture who my dad was.” At his core, Frank Hutchins was a community servant. And that legacy is cemented all the more through the $2 million scholarship fund established at Paul Smith’s in his honor earlier this summer by his wife, Jeanne. “There is a term, servant leader, which I would think is a wonderful description for him,” Welling says. “He led, but he led by doing.” F. Raymond Agnew, the college’s vice president for college advancement, says Hutchins’ actions were his calling card. “There’s a quote from t h e To r a h I’m very

fond of: ‘Deeds of giving are the very foundation of the world,’” he says. “Frank embodied the very essence of this concept, and he passed it along to his entire family.” The Frank M. Hutchins Scholarship Endowment is the largest-ever scholarship gift in the college’s history. Aimed at students who couldn’t make their college ambitions a reality without assistance, the scholarship fund will distribute about $100,000 annually by awarding at least 10 scholarships a year beginning in fall 2015. Paul Smith’s President Cathy S. Dove says the gift comes at a critical time for the institution: With more students grappling with the affordability of college education, and a growing reluctance or inability among students and families to assume significant debt to get one, the college is intent upon raising more money for scholarships and grants. “We couldn’t be more thankful to Mrs. Hutchins for making this gift possible,” Dove says. “This is the kind of gift that changes the lives of the students who benefit from it. Scholarship support is incredibly important, especially to the first-generation students we’ve always served. To many students, this gift will be the difference whether they attend college or not.” Hutchins never lost sight of the value of his own degree, which he completed after serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. After finishing college and earning his MBA through Dartmouth’s Tuck School, he returned home to work at the Hutchins Advertising Co.; he rose quickly, taking the reins within a few years, growing the company through a series of mergers and ultimately selling it to Young & Rubicam, one of the world’s largest agencies. He remained with the business for several years before opening another agency, which became a giant in telephone-directory advertising. For all of Hutchins’ marketing knowhow, he also possessed something simpler – and more elusive: Charm. An ability to connect. Genuine enthusiasm. All of which served him well as he built his other career, in service. “If you ever met my dad, you would know it was really difficult to say no to him,” says Welling. “He had such a magnetic personality. Just always a big smile, a warm handshake or hug. He knew how to make friends first. And he would also get to know them a little bit, in terms

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of their own interests, so he could make the sale. He realized you just can’t go in cold and ask for the order – that it does take cultivation, and it does take ongoing stewardship, and if somebody says, ‘No, not at this time,’ that’s only the start of it.” Jim Gould, a former professor and advancement VP at the college, says Hutchins taught him the importance of staying relentless when it comes to fundraising. And just as Hutchins knew how to convey what makes a particular product special to potential customers, he also understood how to present the Paul Smith’s story to potential donors. Hutchins, Gould says, found that the Paul Smith’s value proposition lay in what it has always done best: Delivering an experiential, hands-on education in the Adirondacks to first- and secondgeneration college students. “For a guy who grew up with a lot of advantages, he was passionate about insuring that firstgeneration college kids could get every advantage they could get,” Gould says. “To ensure that kids from working- and middle-class families had every advantage that he had. He had an enormous and generous heart.” Hutchins’ urge to give back began as a camper, when he attended a YMCA camp in the Finger Lakes. “He felt those experiences were really fundamental and important to his own development,” Welling says. One of his earliest volunteer stints was with the Rochester YMCA: He sat on its board for years, was once its president and was an honorary board member until his death. “He was the most important volunteer the YMCA has had,” the organization’s president and CEO, George Romell, told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle shortly after Hutchins’ death. “He said that most people say, ‘Give until it hurts.’ He said you should give to feel good – and told about the joy of giving.” And he told it, over and over. Hutchins served on Paul Smith’s board of trustees from 1989 to 2004, and was an emeritus member until his death. He worked closely with former President John W. Mills on several fundraising projects – a partnership his family noted when establishing the endowment. And as far as salesmanship goes – Welling is hoping this deed done in her father’s honor closes a few more deals. “Hopefully,” she adds, “this kind of a gift is a motivator for others to do the same.” S

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RIGHT: Veterans restore a canoe that will bring wounded vets on lakes.

BELOW: Students help stack firewood at the VIC's sugarbush.

aul Smith’s College cancelled classes on Earth Day 2014, but students didn’t take the day off. Instead, about 250 of them volunteered their time to charities all over the North Country as part of the college’s first-ever Day of Service.

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Several students served at local animal shelters, while others chipped in at the Town of Brighton Food Pantry. They also made cards for injured war veterans, cleaned up area roadways and streams, took part in a 5K charity run, and conducted a food drive, among other efforts. Bryce Ness, a sophomore majoring in culinary arts and service management, was one of the many students who fanned out across the North Country to help out. He volunteered to rake the lawn and clean up garbage on the grounds of the Tri-Lakes Animal Shelter in Saranac Lake, along with about a halfdozen other students. Ness often volunteers his time at his local SPCA in Tompkins County, N.Y., so when he heard about the opportunity at the Tri-Lakes shelter, he thought it would be a good fit. “I have plenty of homework that I could be doing, but this day isn’t about me,” he said. “It’s about giving back to the community.” Kendal Gallo, a kennel technician at the shelter, was thankful for all the help. “We normally have volunteers here, but never this many,” she said. “They’re making the work go by so much faster.” “Having a day where we can commit to helping each other and those around us, free from classes, is important to the college,” said former President John W. Mills, who came up with the idea. “We want to pass that value on to our students,

and the Day of Service provided us the opportunity to do that.” Jake Pearson, a senior in the parks, recreation and facilities management program, was happy to get out and help the broader community. He and his girlfriend, Taylor Ruhle, a freshman majoring in fisheries and wildlife science, helped take down the seasonal fencing at the Brighton Food Pantry and raked the lawn. “It’s just fantastic that these guys could come help us out on Earth Day,” said Peter Shrope, the supervisor of the Town of Brighton. “It really is great timing.” Back on campus, students set up tables in the Joan Weill Student Center where they hammered away at several different charitable projects. Dominick Tironi, a junior in the culinary arts and service management program, helped make pet toys for the animal shelters, while Russell Ward, a fisheries and wildlife science freshman, helped make cards for injured war veterans. “My dad was in the military, and he said receiving cards when he was overseas helped him get by,” he said. “So I just thought it would be a good way to spend my time on this day.” The Day of Service is scheduled to become an annual event. “We believe community service is part of being a productive member of society,” Mills said, “so we want to continue this tradition.” – BOB BENNETT

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Hundreds of students across the college took part in the first-ever Day of Service. Here, a group takes a break from raking at the Paul Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College VIC.

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Courting Chan Quicker. Nimbler. More entrepreneurial. Welcome to Cathy Dove’s Paul Smith’s. BY KENNETH AARON PHOTOS BY NANCIE BATTAGLIA

W Cathy Dove, Paul Smith’s new president, says her immediate short-term goals include bolstering enrollment and student success. “Long term, I don’t have concerns, I just have excitement. I really do,” she says.

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hen Cathy Dove got her marching orders to head to New York City and get to work on Cornell University’s biggest project in a century – a new, graduate tech campus to be built on a lightly populated island in the middle of the East River – she didn’t have a playbook. Heck, Dove and a handful of other Cornell administrators were writing the playbook. But she also knew that if she was going to lead something transformational, she needed to dive into it head first.

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So she took leave of her home in Skaneateles, a just-so Finger Lakes village about 20 miles southwest of Syracuse, and rented an apartment within walking distance of the soon-tobe Cornell Tech campus and amidst the 12,000 or so residents who were doing just fine, thanks very much, without an Ivy League institution dropping a multibillion-dollar project next door to their

hidden-in-plain-sight community. “I think it’s really important that you understand a little bit about the history of the community and what are real issues to community members,” says Dove, who became Paul Smith’s tenth president in September; she replaced John W. Mills, who retired after a 10-year term. “So one of the things that I did when I took the job and moved to New York is I moved

to Roosevelt Island. Our campus isn’t opening there for a few more years. I commuted off of Roosevelt Island for my job. [The project is headquartered in Google’s enormous building in Manhattan for the time being.] But I thought it was critically important for me to get to know people, for them to get to know me, and for them to understand that we’re committed to being great neighbors.”

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oosevelt Island isn’t exactly in the middle of nowhere – its residents are connected to the rest of the city by a subway line, as well as bridge and tram. But it also isn’t the first (or fiftieth) place you’d think to settle when looking for a new home in the Big Apple. For Dove, though, jumping in with both feet was par for the course. “She has a work ethic that I have literally never seen matched,” says W. Kent Fuchs, Cornell University’s provost. “She puts her whole heart and soul into something and works 24 by 7 to get it done.” At Paul Smith’s, where she had been on the job just 10 days when she sat down for this interview, Dove hadn’t been on the ground long enough to come up with a definitive list of tasks that she’ll be putting on her to-do list. Don’t expect her to take long waiting for inspiration to strike, though. She’s already moved in – literally: Dove is living in the president’s house on campus, becoming the first campus chief to do so in more than a decade. “What I think is the most important for me right now is to do two things,” says Dove. “One is to really focus on financial stability. Then we can focus on growth and positive things. The other, just as importantly, is for me to listen. So I’ve spent my nine-point-five days, honestly, meeting everybody I can and getting a lot of meetings on calendars to really better understand where people are coming from.” Let’s get it out of the way: Dove’s jump from Cornell to Paul Smith’s – from a 16

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position near the top of a 22,000-student institution to someplace considerably smaller – may raise some eyebrows. No less than the Chronicle of Higher Education, academia’s newspaper of record, came calling to write a story about her transition. (Read the piece here: http://bit.ly/1rSchEo) Dove, though, sees many similarities between the two places. Cornell Tech focuses on experiential learning; Paul Smith’s has been committed to it since opening its doors in 1946. Cornell Tech is a monument to entrepreneurial thinking; Paul Smith himself was one of the Adirondacks’ greatest entrepreneurs. And while Cornell is, obviously, a lot bigger, Dove – who says she’s long wanted to take the helm of a small college – finds that an opportunity. “One of the benefits of a smaller place is its ability to be much more agile and to try things,” she says. “I’m totally convinced the people here want to do that, and we just need to figure out a way to empower them.” Dove arrives at a time when Paul Smith’s, like many small, private institutions, is facing the pressures of a changing industry and a difficult economy. In the spring, decreasing enrollment forced a reduction of about 20 positions, most of which were vacancies, voluntary resignations or retirements, with some layoffs. A key reason for the enrollment shortfall is simple – if not simple to address: College educations are expensive. They’re not getting cheaper. And many

families are finding themselves unable or unwilling to assume a lot of debt to pay for those degrees, despite research making it quite clear that college graduates earn far more over the course of their lifetimes than students who don’t. As a result, Paul Smith’s is left with the heady challenge of figuring how to uphold the college’s traditional focus on first- and second-generation college students even as those students have a harder time than ever paying for a degree. “Given the challenges with tuition today, and how expensive it is for students and the amount of financial aid it takes realistically for a student to be able to afford college – not just here – I think it’s unrealistic to think long-term that every dollar of revenue support comes from tuition. I just don’t think any of us can do that any more,” she says. That means turning to new revenue sources, such as agreements with industry to train workers. It also means an increased focus on philanthropy. “The reality is, you need a lot of scholarship support and other revenue to help. There are a number of sources of support we, as a society, are going to have to come up with to make college affordable for first-generation students. One of the things that appeals to me about Paul Smith’s is exactly the kind of student we’re attracting. This is a transformational experience for these students. It makes a world of difference, in their families, in generations to come for their families. We want to continue to attract these kinds of

students. We just have to figure out how to support it.” E. Philip Saunders, chairman of the college’s Board of Trustees, is confident Dove is the right person to build those new solutions. “I think we’re at a point in the college’s history that we have to do some things differently,” he says. “We have to be innovative. The college scene, in general, is changing dramatically – there’s a lot of competition coming at it from different angles. There’s a lot of financial stress upon us and other schools that are forcing everyone to look at different ways of doing things – better, smarter, more efficient, which means change.” Dove, he says, “can suck it up and do it. There’s no question about that.” In recent years, Paul Smith’s has already taken steps to change. Before Dove arrived, efforts were already under way to attract more women and minorities. Recruiters have broadened their horizons, making a concerted push to draw in more veterans and re-open the college’s ties to Japan, which had once been a fertile market for hospitality students. Dove wants to continue those steps. Saunders, a self-made businessman whose early success came from turning a lone gas station into a nationwide truckstop chain, points to Dove’s Cornell Tech experience as proof she has the mindset to find new opportunities at Paul Smith’s. The Cornell Tech project is one of the larger moonshots attempted in academia in recent decades: Take an 800-foot-wide island in the middle of a metropolis and build a brand-new university campus from scratch. Imagine that the planning done today will have to hold up even though most of the campus won’t be complete until 2037. And make sure to get the neighbors on board. It’s unfolding on Roosevelt Island, a 147-acre sliver between Manhattan and Queens. By the time it’s done, Cornell and its academic partner, the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology, expect the project to cost over $2 billion. One of the first buildings, a five-story academic center, will generate as much energy as it uses – making it the largest so-called net-zero building in the East. Saunders points to the magnitude of this charge. “A lot of people said this project was going to be an impossible task,” he said. “Within three years, they had the thing up and basically parts of it running.” Dove’s husband, Jeffrey, says his wife is as “focused and driven as any person I know.” Part of that comes from her upbringing,

he says: Dove’s father wrote a mathematics textbook, and her mother, one of the first women to earn a degree from Harvard University, became a successful real estate agent in Boston. Dove’s role at Cornell Tech, overseeing institutional relations with New York City government and Roosevelt Island’s residents, was a natural match for her talents, says Cornell Provost Fuchs. “She has the ability to take a very complicated problem that includes the need for negotiations, that includes the need for coming to a consensus, and she’s able to do that in ways that I’m unable to,” says Fuchs, who tells of Dove ironing out a deal to win even more land from New York City even though officials had already given 10 acres to the project. Fuchs says he wasn’t entirely confident that deal could be reached. “She has very creative ways of bridging the gap or reaching the consensus. It’s not just driving a hard bargain,” he says. That kind of consensus can be hard to build in higher ed, an industry in which campus contingents can dig in and fight for every inch. Dove says the key is listening – and understanding the culture of the organization you’re working with. “You need to learn how to be effective and respect that culture,” she says. “Over time, you get acclimated to really respecting it – respecting shared governance and the collaborative nature of colleges and universities. I think that’s what makes colleges and universities great.” “On the other hand,” she adds, “if you’re in a leadership position, you need to know how to get things done. And you need to develop that skillset.” Cornell Tech was the final act in her 25-year career at Big Red; these days, it’s KATHLEEN KECK

Dove speaks with culinary students during an outdoor session of American Gastronomy class.

a long time to spend in one place, but Dove is quick to point out that she served in several different roles during that time, including stints as associate dean in both Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and its College of Engineering. Before that, her career included posts as the assistant town manager for Arlington, Mass.; as a financial analyst and marketing planner for Eli Lilly and Co.; and as manager of engineering systems for a Syracuse-based maker of microwave and radio frequency equipment. It’s in higher ed, though, that Dove has found a home. Her husband says Dove’s satisfaction comes from the life-changing effect a college education can have on a student. “I think she’s able to see the results of the efforts of the mission,” he says. “The impact that it makes on students. How college can transform students. And how college can prepare students for the next chapter of their lives.” Cathy Dove agrees. “It’s transformational in a person’s life. I think that’s what it’s all about – really helping students become what they want to become,” she says. “Every place I’ve been, the faculty and the staff, as well as the students, have been focused on making an impact: Not just inward on the school, or the college, but also outward. On how we are having a positive impact on the community, or the world at large if you’re talking about research or other, broader goals.” “I never would have expected to be in higher ed this long,” she says. “I can’t think of a better career for me. It’s been rewarding every step of the way.” S

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ST. JOHN’S-INTHE-WILDERNESS S ome people – most people – make it through Paul Smith’s without ever setting foot in St. John’s-in-the-Wilderness, the stone church just off campus on Easy Street. They’re missing out. The intimate, timber-ceilinged structure isn’t part of the college, but its history is inextricably linked to Paul Smith himself.

1 Paul Smith was hardly devout – but he knew hospitality, and he knew his guests wanted a place to worship. They were already holding services in a parlor at the hotel when he donated the land for multiple churches near the hotel. He even donated the timber to build St. John’s, which opened in 1877; 50 years later, the original log chapel burned down. (In a bid to make sure the churches stuck around for a long time, Paul had the deeds note that the property would revert to his ownership if they ever stopped operating.) 2 The church that stands today was designed by William Distin, a Saranac Lake architect responsible for several other churches and Great Camps in the Adirondacks, including William Rockefeller’s Camp Wonundra and

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Camp Minnowbrook, now a Syracuse University retreat. The rebuilt St. John’s was completed in 1930.

3 The stained-glass windows, many of which date to the reconstruction of the church, commemorate scenes and individuals important to the community. The center of the largest window (not pictured) features an Idem-class sailboat, which are sloops raced exclusively on Upper St. Regis Lake. 4 Beyond the chapel, the church’s graveyard is the final resting place of Paul Smith; his wife, Lydia; long-time Paul Smith’s professor Gould Hoyt and his wife, Ruth; and several other area luminaries, including tuberculosis pioneer E.L. Trudeau. Also beyond the chapel: A network of

shallow canals connecting Church Pond to Osgood Lake. As legend has it, the chapels were dug in order that summer vacationers would be able to make their way to church on Sunday. Today, St. John’s still holds weekly services during the summer, and still mostly serves visitors and summer residents.

5 Paul, a noted wag, had this to say about his donation of land for the local churches: “When asked by a guest why he did this even though he never went to church, he said that he did not care much for organized religion, but in case he turned out to be wrong, he wanted to have his bases covered,” Director of Library Services Neil Surprenant wrote in his book, “Paul Smith’s Adirondack Hotel and College.”

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Cultivating better

farmers SOME SMITTIES MAKE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE A WAY OF LIFE BY BOB BENNETT | COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

LISA GODFREY

ometimes, the Atlas Hoofed It Farm It once housed the epitome old ways are of death and destruction, but the best ways. now Atlas Hoofed It Farm is

Just ask Dan Burke ’97 and Sara Burke ’02, owners of Atlas Hoofed It Farm in Sugarbush, N.Y. Their 85-acre, sustainably-operated farm provides food to North Country communities. Or Ed Kutchmanich ’11, who plans to make organic orchard care his full-time business. These Smitties, and several others like them, are shunning the modern ways as they strive to make sustainable agriculture a way of life.

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teeming with life. The sprawling hillside farm lies on the site of a decommissioned Atlas missile silo built by the federal government in the 1960s. The current owners, Dan and Sara Burke, built it into a business that supplies beef, pork and eggs to nearby communities, including Liquids and Solids at the Handlebar in Lake Placid and Eat ’n Meet Grill and Larder in Saranac Lake. The Burkes came to own the farm almost by accident,

and turning it into a successful business hasn’t been easy. “Nobody tells you what not to do,” Dan Burke says. “It’s taken a lot of trial and error to get ourselves to this point.” They’ve built fences and pigpens that didn’t hold the animals, and they’ve lost cattle to the bitter cold. They bought Atlas Hoofed It a little more than seven years ago, primarily because they needed the space for their draft horses, which they had been using for logging. One thing led to another, though, and now the Burkes have 20 head of Scottish Highland cattle, nearly

70 pigs, 80 chickens, three adult Labrador retrievers that just had a litter of puppies and four draft horses. (Now Dan calls the horses his “hay burners” because they do very little work and a whole lot of eating.) The Burkes are also part of a community-supported agriculture group of about 35 people who each spend $50$200 a month on beef, pork and eggs. The Burkes also grow vegetables for their own consumption and save a lot of money on groceries by eating the food they raise. The whole operation is sustainable, too. That means,

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LEFT: Swine time at Atlas Hoofed It Farm. ABOVE: Ed Kutchmanich â&#x20AC;&#x2122;11 with a tree he tends to as part of his organic orchard care business.

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ABOVE: Kutchmanich at work, pruning a tree.

for example, moving the cattle from pasture to pasture to help the land stay vital; when the cattle are done grazing in a particular area, the Burkes move their chickens there. The chickens scratch out the cow manure, which is full of insects, and the patch of land is fertilized all over again. The previous owners left junk all over the property, so the Burkes put it to good use. They use old tires and scrap metal to build and reinforce their pigpens, for example. They also feed their pigs food that grocery stores would normally throw away; they bring it in by the truckload. (Most of it still looks good enough for human consumption.) In the ultimate bit of re-use, Dan says he would eventually like to turn the old underground missile silo into a greenhouse or an aquaponics facility. While life on the farm isn’t always easy, the Burkes wouldn’t have it any other way. Nor would their kids, Dustin Alder and Brook Emily. “I punish them by not letting them do chores,” Dan says. “They really love life on the farm.”

Aqua Vita Farms

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: Give 22

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a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Mark Doherty ’99 and Scott Fonte ’99 have a new take on that: Just feed the fish and they’ll feed you delicious vegetables in return. (You can still eat the fish, too.) Welcome to the wonderful world of aquaponics. Doherty and Fonte run Aqua Vita Farms, a consulting business that grew out of an aquaponics farm they once ran in Sherrill, N.Y. Aquaponics is as modern as it gets - even more sustainable than traditional farming, Doherty says. This is how it works: You set up an aquarium, or multiple aquariums, full of fish and feed them on a regular schedule. You collect the fish’s waste, filter it and use it to fertilize your vegetables, which are grown hydroponically. The aquaponics systems Doherty and Fonte promote are selfcontained devices that clean all of the water they use naturally and then pump it back into the fish tanks. “There’s 90 percent less pollution than traditional soilbased farming,” Doherty says, “because we aren’t putting fertilizers, natural or otherwise, into the ground.”

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TOP RIGHT: Chickens roost at Atlas Hoofed It. BOTTOM: Aquaponic crops grown by Mark Doherty ’99 and Scott Fonte ’99.

Aquaponics doesn’t require vast fields of cleared landscape, either. In fact, Aqua Vita encourages its customers to set up in existing buildings. Doherty and Fonte established their aquaponics operation in an old silverware factory that operated for 125 years before the previous owners shut it down and abandoned it. “There are already so many abandoned buildings just sitting there,” Doherty says. “I can think of at least two huge factories that were shut down in Endicott, N.Y., where I grew up.” During their time at the Sherrill facility, before they ran out of working capital, Doherty and Fonte overcame multiple kinks and obstacles. Now they’re passing that knowledge on to their customers. “Even the front door needs to be designed properly,” Doherty says. “They can avoid lots of problems, like pests, by considering the design of the entire facility. It’s not just the aquaponics system itself they

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need to worry about.” Aqua Vita teaches people who are already running smaller-scale farms to expand the size of their operations without losing fish in the process. When you increase the size of your aquariums, the amount of waste increases as well. Aqua Vita used a dual-flow mineralization system to extract fertilizers and return clean water to the fish tanks, dumping none of the nutrients in the process. Aqua Vita does for-hire consulting for new businesses – including business plans, facility design and troubleshooting – as well as classes that cover aquaculture, hydroponics and aquaponics. Doherty and Fonte are receiving inquiries from all over the world, including Afghanistan, Asia and Great Britain. “That’s probably one of my favorite things to come out if this whole project,” Doherty says. “I love teaching this stuff to other people.” To check out Aqua Vita

LEFT: Dan Burke ’97 and Sara Burke ’02 with their Labrador retriever pups in front of the farm. BELOW: Prof. Joe Orefice with his cattle at the North Branch Farm.

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Farms upcoming courses for yourself, visit aquavitafarms.com.

Organic Orchard Care If you want to build a fulltime practice in organic orchard care, the first thing you need to find are sick or damaged fruit trees – which Ed Kutchmanich ’11 finds no shortage of in his job as a landscaper. When he runs across the specimens, he goes to work, identifying every disease and pest he can find. Kutchmanich contacts his local Cornell Cooperative Extension, sends them a leaf or a bug and then figures out how to spray the trees. Sometimes he uses a natural essential oil, other times a sulfur, depending on the problem. Pruning is also an option. Kutchmanich has been able to help more than 10 different customers up the volume of their apple, plum, pear and peach trees so far. It’s possible to do preventative spraying, too. That would be a large part of his business if he were to get it off the ground because his ultimate goal is to work his way into the orchards in the Oneonta area, where he lives, and turn them into fully organic operations. He’s considered opening a consulting business, as well. Before he began landscaping and taking care of fruit

trees, Kutchmanich worked as the greenhouse manager for Blenheim Hill Farm, a sustainable operation in the Catskill Mountains owned by the Manhattan-based Smorgas Chef Restaurant Group. They founded the farm solely as a means to supply their restaurants with locally grown food. Kutchmanich ran their 40-by-100-foot hydroponic green house where they produced everything from edible flowers such as nasturtiums and violas to different types of herbs and greens like lettuce, Swiss chard, kale and butter crunch lettuce. He even grew cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes for the restaurants’ salads. Kutchmanich was around when the farm was being built, and he even had a say in making it all work. “Feeding people is just one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever done,” he says. “I’d like to show people that they can harvest their own food in their own backyard. I’ve got my blinders set on organics, though. I don’t recommend any pesticide other than organic, especially for fruit that you’re consuming.”

North Branch Farm

Growing figs has been an Orefice family tradition since

1938. That’s the year Giuseppe and Antonia Orefice acquired their first fig tree from Italy and started growing them in the States. Giuseppe’s great-grandson, Prof. Joe Orefice, is keeping the tradition alive at North Branch Farm in Saranac, N.Y. Keeping those figs going for 76 years, especially up north, is no easy feat – we’re not exactly a Mediterranean climate. Each year before the frost, you’ve got to dig up the tree, wrap its roots and store it indoors, and then replant the tree in spring. That’s what Giuseppe did for years, periodically taking shoots from the tree and starting new ones. The figs Orefice grows and sells now are all offshoots of that one tree. Though the figs grow in a greenhouse, he still must haul the trees inside each winter. Orefice’s figs are a niche crop; he mostly raises beef, poultry, pork and vegetables. His cows are all grass fed, and his pigs are pastured, which means they’re never in their own manure. The veggies are chemical-free, and Orefice uses only green and natural manures. While teaching at Paul Smith's College is his full-time job, part of Orefice’s income comes from the farm, and he’s always trying to find ways to

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make it more viable. He’s currently trying to expand his fig crop, and he’s putting in $10,000 worth of new infrastructure. “Farming is a lifestyle I value,” he says. “It’s a business, but it’s also a form of creative expression I can share with others. Some play music or do art; I grow delicious food that people enjoy, and it makes me happy.” Orefice also uses his farm for classes. He brings culinary students in to slaughter chickens, gives lessons in controlledburn forest management to the forestry students and shows students in sustainable agriculture how the land changes over time. Orefice also uses the land to conduct research in silvopasture, the integration of cattle and trees within a pasture, which hasn’t been studied extensively in the northeastern United States. Orefice received a $36,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture's northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education group to conduct the research. “I believe you should be familiar with things you research,” Orefice says. “There’s no better way than to do it.” S Sequel | Fall 2014

Decade Defined

John W. Mills retired this summer after serving as president of Paul Smith's for 10 years.

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INTERVIEW BY KENNETH AARON | DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING

hen John W. Mills retired as the ninth president of Paul Smith’s College in September, he had held the job for 10 years – the second-longest tenure at the position in the college’s history. While president, and an administrator before that, Mills helped guide the college to lofty heights: Since arriving in 2000, the college has seen record enrollments, made the successful transition to a bachelor’s degree granting institution, and experienced a wholesale transformation of campus. Before grabbing his fishing rod and heading for a cell-phone-free break, Mills talked about the lessons that took a decade to learn. What about this job will you remember most? What I’ll remember most is the effect that this institution has had on the students we get. I’ve been overwhelmed with the progress our students make in reaching their educational goals. I think it’s a combination of extreme hard work by the faculty and a very dedicated support staff. It really is a trite saying, but it really does become a community for these students. That was going on before I came here, but it’s become more and more part of our brand. You came here in 2000 after being at some much larger institutions – Clarkson, Dartmouth, Harvard. What appealed to you? What appealed to me was the opportunity to really develop the college’s academic strength. Paul Smith’s had gone from a two- to a four-year college, and they had done a lot of good work. But it was a two-year faculty. We had to change. For example, when I got here, we had the Adirondack Aquatic Institute. I said, "This is feefor-service work." Some part of the organization had to be scholarly, and we created the Adirondack Watershed Institute as a result. I say this over and over again: If you’re going to be a baccalaureate institution, you can’t just consume knowledge. You have to create it. You’re teaching your kids that you’ve got to keep learning, and if you don’t have a faculty that has some keep-learning mode, you’re not living up to the ideals of a baccalaureate institution. PHOTOGRAPHS BY KATHLEEN KECK

It’s been a rough spring – the college went through a round of layoffs, and enrollment projections were bleak (though they’ve since rebounded some). Have you been heartened by how people have reacted? I am very heartened by many of the people that have really stepped up. Diane Litynski – here’s someone who could have been angry as hell. We suspended her program, let one of her faculty go, and she’s here every day, working. She drives down to Adirondack Community College to recruit. She goes to Friends Lake Inn to meet an alum. She’s now going to organize a community event with the chamber in Glens Falls. And we’re not paying her a dime more. You see it from long-standing people like Curt Stager, who is invested in the college’s sustainability effort, and now he’s working on a solarpower initiative. You’ve got Annie Rochon, who’s going around trying to recruit students in Canada, and she’s brand new. So either you’ve been here 25 years or a year, you see that people are really committed. What engenders that commitment? I really do think it comes back to: We see the students we get, and we see what we produce. I think there’s not many places that can do what we do here. And I think there’s not many places that will take up the slack if we’re not. I hate to get too sappy about it, but it is a noble mission. What’s the secret sauce behind Paul Smith’s? Hard work. Maybe it’s the combi-

nation of people wanting to be here in the Adirondacks – they love this environment, and they love what this place does, and it’s an overall commitment to making sure we survive. How do we survive? By doing the best that we can for the students. Do you find that the students bring something special to the table, too? Oh, absolutely. The students are so different. When I talk to faculty who are interviewing for positions, I say I taught at Dartmouth for 10 years. On the first day of class, I could walk in with the book and the syllabus, throw it on the table and say, “I’m coming back at the end of the semester. Take the test anytime you want.” Some of them already knew it when they walked through the door. Here, when you walk into the room to teach, you close the door, and you don’t come out until they’re ready to come out. It’s blocking and tackling – a full-contact sport. But they’re all good kids. I use Prof. Brett McLeod’s saying: Our kids care more about real work than schoolwork. They’re not afraid of hard work. What we’ve got to do is find the way to get them educated while they’re doing their real work. What advice would you give the next president? Make sure any serious decision is discussed with the stakeholders in advance. Not with a confidant, necessarily, but with a stakeholder in that decision. The input comes over the transom, unsolicited, all the

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Mills walks toward the Joan Weill Adirondack Library. While the library opened before his presidency, millions of dollars of improvements were made to campus under his watch.

time – people will say things to you, they’ll make comments, but what you’ve got to do is say, ‘Look, I’ve been thinking about this – what do you think about this?’” One of the things that happens in this job, with some people, you’ll sit down and talk to them but they’re really a friend. And they won’t necessarily say: ‘That stinks.’ Or, ‘Gee, did you think about this?’ As you leave, what does the future look like? I think the future can be very, very positive. But the college cannot go into the future without some serious changes in the way it conducts business. For the foreseeable future, there’s going to be fewer kids who can come here. And in the group that traditionally comes here, there’s less and less financial means to do it. So the institution has to decide how to attract the residential population it needs to be a functioning institution, a vibrant institution, and we’ve got to do it differently. We always talk about how we don’t attract women students, but we have to find a way to get minority students, too. If we don’t do that, we’re going to be in deep trouble. But you’ve got to change what you have here in order to attract students you need. It’s absolutely essential that we prepare ourselves to do our educational programs both off-site and in an intermittent fashion. Because young people and parents now are really

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going to struggle to go eight semesters in a row at this cost. So they’re going to go to community college. Some states are already going to a K-14 model. And what are you going to do then? If all you need are a couple of other states to do it, then you’re going to be under tremendous pressure. The college has been experimenting with different models in recent years – establishing satellite relationships with the Accelerated Career Experience (ACE) program, trying to tap foreign markets, working directly with employers on training programs. Is more of that planned? I think there’s real potential there. I think we’ve found what we need to do to give it a good try. And I think it will be successful. What I’ve found with those programs is that we didn’t give them enough resources when they started, the funds and the human resources. The foreign markets – it’s working somewhat in Japan, where we’ve had success in the past; in China, what I learned again is it’s a resource issue. You can’t get people to come unless you’re there all the time, working with the parents, working with the program, if you’re not an elite school. I look at other small colleges making inroads in China, and they’re getting enough students that they’re making money. But it took four years, and an up-front cost of over $100,000 and we don’t have it. You know, if we did it three years ago, it

would be yielding students. But we didn’t because we were fat with our traditional population, so why bother going foreign? But hindsight is always 20/20. After everything – what are you proudest of? This sounds really heavy. But I cared more about the students than myself. That’s what I’m proudest of. I think I did everything to enhance the opportunities these students had to succeed. Your first weeks of retirement are going to be far away, fishing, in Montana. Are you ready? I can’t wait. I’ve always wanted to be out there for more than the 5 to 10 days I’ve done before, because you’re always thinking about when you have to leave. Now, if it’s a rainy day, I don’t have to fish. I can wait ’til the next day. There’s lots of places I want to explore. There’s a stream called Grayling Creek in Yellowstone, and it’s been off-limits for fishing ever since I went out there. There’s been a project to reinstitute the westslope cutthroat trout. Finally, they’ve cleaned the river and the only fish in it are pure, native westslope cutthroats and they reopened that this year. I want to fish that. When I get there in September, I’ll hike in there and there won’t be anybody there. And I can fish over a pristine natural river. Those are the kinds of things I like to do. S

[ ALUMNI LIFE]

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2014-2015

Alumni Events

]

CALENDAR OCTOBER

Alumni Board Meetings: Paul Smiths Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 18-19 Campus

Fall Career Fair Thursday, Oct. 23 Campus

Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 25 Campus NOVEMBER

NYC Reception Sunday, Nov. 9 Copacabana DECEMBER

Winter Celebration Sunday, Dec. 7 JANUARY 2015

Alumni Board Meetings: Albany Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 10-11 Location TBA

NYSAPLS Conference Wednesday-Friday, Jan. 21-23

KENNETH AARON

. Theresa Leclerc ’14 at Commencement in May.

Saturday, March 21 Galway, N.Y.

JUNE 2015

Spring Career Fair Thursday, March 26

Alumni Board Meetings: Paul Smiths Saturday-Sunday, June 6-7

Campus

APRIL 2015

Thanks for Giving Day Thursday, April 9 Campus

Campground Clean-up Day Saturday, June 6 Alumni Campground JULY 2015

Scholarship Brunch Saturday, April 11

Reunion 2015 Friday-Sunday, July 24-26

Campus

Alumni Board Meetings: Paul Smiths Saturday-Sunday, April 18-19 Campus

Alumni Board Meetings: Paul Smiths Saturday-Sunday, July 25-26 Campus AUGUST 2015

Sugar Bush Breakfast Saturday, April 18

Alumni Clam Bake Sunday, Aug. 16

MAY 2015

Bob’s Trees, Galway, N.Y.

Commencement Saturday, May 9

Turning Stone Casino, Verona, N.Y.

FEBRUARY 2015

Winter Carnival Parade Saturday, Feb. 14

Office of Alumni Relations Phone: (518) 327-6253 Email: alumni@paulsmiths.edu

Saranac Lake MARCH 2015

Pancakes at Bob’s Trees

> See what these maples have in store

for you at the annual Sugar Bush Breakfast on April 18, 2015. KENNETH AARON

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[ ALUMNI LIFE / CLASS NOTES ] LETTER FROM THE ALUMNI RELATIONS COORDINATOR

if being able to call Paul Smith’s College home for some of the best years of your life weren’t enough, did you know there are other lifelong benefits of being a Smitty? Going camping? Need car insurance? Buying something online? Alumni are eligible for all kinds of perks: • Our Alumni Campground, right off Keese Mills Road, is available to all Paul Smith’s alumni. Host up to five guests for a week at one of our seven lean-tos ($10/night) or tent sites ($5/night). For more information: http://ecommunity.paulsmiths.edu/page.aspx?pid=381 • Get discounted auto and home insurance (as state laws and regulations allow) through

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS David O'Brien ’63, President B. Randy Sadlon ’80, Vice President Norman Fedder ’69, Secretary Andrea Urmston ’89, Treasurer Alyson Bennett ’81  William Burns ’49  Christopher Diedrich ’84 Charles Dyke ’61  David Eaton ’61 Kathleen Gowen ’86 L. Jimmy Hadjis ’58 James Hodock ’74 Cory Hoffman ’09  Richard Lewis ’63  John Maille ’82 F. Joseph McCranels ’54 Frederick Oberst ’63  Daniel Richards ’89  Thomas Rosol ’74 Melissa Uhlik ’76

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Heather Tuttle on the new brick walkway on Academic Row. This alumni project has raised $37,000 toward scholarships.

Liberty Mutual Insurance. Call (800) 225-8281 or visit www.libertymutual.com. • Shop online? Why not make some cash – and help Paul Smith’s in the process? Visit www.shop.com/pscshopping and fill up your cart with items from dozens of online retailers.

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Colonel George H. Chabbott ’48

and his wife of 60 years are retired and are traveling, hunting, fishing and golfing. He says, “Paul Smith’s gave me a great start – thanks.” Robert N. Isaacson ’48

remembers when he, Al Mahoney and Thomas F. (Red) McGraw ’48 went to Paul Smith’s first winter carnival together. Mahoney’s girlfriend set up Robert and Red on blind dates with some girls from the Glens Falls area. They had a ball. Mark H. Hooper ’49 from Owls

Head, N.Y., is a retired nuclear engineer who authored national standards for power plants. He recently visited Paul Smith’s College with his grandson, Cary, who graduated from West Point last May, and his sons Larry and Mark. Mark’s greatest surprise was the new topography between the entrance and the lake. He is also a member of the Adirondack Council. He wishes Paul Smith’s College continued success. Ed Kimball ’49 is “still kicking

and trying to lick cancer for the 5th time. Never smoked but did sing

You’ll be eligible for cash back on your purchases, and the college will receive part of each sale, too. And as long as you’re online – make sure you head over to our revamped website to see what’s new. You can keep up with the latest alumni news

and events at www.paulsmiths. edu/alumni, find links to our online stores. (Isn’t it time you bought yourself a new Paul Smith’s sweatshirt?) Looking for a job – or an employee? Visit the Career Services office (www.paulsmiths.edu/offices/ career-services) for info about our twice-a-year career fairs, our online job listings, and more. Those of you who follow me on Facebook know I’m always going on about how much I love my job. With this much happening – who wouldn’t? Sincerely,

Heather Tuttle ’99 Alumni Relations Coordinator

up a storm in piano bars sucking 2nd-hand smoke! Still fly-fish the river McKensie on the west side of the Cascades. Like to hear from any ’48-’49 foresters still kickin’ – lost Dave Mynott, my old roomie, but there should be a few octogenarians out there! (541) 420-9337 – no computer!”

Alan M. Downing ’52 retired

John H. Missert ’49 writes that

strong at 84!

he is alive and well.

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Clare (Ely ’50) Cooper Manis Hatler has lived in Seqim, Wash.,

since 1975 in the house that she and her second husband built on 8 acres. Seqim is located on the Olympic Peninsula on the north coast within sight of Victoria, British Columbia, the Olympic Mountains and the Cascade Mountains. She says that their property is on the National Register as “The Manis Mastodon Site.” Clare is still well and “kicking” at 82 and very active with environmental groups. She still gives lectures on the “Manis Mastodon.” Frank J. Bencze ’51 writes that

he is enjoying retirement.

from what was formally Container Corporation of America (a corrugated box plant) as a supervisor of maintenance after 32 years. His wife of 51 years, Norma Bracy, passed away in 2005. He visited Paul Smith’s College in 2012. Ray W. Peterson ’52 is still going

Laura S. (Stevens ’53) Waterbury

retired from West Canada Valley School in New York. Jacqueline D. St John ’54 says

Paul Smith’s College is a family affair that spans 60 years. Shelby Miller ’13, a hotel, resort and tourism management graduate, is the third generation in her family to graduate from Paul Smith’s. Her mother, Cheryl Crull-Miller ’82, graduated with a travel and tourism industry degree. And her grandmother, Claire St John Crull ’55, was a liberal arts-general studies graduate. Dr. St John is believed to be the first Paul Smith’s College woman to receive a Ph.D. Shelby was employed by Baymont Inn and Suites in East Syracuse, N.Y., as an assistant manager and continued

Trail markers her education at Le Moyne College. LeRoy “Roy” A. Miltner ’54 published

two novels in 2013, “Night Songs” and “For Honor and Love.” He is still visiting Civil War sites each summer with Bill Frotscher ‘54. Robert J. “Bob” Walter ’55 writes that

he enjoyed the reception held in Bend, Ore., by members of the college’s snowshoe racing team! Roger F. Smith ’57 says that he started a

small sugar gathering bush and homemade evaporator 2 years ago. He had a great year in 2012 and finds it necessary to invest in a larger one that is wood fired. Much fun and sweetness to be had. William A. “Bill” Stewart Sr. ’57 finally

retired from everything – 40 years in the catering business, 13 years as village fire inspector. However, he still finds jobs at the volunteer fire company (61 years) to keep him going. He is spending a little more time at his summer house on Cape Cod. Richard J. “Dick” Milano ’58 is still

living in the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina. He has had a few alumni stop by to enjoy the views over a bowl of pasta. All are welcome with prior notice. His family still lives in Florida – three children, four grandchildren and one great granddaughter. He says, “Paul’s will always be close to my heart.” William E. “Bill” Greaves ’58 writes

that his twin grandsons, children of the late Andrew C. Greaves ’89, are now 14 and in 8th grade. Charles W. English ’59 writes that he is

still living in Taftsville, Vt., and wintering in Stuart, Fla.

Gerald R. Yocum ’59 graduated from the

state’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a degree in landscape architecture. He spent 3 years with the U.S. Navy underwater demolition team, 3 years with the U.S. Forest Service in California, then 32

years with Pennsylvania State Parks. Gerald retired in 2000 and now enjoys fishing, hunting, gardening and his five grandchildren.

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BIRTHS To Holly (Mansur ’05) and Joel Chiodo ’03, daughter, Sadie May, on April 11. To Sara and Stephen Ellis ’06, son, Landon Sawyer, on Feb. 2.

H. Brenton Teillon ’60 is still doing a

little forest insect research, hunting, trapping, gardening and family things. He visits the Adirondacks often and has good memories of Paul Smith’s College. Salvatore A. Cozzolino ’61 writes that

he picked up his granddaughter from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Camp Colby in August 2013 and made a visit to campus. He could not believe the transformation since he was here. Nearly all of the buildings he remembered are gone, replaced by beautiful modern structures. While he was here he bought a book on the college’s history, which he thoroughly enjoyed. He plans to stop by again in August 2014.

To Elaine (Thomas ’08) and Christopher Reynolds ’14, son, Ian Christopher, on March 4. To Victoria and Robert Yourdon ’08, son, Mason Robert, on Aug. 5.

MARRIAGES Jennifer Kerr ’01 to Martin Lieb ’05

on June 28.

Maureen Flanagan ’02 to Josh Newell

on Sept. 14, 2013.

Tyler Scott ’05 to Lynnette Luder on Aug. 9. Emily Albright ’06 to Timothy Furner on

Sept. 27.

Valerie Roberts ’06 to Rick

Allard on Oct. 26, 2013. John O’Bryan ’07 to

Donald A. Dellow ’62 is a professor of

Cassandra Cronin on July 18.

higher education at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Christine Cosman ’07 to

Keith Waltz in May 2013.

Carlton R. Johnson ’62 introduced

speakers at the Nov. 11 Veterans Day ceremony honoring World War II and Korean War “Greatest Generation Veterans” at the town hall in Portsmouth, R.I. Carlton is senior vice commander of the VFW Post 5390 and is a past post chaplain and post commander. Del Walker ’62 writes that last fall the

1962 White Piners held their 30th annual mini fall reunion in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Twelve couples were hosted by Bev and Gerald “Jerry” Buteau ’62. While in Maine, the ‘62 Piners pledged to buy a 1962 Piner paver every year. Thirteen Piners have also purchased personal pavers, and they challenge other White Pine Camp years to match them. Floyd K. Hopper ’62 retired in 1999 after

32 years as a high school science teacher.

Bridget Bishop ’08 to

Steve Parke on Aug. 2.

> Elaine Thomas ’08 to Christopher Reynolds ’14

on July 12.

Sarah Dantuono ’08 to

Jedediah Brown on Aug. 2.

Jessie Gardner ’10 to Cameron Lewis ’08 on Sept. 27. Gina Martin ’10 to Thomas Pollock ’10 on Sept. 7, 2013. Cassandra Wells ’10 to Jason Russell

on Sept. 20.

DEATHS H. David Chamberlain (former president)

on July 9 in Weslaco, Texas.

Dr. Charles “Charlie” G. Alexander

(former faculty member), on June 9, 2013, in Vermontville, N.Y.

We want to hear from you! Email class notes to alumni@paulsmiths.edu, send to PSC Alumni Office, P.O. Box 265, Paul Smiths, NY 12970, or fax to (518) 327-6267. (Pics welcome!) Sequel | Fall 2014

[ CLASS NOTES ]

Trail markers DEATHS Florence Ruth Hoyt (former faculty

member) on May 1 in Paul Smiths.

Trustee Emeritus Frank M. Hutchins

on Dec. 20, 2012, in Brighton, N.Y.

William J. Gray Jr. ’48 on May 25,

2013, in Hagerstown, Md.

Downing A. Braley ’48 on Feb. 23,

1998, in North Creek, N.Y.

Frederic D. Walsh ’48 on May 13,

2013, in Crown Point, N.Y.

Elmer E. Wagner ’49 on May 30 in

Flemington, N.J.

Harry W. Horan ’50 on Nov. 12,

2012, in The Villages of Lady Lake, Fla. Alf W. Buck ’50 on Feb. 2 in Holland,

Mich.

Roger H. Kerr ’50 on March 1, 2013,

? John Swift ’53 sent in a photo of his TKB paddle – milled at the college’s sawmill – and varsity jacket, which he had assumed lost and gone forever. He had been reminiscing about the vintage swag when he mentioned the jacket to one of his daughters, to whom he gave it when she was in high school and college. “I have not seen it since. I always thought she wore it out and threw it away,” he writes. “A week later she visited and, guess what, she was carrying my old PSC jacket. So here I am with my old jacket, the paddle and a new hat.”

in Schenectady, N.Y.

Craig T. Locey has his home for sale

Arthur K. Brown ’52 on July 25 in Anne M. Snell Sullivan ’53 on April 5

and is retiring. He ran the Thimbleberry Inn for 23 years. For more info: www. thimbleberryinn.com.

C. Robert Pitera ’53 on March 17,

Wayne F. Knipping ’63 sends greetings

Cornish, N.H.

in Malone, N.Y.

2013, in Falls Church, Va.

William C. Fischer ’54 on March 7,

2013, in Missoula, Mont.

David G. Baxter ’55 on Oct. 23, 2012,

in Tonawanda, N.Y.

Jack E. Lee ’55 on Feb. 4, 2013, in

North Chatham, N.Y.

Roger L. Merchant ’63 retired from the

Roland E. LeMaire ’55 on Feb. 6,

2013, in Phelps, N.Y.

Dale A. Fanning ’55 on Dec. 10, 2013,

in Wellfleet, Mass.

Willard B. Williams ’56 on Dec. 9,

2013, in Camillus, N.Y.

John Raymond “Ray” Denslow ’56

on Aug. 29, 2013, in Minnetonka, Minn. Winthrop A. “Skip” Ames Jr. ’56 on

April 22, 2013, in Horseheads, N.Y.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension in 2012. He says that the 30-year career was a good run, but having been in the workforce full-time since 1965, it was time to be done. He is having fun with nature photography, paddling his canoe, hiking and being with friends and family. He is still playing guitar and writing songs. Roger says that life is good, carry on. James M. Fortune ’62 is semi-retired and

Lynn D. Day Sr. ’57 on June 8, 2013, in

living in Billings, Mont. You can get in touch with Jim via email at cyn4ike@hotmail.com.

Lawrence “Larry” J. Spinney ’57 on

Bill Burrell ’63 enjoyed his 50th reunion

Stony Creek, N.Y.

Feb. 28 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Walter A. Miles ’58 on Jan. 20 in

Crossville, Tenn.

Andrew “Drew” Lindstedt ’60 on

June 5, 2013, in Newark, N.J.

and notes that he and his wife Kat have enjoyed their six years in Virginia. He had his 6-acre mini-forest thinned in 2012 and the loblolly pine plantation has responded with renewed growth. He has also planted a number of seedlings for wildlife. He enjoyed his 50th reunion in 2013 and hopes to attend in 2014.

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at Paul Smith’s last July. He was really impressed with the way the campus looks today, really beautiful. He is proud to be a Paul Smith’s alum. Bill is presently working for the Seneca Allegany Casino and Hotel in Salamanca, N.Y.

Edward J. Schlote ’64 retired from

Dana Corp. and moved to Delaware, Ohio, in 2010. Ross S. Morgan ’65 is working in the

woods of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, providing forestry services to private landowners. Most of his work is planning, mapping and practicing silviculture, which he was taught by Professors Hoyt, Peroni and Rutherford at Paul Smith’s. Ross says thank you to Paul Smith’s College and his professors! Arthur R. Birkmeyer ’65 is happily

retired with his wife, Mary, in Longview, Wash. Their five children are successfully independent and all are living on the West Coast. He continues to enjoy the freedom of bicycle touring in the summer months. Arthur’s 2012 ride journal can be found at www. crazyguyonabike.com/doc/artbike12. Roy Heberger ’65 retired in 2000 after

a career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His professional life began after graduating from the University of Michigan, where he notes they accepted all his Paul Smith’s credits – something that always spoke to him. “PSC provided some of the tools that I needed for the beginning of my career in natural resource conservation. It was a good choice at the time, and now that PSC has four-year programs it is a good thing, I think. A good start led to a good finish.” Hebert, who directed the FWS’ wolf recovery program in Idaho, shared a link from an article about his

time there: http://www.westernwatersheds. org/wolves/article7_spring02.htm John M. Rembold ’65 retired after many

years selling for Ecolab. In his last five years as a retiree, he has finally gotten back into the woods on his property. He and his wife and both master forest owners with Cornell Cooperative Extension. This year they helped lay out their forest plan and supervise a thinning cut on their 50 acres. It was fun! John hopes to hear from any 65ers.

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Eugene P. Schmidt ’67 writes that he

led the A-team on a hike in the P.I.P. up the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail from Rt. 106 to Times Square, and then back the Long Path to Lake Skannatati – steep and rocky, but very scenic. He is off to North Carolina to visit with his daughter and new granddaughter, Cordelia Rose Malone, born Oct. 26, 2013.

DEATHS James R. Brunn ’60 on May 13 in

Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Roger S. “Pete” McNamara ’60 on

March 4 in Easton, Mass.

Richard M. “Rick” Lewis ’67 retired

36½ years of teaching business with the Malone (N.Y.) Central School District. He spends his time snowmobiling, boating, camping, restoring a Model A vehicle and volunteering for Meals on Wheels.

from USAR 1992 as a lieutenant colonel and from federal service in 2008 after 40 years. His wife, Barbara, is a teacher at Laconia Christian Academy. Rick is lands manager (150 acres). Rick also serves the Gideons International as president and scripture chairman for the Lakes Region Chapter in New Hampshire.

Edward H. “Windy” Coon III ’66 is a

Joseph H. Jones ’67 is a manager at

David T. VanNess ’65 has retired after

professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina and is still teaching Introduction to the Hospitality Industry with 300 students in two classes. He says, “Always remember the people that guided you along the way. Thank you, Harry Purchase. You will always be remembered by your students and me.” Richard M. Coons ’66 is currently the

chief of staff for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, District 13, which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana – 1,600 members strong. Douglas Gillespie ’66 writes, “My wife

of 33 years passed away. She had lung cancer. I miss her dearly!”

Albert T. Jenks ’66 has been running a

cross-country ski area, Windblown Cross Country Skiing in New Ipswich, N.H., for 42 years.

Lawrence J. “Larry” Funk ’66 retired

from the Amherst Police Department after 30 years. He lives in Olcott, N.Y., on Lake Ontario, the loon’s migration route. He says in the spring you can see at least 500 or more loons waiting to go north. Email Lawrence at gottcreek@verizon.net. Stephen S. Shannon ’66 writes that he

has been happily married for 47 years to Claire. He has been retired for one year. He enjoys his children and grandchildren – one graduated high school last May and one graduated 8th grade last June. He enjoys the Paul Smith’s College Reunion and Facebook pages. He turned 68 in January and enjoys gardening, swimming and walking. He would love to hear from fellow classmates. John Kincaid ’66 is 75 and still logging.

Robert W. Schlaerth ’61 on Jan. 30 in

Vandalia, Ohio.

William Charles LeRoy Sr. ’61 on

Dec. 13, 2013, in Malone, N.Y.

Lee Marion ’62 on May 19 in Saranac

Lake, N.Y.

Robert C. Glur ’62 on June 23, 2013, in

Rome, N.Y.

Stirling S. Adams Jr. ’62 on June 10,

CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas.

2013, in Rutland, Vt.

Donald M. Ferro ’62 on April 20, 2013,

William “Adirondack Bill” C. Achcet ’67 writes that this year the Adirondack Bill’s

in Utica, N.Y.

Fishing and Hunting Team outscored the Perchmaster Team again, which is headed by Reed “Crisco” Adams ’67. His wife, Patty (Orr ’69) Adams is the smart one in the family, as she is a proud member of the Adirondack Bill Team.

John “Jack” E. Cornell ’62 on April 11,

2013, in Greenport, N.Y.

Thomas M. Gatzke ’62 on Sept. 1 in

Millington, Tenn.

Peter A. Frissell ’63 on May 7, 2013, in

Hinsdale, Mass.

John P. Wyman ’68 is still teaching on

average two days a week at the Ohio Fire Academy. He is still working wildland fires. John has two children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Charles H. Darlington ’63 on Nov. 28,

Steve H. Price ’68 retired in 2008. He is

Thomas J. Dywan ’64 on Jan. 21 in

2012, in Ashburnham, Mass.

William C. Jones ’64 on Jan. 1 in

Webster, N.Y.

enjoying his four grandchildren. He and his wife continue to enjoy each other after 37 years of marriage.

Thunderbolt, Ga.

Karl R.”Von” Braun ’68 went to

Leonard J. Tabone ’64 on March 10 in

David L. Hubbard ’64 on Feb. 1 in

Orleans, Mass. North Port, Fla.

Syracuse after Paul Smith’s and graduated in ‘72. He was then self-employed and a New Jersey government employee for the next 35 years. Karl says hi, how are you and hope all is well to his former roommate Neil Cheney ’68.

Richmond W. Allison Jr. ’64 on June 7 in

Eustis, Maine.

Robert W. Burnett ’65 on Nov. 19 in

Lockport, N.Y.

Warren D. Buchanan ’65 on May 2 in

Gregory K. Young ’68 retired from Smith

North Bangor, N.Y.

College after 40 years!

Paul G. Rhoades ’65 on Jan. 10 in

Stanton, Va.

Gene A. Goundrey ’69 writes that Paul

Smith’s College did so much for his success in life! He started out in forestry but ended up a CPA in New Jersey and is looking forward to the 50th reunion. He’s back at his curling club for another season, and expects a big onslaught of new members, as this happens at every Winter Olympics. William F. Lewis ’69 has worked for

the BLM, USGS and the FS as a hydrologist,

Martin L. Check ’66 on July 19, 2013, in

Virginia Beach, Va.

John C. DeForest ’66 on April 3, 2013,

in Brockport, N.Y.

David J. Wohlbach ’66 on Aug. 10 in

Clinton Corners, N.Y.

John Rickford Mordwin ’67 on Jan. 15

in Franklin Lakes, N.J.

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Trail markers DEATHS Ellsworth N. Jenkins ’68 on July 19,

Paul J. McGivney ’69 is now enjoying his

2013, in Ballston Spa, N.Y.

grandson, Keaton Troy McGivney.

Steven B. Millens ’69 on March 16,

70s

2013, in Rensselaer, N.Y.

James T. Taylor ’69 on June 4 in Butte,

Mont.

Franklin K. Whitson ’70 visited

Robert P. Cook ’69 on Jan. 20 in

Mashpee, Mass.

Jeffrey K. Swartwout ’70 on June 4 in

Las Vegas, Nev.

C. Pierce Johnson ’70 on June 4, 2013,

in Westport, N.Y.

Alan J. Carlos ’70 on Aug. 18, 2013,

in Niskayuna, N.Y.

Stephen M. Morris ’71 on Sept. 4 in

Ilion, N.Y.

Gregory J. Stuart ’71 on June 19,

2013, in Schenectady, N.Y.

Douglas Trush ’71 on Oct. 15, 2013, in

Nelson, N.Y.

Randall T. Seabury ’71 on May 20 in

Lake Pleasant, N.Y.

Stanley R. Kourofsky ’71 on Nov. 28,

2013, in West Chazy, N.Y.

David K. Seim ’72 on Jan. 7 in Pittstown,

N.Y.

Chris J. Handley ’73 on Sept. 2 in Mark Kralovic ’73 on April 18 in Wells,

N.Y.

William J. Loforte ’74 on Oct. 18,

2013, in Ludington, Mich.

Richard J. Strunk ’74 on Oct. 9, 2013,

in Moon Township, Pa.

Oliver G. Hicks ’74 on Oct. 4, 2013, in

Afton, N.Y.

Thomas G. Hartwig ’75 on Aug. 19 in

Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Francis D. Hunter ’75 on Oct. 4, 2013,

in Lafayette, N.J.

Randy Lewis ’75 on June 18 in Paul

Smiths, N.Y.

Stanley W. Stek ’76 on July 12, 2013,

in Wayland, N.Y.

2013, in Milford, Conn.

Leo F. Bannworth ’76 on May 12 in

Elizabeth, N.J.

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James R. Ellis ’70 has retired three times,

the first from hotel management, the second as a computer programmer in the aerospace industry, and the third as a State of Florida tax auditor. He furthered his education with a BBA in finance from Florida International University and an MBA in business leadership from Belhaven College. He is a Vietnam veteran and active Toastmaster leader.

retirement from the federal government only half as much as entertaining four grandchildren. He says, “PSC was a great experience.” Rolland L. “Rollo” Simons ’72 retired

as parks and facilities manager from the City of Vacaville, Calif., in April 2012 after 23 years of service. He and his wife, Cindy Glass, have a country home outside Bozeman, Mont. They spend time trout fishing, bird hunting, gardening and exploring Montana. Rollo would love to hear from any PSC grads: rollansimons@optimum.net. Earl N. Fahey ’72, who retired from the

federal government after a 31-year career as an environmental specialist for the U.S. Army and EPA, had a great 40th reunion in July 2012. He was amazed at the how much the quality of education and physical facilities have improved since he left. He thanks President Mills and his wife for being available and sharing the banquet. He’s proud to be a graduate! Douglas E. Carrier ’72 retired in 2010

from the New York State Department of Transportation as the Region 6 Regional Landscape Architect, in Hornell, N.Y. He says that the retirement days go by just as fast as the working days. Rod Johnston ’78 has developed and is

now selling Cymgards, which are drum and percussion cymbal protectors that fit onto and around the cymbal’s perimeter. Jonah Cohen ’73 writes that he is the chief

raising Christmas trees and maple syrup making was great, but having your grandchildren take an interest has made life even more rewarding.”

of the West Hamilton Beach (N.Y.) Volunteer Fire Department.

Scott L. Rishel ’71 is thoroughly enjoying

York State forest ranger. He presently works part-time as a fire inspector for the Town of Milton in Saratoga County, N.Y. He is also working part-time as an EMT at the Saratoga Race Course.

his retirement! He has been ice fishing with his son Aaron on various Adirondack ponds and Lake George. During fall 2012, he was able to get in some partridge hunting with his old Lab, Jack (more like Adirondack trekking since partridge seem scarce these past few years). Scott and his wife Margaret are looking forward to their first pancake breakfast at Bob’s Tree, Galway, N.Y., and getting together with Dave Minbiole ’72 and his wife Teresa soon. He says that all Smitties are welcome here in Queensbury, N.Y. Richard F. “Tiny” Furman ’71 was

recently promoted to area manager for St. Joe Area, Idaho Department of Lands. He manages 130,000 acres of state endowment land and a million-plus acres of forest fire protection.

D. Jonathan Higgins ’76 on June 9,

Gansevoort, N.Y.

campus for the first time since May 1976 for a 10-year reunion for the Paul Smith’s Fire Department members. He and George King III ’68 (who was one of the PSFD’s founders in 1966) were very active members. He read the PSFD memory books in the library. Anyone who has any items to make our “history books” complete, please send them to the Joan Weill Adirondack Library so they can be preserved on the Internet. Any questions, call (772) 288-0274. The campus looks fantastic and is protected by the Paul Smiths-Gabriels Fire Department.

“Chuck” Trudeau ’71 says, “I thought

Jefferson, N.Y.

Dean J. Lee ’77 on April 1 in

management and in recreation. He received his B.S. from Colorado State. He has been on many fires and is still at it as a safety officer. Bill would like to hear from any of the old guys that are still around.

Raymond D. Filbey ’71 is enjoying

Richard J. ReQua ’73 is a retired New

James L. Fuchs ’74 is working as a field

biologist, surveying for rare plants, raptor nests and weeds in the energy fields of western Colorado and eastern Utah.

James A. Martin ’74 is working for the

State of Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, Ground Water Commissioner, Division 1. He has been married for 34 years and has one daughter, Christa, and three grandchildren, Phi, Austin and Mia. He is still hunting and fishing. He wishes the best to the classes. David G. Horrax ’74 has a son, Steven,

26, and a daughter, Katie, 24. Both are

Trail markers DEATHS Sanford C. Fleury ’77 on March 6 in

Portland, Ore.

Russell J. Abrams ’77 on Jan. 19 in

Vermontville, N.Y. > Birdwatching at the Paul Smith’s College VIC is always a popular activity during Reunion; the 2015 gathering is scheduled for July 24-26.

Margaret (Riedy) Della Rocco ’78 on

March 31 in Berne, N.Y.

Daniel J. Fiacco ’78 on Dec. 21,

2013, in Parishville, N.Y.

John R. (Bob) Donoghue Sr. ’78 on

May 7, 2013, in Davenport, Fla.

Kyle R. Longtin ’80 on July 21, 2013, in

Northampton, Mass.

Mary T. Stone ’80 on Oct. 21, 2012, in

East Windsor, N.J.

Oregon State graduates; one is a banker and the other a power-line construction engineer. David has been helicopter logging for 36 years throughout the western U.S. for Columbia Helicopters.

plant materials center.

Joseph H. Finan ’75 is currently doing a

Stephen L. Mackey ’77 is planning to hike

detail as deputy superintendent of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty with the National Park Service. He is still enjoying life in Greenwich, N.Y. and enjoying his two grandsons. Donald F. Burgey ’75 retired in 2006

from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Manny Mulle ’75 enjoyed the alumni

gathering in Fort Lauderdale and is looking foward to Reunion Weekend. W. Douglas Fitzgerald ’75 returned to

guiding 3 years ago. Last year he cofounded Broadwing Adventures with long-time friend Jack Drury. Doug has led a number of paddling and hiking trips and invites you to check out their webpage, www.broad wingadventures.com. Kevin D. Clouthier ’76 is hoping to hear

from anyone from ‘76 and ‘77.

Anthony H. “Tony” Ingersoll ’76 is the

assistant director for technology for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Pacific Islands Area, which comprises Hawaii, American Samoa and Micronesia. He is in charge of natural resource technology (forestry, agronomy, water quality, grazing lands, plant materials, resource conservation, biology and cultural resources) in an all-tropical area greater in span than the continental United States. Tony supervises a staff of eight and is responsible for a USDA

Robert E. Dietz Jr. ’77 says hello to all his

former classmates. He is not on Facebook but you can email him at robertdietz@verizon.net.

the PCT this spring/summer – 2,600 miles.

David S. Wales ’78 has spent 27 years

at Vermont Student Assistance Corp., is living on a small hobby farm and is hoping to retire to a part-time hotel job soon. He has four happy grandkids. He had fun watching the Winter Olympics after having worked in Lake Placid in 1980. He says it’s great to hear that the Hotel Saranac is being remodeled! Justin H. Kennick ’78 is working full time

at Old Sturbridge Village, a living-history museum in Sturbridge, Mass. He is still married to Marge Bruchac after 20 happy years! Roy J. Kinner ’79 would love to hear from

old friends.

Warren W. Leigh ’81 on March 2 in

Bloomingdale, N.Y.

Daniel T. Spence ’81 on April 8, 2013, in

Penn Yan, N.Y.

Harry A. Flak ’82 on Dec. 29, 2012, in

Pawleys Island, S.C.

Mark S. Phillips ’82 on April 20 in

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Paul T. Collins ’82 on July 8, 2012, in

Denver, Colo.

Marc C. Cardamone ’86 on Jan. 14,

2013, in Fayetteville, N.Y.

Joel E. Harwood ’89 on May 4 in

Elizabethtown, N.Y.

Kelly L. (Hameline) Miller ’96 on Feb.

18, 2013, in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Patrick J. Patterson ’97 on March 22 in

Stevensville, Mont.

Timothy P. Conley ’99 on Nov. 3, 2012,

in Boonville, N.Y.

Kevin T. Benham Pillis ’99 on Sept. 24,

2013, in Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Michael J. Ditchfield ’79 is in his 18th

year as a culinary arts/hospitality management faculty member at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa. Dr. Frederick W. Becker ’80 is the dean in the School of Business and Hospitality. Michael keeps in touch with Timothy H. Eldridge ’79 and has placed several of his grads with him over the years. He also keeps in touch with Charles A. Wise ’79, who is working with many of Michael’s friends in the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. Michael likes to get up to Talkeetna, Alaska, every summer and probably does too much fly fishing. He would like to hear from others.

Karyn F. Giles-Snyder ’00 on Jan. 28,

2013, in Saranac Lake, N.Y.

Christopher K. Tuttle ’00 on Aug. 30 in

Saranac Lake.

Steven L. Gaffney ’02 on March 22 in

Williston, Vt.

William Thomas “Tom” Rowe ’03 on

Jan. 28 in Watervliet, N.Y.

Kyle D. Riedman ’12 on Feb. 7 in Old

Forge, N.Y.

Charles H. Cain III ’12 on June 19 in

Wellsville, N.Y.

Nicolas G. Pendl ’14 on Aug. 26 in

Paul Smiths.

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Thomas F. Garde ’80 is no longer a business

teacher with Chicopee Comprehensive High School. He is currently a substitute teacher within the Chicopee School District of Massachusetts. Thomas W. Matlack ’80 is now a high

school English and social studies teacher.

Mark Gregoire ’82 writes that he is enjoying

life in Western N.Y. with his wife, Kellie, and six children (including two sets of twins!) They hunt, fish and trap together. John McMillin ’83 says he is working for

Utilimap Corp. as a contract utility forester for Delmarva Power in Del. “My wife passed away in June 2012,” he writes. “I am enjoying my job and I am still on my farm in Delaware. Hello to all my PSC friends.” “Hello to all my alums of 1984,” writes Mark Hoover ’84. “Hope all is well, are you out there somewhere Yasuhiko Hirano '83?” Brenda (Boname ’84) Mlodzinski writes

that she and her husband Jim are now grandparents! Ashlyn Keri was born to her stepson David and his wife Shannon, on Aug. 31, 2013 – what a joy she is. Judith A. “Judy” Louis ’85 is married

with no children (just the four-legged, furry ones). She has worked all around the country including Mackinac Island, Mich.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. She worked in various capacities and loved them all! She finally settled in rural Missouri and is currently cooking in Jefferson City at the Jefferson City Country Club and most recently heading the Garde Manger department. She is presently in the process of opening her own catering business after many years of preparation. Walter Herzog ’86 continues to enjoy

working as a forester for the Bureau of Land Management Field Office in Redding, Calif. ? Del Walker ’62 sends this picture of his granddaughter, Aoife Sky Mulligan, in her most stylish onesie.

The BLM forestry program recently improved even more when they hired a recent PSC grad, Jeffrey Bellaire ’12. Both Jeff and Walter are working hard on forest restoration projects and selling special forest products. James F. Reese ’87 is still regional

manager for F&W Forestry sources in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. He has been battling leukemia since December 2012. Dana L. Derico-Carfi ’87 has been working

for Sysco Metro New York for 15 years. She is the district manager for Midtown-New York City. DoubleTree by Hilton in Burlington, Vt., was named the hotel’s 2012 Manager of the Year. Goodman is controller and manages financial operations, forecasting and budgeting for the hotel and its restaurant. He joined the hotel in 2001. Friends of Joel Harwood ’89 of Elizabethtown, N.Y., note his passing at the age of 45. He was a dedicated family man, survived by his wife and children, as well as a surveyor, construction field engineer, outdoorsman, and Boy Scout/community outdoors leader. Joel, a surveyor who worked on several road and bridge projects in the Adirondacks, also enjoyed many outdoor activities: He was a competitor in the Lake Placid Ironman competition, long distance Adirondack canoe races, camping trips, hiking and ski trail layout work, and making kayak and canoe paddles. No matter what the sport or season, he got out there – and, even better, he brought his friends and others. Kristy L. (Tapke ’89) Sullivan writes that

Katie L. (O’Shea ’96) Filosa’s daughter

Anabelle (7) belongs to an Irish step-dancing group. She's won many awards and was on TV at halftime of a Seton Hall basketball game. Michael Stannard ’97 reports, “I’m still

teaching young Vermonters the importance of their heritage and our working landscape. Developing brain research based and STEM learning opportunities in earth science and biology through activities such as fly fishing and maple sugaring. Three of our children are on three different baseball teams and Karyn, my wife of 10 years, and I are coaching one of them! I am developing a youth-maintained community garden/lunch summer program with Karyn. Still living in the timber-frame home we built with the help of friends and family in 2008. I’ll be forever contemplating the wonders of nature, and sharing it with the children, thanks to my life-enriching experience at Paul Smith’s College...children of the Earth unite!”

she and her husband Gary became proud members of Tug Hill Land Trust by designating their farm and woodlots as protected property, signing a conservation easement with the land trust, Fort Drum Army and Ducks Unlimited. This agreement forever protects the land from development in the future, while providing continued use for farming, recreation and, coming soon, environmental education programs.

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celebrated the birth of their son, Stephen Henrik. He joins two sisters, Lyla and Justine. Banffy has been at Arbor Services of Connecticut for over 16 years and is foreman and safety director. He has seen a few fellow UTMer’s recently but is curious as to where the rest of the boys are.

Manchester, Vt., where she was a front desk supervisor at the Equinox Resort Inn & Spa, to Newport, R.I., and the Castle Hill Inn, a Relais & Chateaux property. In her new position, Megan is the assistant front office manager. Trading in mountains for ocean views, Megan misses the piney smell of the Adirondacks and can’t wait to visit this summer.

Stephen Banffy ’95 and his wife, Bonnie,

three forms of cancer. Now he just wants to get back to normal.

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’14 (right) at a barbeque festival in Nashville, Tenn., in 2013. Douzuk is GM of the Opry Backstage Grill; Wrigley worked there while still a student.

David M. Goodman ’89, manager of the

Scott K. Burt ’95 writes that he has beat

. Michael Douzuk ’06 (left) and Mark Wrigley

Andrew M. Pisano ’00 graduated in August

2014 from the University of North CarolinaGreensboro with a Ph.D. in English. R. Justin Demers ’02 became an ISA-

certified arborist.

Megan Frank ’12 recently moved from

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Resident President It’s

an annual rite: Criticizing the U.S. president for taking too much vacation time. Hard to believe, then, that Calvin Coolidge managed to sneak out of the Oval Office for a luxurious two months – from July 7 to Sept. 18, 1926, staying at the White Pine Camp in Paul Smiths. He was never far from the job, though. Phelps Smith, Paul Smith’s son, kitted a still-standing cottage on the hotel’s grounds with telephone and telegraph service so the president could conduct business. (The White Pine Camp itself was owned by the college from 1948 to 1983; Coolidge’s digs became a dorm.) The fishing, though, seemed to be more on Coolidge’s mind than affairs of state. While he welcomed guests to the camp, one of many accounts of his expeditions noted that he was “becoming so addicted to rod and reel that he forgets when it is time to go home for dinner.” Thanks to Bill Wall ’64 for sharing the clippings! » Do you have a Paul Smith’s-related photo, artifact or other item with a story behind it? Share! Drop a line to kaaron@paulsmiths.edu.

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