Sequel, Fall 2021 by Paul Smith's College

PAUL SMITH'S COLLEGE | FALL 2021

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CONTENTS 75th Anniversary Proclamation �� 2 Welcoming President Dalrymple �� 3 Faculty Notes �� 4 Staff Notes �� 5 Academics Rethinking Sustainable Lodging ��7

Keeping it in the Family �� 8 - 9

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Hall of Fame ��15

COLLEGE ADVANCEMENT STAFF

Athletics Protecting the Den; Sports Round-up ��16 - 17

Steven G. Frederick, VP for Development & Alumni Relations

Women’s Soccer Feature ��19

Nordic Feature ��20 - 21

Heather Tuttle ’99, Alumni Relations Director

Wilderness and Waters �� 22 - 23 Gar Wood Boats �� 24 - 25 The Paul Smith’s College Room �� 27 Spaces: Rekindle the Flame �� 28 - 29 Felling of the Pine ��29 Hotel Gala Planned ��30 Walking in Phelps Smith’s Footsteps ��30 Alumni Welcome �� 32 Events ��33

Class Notes ��34 - 37

Trail Markers �� 37 - 39

Ways to Give ��40

Andrea Wilcox, Annual Giving & Stewardship Manager Mary L. McLean, Research, Events & Systems Manager Christine Wais, Director of Donor Advising Carol Murtagh, Assistant to the Vice President for College Advancement MARKETING STAFF Sarah Wheeler, Director of Marketing & Communications Andy Johnstone, Communications & Media Manager Katie Kearney, Social Media Coordinator

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Special thanks to Kathleen Keck, Katie Kearney, Jordan Craig, Amanda Lamonda (student), and Nicholas Frasier (student) for their photography contributions.

Officers

Members

Trustees Emeriti

Mark Dzwonczyk, Chairman of the Board

Lisa Baron

Donald O. Benjamin, ’56

Angela Noble-Grange, Co-Vice Chair

Fred Beltz

Ralph W. Blum, ’54

Jill Choate Beier

Richard Cattani, ’64

Paul Ciminelli

John T. Dillon, ’58

PRINTING

Pauline Jennett

John W. Herold, ’65

Dan Palladino, ’94

Sheila M. Hutt

Service Press Connecticut Wethersfield, CT (Scott Smith, ’77)

Matt Purcell, ’78, Alumni Board President

Pieter V.C. Litchfield

Ken Raymond, ’68

Jon Luther, ’67

Katharine H. Welling, Co-Vice Chair David Blye, ’81, Treasurer Karen Regen-Baum, ’83, Secretary Scott Dalrymple, College President

Elizabeth Thorndike

Caroline D. Lussi, ’60 Joan H. Weill

DESIGN Gina Brightwell, Brightwell Creative

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Senator Daniel Stec (above) and Assemblyman Billy Jones (right) visited campus to issue a proclamation commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Paul Smith’s College.

In the last 75 years, Paul Smith’s College has grown from a small two-year college to a four-year institution offering over 20 bachelor’s degree programs and now a master’s degree. The college is no stranger to adapting; the next 75 years and beyond will offer expanded opportunities for growth so as to continue delivering on its mission and vision and to be broadly recognized as an institution that provides unparalleled experiential learning.

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EMBRACING CHANGE Paul Smith’s College welcomes 12th president Paul Smith’s College announced earlier this year the decision to appoint Dr. Scott Dalrymple its 12th president, marking the end of a months-long effort by the college’s board of trustees to fill the role during an interim presidency carried out by Dr. Jon Strauss.

likes of The Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed and The Washington Post, Dalrymple has also had science fiction stories published and added that his bucket list includes rewriting the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Dalrymple has most recently served as president of Columbia College, Mo., at which he spearheaded a number of initiatives including a new strategic plan to help guide the college’s future, an innovative and affordable tuition program, and key partnerships. He was also involved in securing the college’s first- and secondlargest gifts in its history.

Paul Smith’s effort to fill the presidency role has been carefully planned in the midst of Covid-19. Following the retirement of Dr. Cathy Dove a year ago, Strauss was appointed interim president and helped guide the college as it navigated the pandemic and early return to in-person learning.

Columbia’s Truition program, or blended combination of “truth” and “tuition,” functioned as a transparent pricing notice for students enrolling at the Missouri-based institution. Dalrymple’s educational journey began in undergrad at SUNY Geneseo, followed by three graduate degrees earned at the University of Buffalo, including a Ph.D. in English and an MBA. “I was a first-generation college student, like so many students at Paul Smith’s College,” Dalrymple said. “Education changed everything for me.” While Dalrymple’s resume includes a host of academic accolades, it also boasts area connections—he spent much of his youth frequenting a family camp in nearby Raquette Lake, N.Y. His wife, Dr. Tina Dalrymple, is also from upstate N.Y. and a first-generation college student. She directs an at-home care agency and together they have five adult children, three grandchildren, and as Dalrymple joked, an “ungrateful cat.” Prior to his time with Columbia, Dalrymple was the dean for the School of Liberal Arts at Excelsior College in Albany, N.Y., an associate professor at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., and served as department chair and MBA director for Southwestern College (Winfield, Kan.). Outside of held roles, he has also authored several books, articles, and essays, some of which have appeared in The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. In addition to being featured in the

With Strauss’ leadership, Paul Smith’s students remained on campus and in class. Dalrymple’s tenure began July 12, about six weeks ahead of the fall 2021 semester and the anticipated return of learning more closely resembling that prior to Covid-19. “We had a great start to the Fall semester, welcoming over 300 undergraduate and graduate students to campus as well as several new hires for faculty and staff positions.” Since stepping into his new role, Dalrymple has fully embraced Smitty life. From donning waiters in the Osgood River for biological water quality testing and attending a natural resources economics lecture in the outdoor classroom, to welcoming NYS Assemblyman Billy Jones and Senator Dan Stec to campus, both presenting to the college official proclamations celebrating the 75th anniversary, President Dalrymple has been pleased to be a part of the campus community. “I know the year ahead will bring plenty of exciting changes. We still have a lot of work to do to remain healthy and keep our enrollment numbers climbing. In order for us to thrive and remain sustainable for the next 75 years and beyond, we must look for opportunities for growth so we can continue to deliver on our mission and vision.”

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FACULTY NOTES Deb Naybor, Ph. D, ’77 and Dan Kelting, working with Marcie Deroscher (SUNY Brockport) had their article, “Perceived Impact of COVID-19 and Other Factors on STEM Students’ Career Development,” published in the December 2020 issue of Research in STEM Education. Lee Ann Sporn, Ph. D was one of the co-authors for the article, “Spatio-temporal variation in environmental features predicts the distribution and abundance of Ixodes scapularis,” published in the International Journal for Parasitology. The article discussed the spread of ticks in New York, which Lee Ann has been studying for many years. Kelly Cerialo, Ph.D’s EST 330 Protected Landscapes and Community Sustainability course is teaming up with Dolomiti Learning to participate in a new study abroad course in the Dolomites Region in Northeastern Italy where they will be working virtually with Italian tourism and natural resources experts to envision and develop a new model of sustainable tourism. Glenn McClure, as co-founder, launched the Antarctic Artist and Writers Collective and their first online exhibition “Adequate Earth.” All members received the National Science Foundation fellowship to work in Antarctica, using their art to tell the story of Antarctic science and scientists. The collective seeks to promote ecoartists and support Art-Science collaboration. This opens opportunities for PSC science and culinary students for jobs and/or internships at McMurdo Station. Each Spring, Joe Henderson, Ph.D teaches SOC 200, a Social Issues course that analyzes controversial issues in modern American society. The students create their own podcast on topics such as

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wealth inequality, college costs and student debt, health care, gender inequality, and labor/ capital tensions. Upcoming topics include such issues as gun rights, gun violence and public safety, covid inequalities, and the mental health crisis. Joe also helped to launch a research collaboration on climate change education. Professor Sara Favargiotti and four graduate students from the University of Trento’s Landscape Architecture Program joined PSC’s Virtual Study Abroad Course with Kelly Cerialo, Ph.D and Eric Holmlund, Ph.D to present their project Branding4Resilience (B4R). B4R is an innovative project involving four Italian universities and 26 graduate students that aims to improve tourism infrastructure in a way that enhances small villages and builds community resilience. Kendra Ormerod co-presented a poster with two colleagues from University of Buffalo at this year’s AERA conference. Their presentation was called “Youth as Scientists and Community Problem Solvers” and built off of the team’s ongoing research examining an after school high school environmental science program. The team also submitted a paper to the Journal of Research in Science Teaching on this work, titled “Scientific Placemaking: Learning With/ in Place.” Professor Levi Sisler served as the Director of the Paul Smith’s College School of Logging this past summer. The School of Logging is a forestry career training program underwritten by the New York State Workforce Development Institute. This year, participants came from across the Northeast and ranged in aged from 18-57.

Photo credit: current PSC student Ethan Billman

PSC Forestry student and Marine Corps veteran Jon Robinson was appointed as our Troops to Timber program coordinator. In this role, Jon conducted both virtual and live career training sessions at Fort Drum this past summer. Natural Sciences faculty Scott Chimileski, Ph.D’s science exhibition World in a Drop: Photographic explorations of Microbial Life (first developed by the Harvard Museum of Natural History) continues to travel around the world. The exhibition has now been featured at science museums

in the US, UK, Colombia, Denmark, China, Uruguay and earlier this summer, opened at the Museu de Microbiolgia at the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This past summer, under the direction of Craig Milewski, Ph.D and his students, two ecological restoration projects continued on campus. The first is an on-going effort to restore the shoreline. The second project is an introduction to “no mow” zones, replacing artificial lawns with meadows of native plants more suitable for pollinators.

Forestry Advisory Board: Seeking New Members! The Forestry Department is looking to tap your expertise through our newly formed Forestry Advisory Board. We’re looking for members from a variety of forestry/natural resource professions to offer feedback as we update the curriculum and develop new programs. The Forestry Advisory Board will meet twice per year; once in December via Zoom, and once in July at Reunion (with a Zoom option for those who can’t make it in person). You’ll also receive updates and progress reports throughout the year. To register as a member of the Forestry Advisory Board please respond via email to alumni@paulsmiths.edu and include a brief description of your professional forestry experience.

STAFF NOTES Jodi Rossi presented to Saudi Arabia Education USA about PSC’s culinary, baking, and hospitality programs. Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 is a nationwide effort to become a world class tourist destination by 2030 and part of the efforts include expanding hospitality education. Jodi also, in partnership with M Square Media, hosted an international education agent training workshop. There were 23 agents in attendance, representing Africa, South America, India, and the MENA region. Paul Smith’s was awarded the Pittcon College Memorial Grant, which together with matching alumni funds, totals $20,000. Pittcon is the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. PSC Trustee and alum David Blye, ’81 opened the door to this opportunity and championed the alumni fundraising with a generous personal gift. The funds will be used for much needed lab equipment within the Natural Sciences department. For the third year, the Center for Sustainability attended and sponsored the North Country Food Justice Summit. This year, four students and three faculty members attended the two-day virtual summit as well as a meeting directly following the summit to debrief and brainstorm food justice initiatives for the college and the region. Brendan Wiltse, Ph.D, ’07 Director of Water Quality at the PSC Adirondack Watershed Institute, was the lead author on a presentation titled “Examining trends in the abundance of Discostella (Bacillariophyceae) species over the past 200 years in boreal lakes form the Experimental

Lakes Area (Canada)” presented at the 2021 Canadian Conference on Fisheries Research. Graham Mushet gave the talk; he is a Ph.D. candidate at Queen’s University who has been working with Brendan on this research. The PSC Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) also submitted a collaborative proposal with The Wild Center and the Finger Lakes Institute to New York Sea Grant to offer placebased watershed educational experiences to high school students in the Adirondacks and the Finger Lakes. Zoe Smith, AWI’s Deputy Director, helped to coordinate the Adirondack Common Ground Alliance winter meeting in March, featuring a strategy to Attract a New Generation of Residents to the Adirondacks. Michale Glennon, Ph.D developed “Wool and Water,” a project that illustrates water quality concepts and data with knitting and crochet. Developed as a teaching tool for an upcoming AWI project supported by a Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership project, Wool and Water is already a North Country sensation, having been showcased on NCPR and exhibited at TAWNY, even reaching school classes as far away as Alaska.

Mountain that would connect to the existing Nordic ski trails. On a recent site visit, they identified potential routes and found parts of the old rope tow including the V8 engine that pulled skiers up the mountain. Earlier this summer, the VIC also received news that a Monarch butterfly tagged at the VIC was located in Mexico. Matthew Dougherty attended the USA Nordic Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Summer National Championships in Park City, Utah. With the college partnering with USA Nordic, PSC was able to present to all the USA Nordic Clubs and speak with athletes from throughout the US about the programs available at PSC. Professor Bethany Garretson, ’09 was recently featured on the Fastest Known Time Podcast and talked about mental health and the benefit of climbing mountains. Nearly 40 alums, students, and faculty gathered on October 23rd to celebrate the dedication of the Kudish Natural Forest, a stand of old-growth located near Saint Regis Mountain. The event included guest speakers Dan Spada, ’76 and Dr. Joan Maloof from the Old-Growth Forest Network who partnered with Paul Smith’s College on the project.

Head men’s soccer coach Zack Luzzi, ’10 and head women’s soccer coach Bailey Walton both were recognized as Coach of the Year by the YSCC (Yankee Small College Conference). Kathleen Keck, M.B.A., Executive Assistant to the College President and the Trustees, has been named as a member of the Board Professionals Leadership Group with the Association of Governing Boards (AGB). The Leadership Group assists AGB with annual conference and webinar planning for board professionals who assist college presidents and their respected trustees. PSC has been a longstanding member of AGB. Steven Frederick was the keynote speaker at a national fundraising conference (virtual) hosted by NPact Fundraising Solutions. The case study was how he utilized consecutive giving reports to identify and cultivate a long-term annual fund donor into a $2M unrestricted gift.

Celebrating the dedication of the Kudish Natural Forest.

Members of the Paul Smith’s College CARE Team partnered with various departments and clubs from around campus to present the Tunnel of Oppression, an event that allowed for reflection and increased understanding of other people’s forms of oppression. Legendary backwoods skier, Ron Konowitz (aka “Ron Kon”), has agreed to partner with the VIC to study the feasibility of an open woods ski route on Jenkins

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Another successful return to in-person learning in 2021, with the largest incoming class since 2016!

HANDS-ON LEARNING, AND LIVING, AT IT'S BEST! Thanks to the Paul SmithsGabriels Fire Department, we were able to create an outdoor hockey rink this past winter for all members of our campus community to enjoy. The old tennis courts were flooded, which also allowed us to host the first annual Paul Smith’s College Winter Festival Pond Hockey Tournament.

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ACADEMICS

RETHINKING

SUSTAINABLE LODGING by Dr. Kelly L. Cerialo

Students in Field Studies in Hospitality had a unique opportunity to work with the Lake Placid 2023 World University Games and the Adirondack Sports Council to rethink what sustainable lodging in the Adirondack High Peaks Region should look like. For Phase 1 of the project in Spring 2020, ten students from the class assisted the Adirondack Sports Council with researching and developing a framework for lodging sustainability for the Lake Placid 2023 Winter University Games. As part of their research, the students analyzed lodging sustainability practices in large scale sporting events including the Olympic Games, lodging sustainability management plans from international hotels, the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s Lodging Sustainability Criteria, and federal, state, and local funding opportunities to support sustainability efforts. The final deliverable for the class was a template for a Lodging Sustainability Management Plan that participating lodging properties can utilize before, during, and after the 2023

World University Games to improve social, environmental, and economic sustainability. The Lodging Sustainability Management Plan incorporated goals from New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, the International Olympic Committee’s Sustainability Strategy, and the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s Lodging Sustainability Standards. The project addressed two of the World University Games Functional Areas – Accommodations and Legacy and Sustainability. This legacy item is intended to serve as a model for future large-scale international sporting events and as a standard Sustainability Management Plan for lodging properties throughout the Adirondacks.

Phase 2 of the project took place in Spring 2021 when a new class of Field Studies in Hospitality students researched and developed a sustainable lodging self-assessment that area hotels could use to determine the current state of social, economic, and environmental sustainability practices at their property. As part of their research, the students analyzed a selection of sustainable lodging certifications and held a series of interviews to determine the current challenges and opportunities with The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals lodging sustainability

including interviews with managers from area hotels and with the Sustainability Coordinator at Paul Smith’s College, Kate Glenn. Their findings revealed that there is an interest and motivation among area hotel managers to improve sustainability practices and that time, finances, staffing, age of buildings, and a lack of sustainability data tracking methods are the most significant obstacles to lodging sustainability. In Spring 2022, the Field Studies in Hospitality class will work on Phase 3 of the lodging sustainability project with the Lake Placid 2023 World University Games which includes a special collaboration with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, an industry leader in sustainable tourism who establishes the global standards for sustainable travel and tourism. When the project is complete, lodging properties in the High Peaks Region will have a series of tools to assist them with assessing, planning, and monitoring lodging sustainability. Interested in learning more? Contact Professor Kelly Cerialo, Ph.D at kcerialo@paulsmiths.edu. For more information on the upcoming World University Games in Lake Placid, and Paul Smith’s College’s involvement, scan here.

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ACADEMICS

KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY

An interview with a mother and son duo who are building a sustainable legacy with the help of a Paul Smith’s College education. Current PSC student Seina Vegh’s decision to switch majors from forestry to sustainability not only solidified his education and career path but also his mother’s. After researching the M.S. in Natural Resources Conservation on his own, Seina shared the information with Sarah, his mother, who then enrolled in the program. Now, both are on track to graduate in the spring and hope to utilize the knowledge gained from the programs in their family business and beyond.

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Seina: Growing up, we would spend our summers in the Adirondacks and that’s how we originally found out about PSC. We would camp at nearby Meacham Lake. When I enrolled, I started in Forestry but ended up switching to Sustainability after being encouraged by others. I worked two semesters for the Center for Sustainability as a waste minimization Fellow sponsored by Casella, the first one as an intern and the second as a credited work study. Once I made the switch to Sustainability, I had heard about the master’s program in Natural Resources Conservation and had started researching it. When I learned more about the program, that’s when I brought it up to my mom. I knew she had been considering getting her master’s for some time.

Sarah: Seina is your best salesperson. He sent me all the program information ahead of time before we even connected with the Admissions team. He does struggle with school, and I think what is unique about our situation is that being in the same field of study now and understanding the difficulties he may be going through has helped him strategize and figure out how to do it better. He’s taken on a heavy course load while maintaining good grades and I am very proud. It shows his level of interest and engagement. I am a full-time mom, full-time business owner, and taking course work full-time. Seina sees that it’s doable. If I can do it, he should be able to and he’s working even harder.

This has given me an interesting point of view and I then start to think “how does this apply to the outside world?” It has brought about some interesting projects and interesting things to do with my team because again, everyone wants to work on sustainability but no one knows how. When it comes to environmental sustainability, how do we bring the two sides together (both ethical and practical) and make it so it’s achievable? How do you make compromises that would allow the world to continue on for our children and grandchildren but also maintain the comfort that you’re used to? It’s a challenge. This program is allowing me to bring that “how” to our company.

SUSTAINABILITY RUNS DEEP

CHANGING MINDSETS AROUND SUSTAINABILITY

Seina: Sustainability in our family, especially my mom and dad, runs deep because it’s a bit of a family business. My parents have an environmental consulting company that I’ve been involved with since I was young. My father was one of the first people in our neighborhood with an electric (cordless) lawn mower that he got when I was about 5 years old. He was the first to drive down the block in an electric car, a Chevy Volt. Sarah: The program has been really good for me. We have been in environmental emissions reporting and air emissions help with manufacturing. We have a business that is 26 years old with 72 employees; we are very established. We build software for modeling air emissions. There is a little bit of difference there but everyone seems to keep talking about sustainability, but nobody seems to really know what sustainability is and how to pursue it. I decided to take this program to get directive on how do you really create a sustainability software? How do you help manufacturing and other companies “do” sustainability? It has been a really interesting journey. COURSE INSTRUCTION Sarah: Eric Holmlund, Director of Graduate Programs, discusses the ethical side and the practical side of sustainability as it relates to the natural world. We look at it from a forestry perspective, from an aquatic perspective, and then from a community perspective as taught by instructor Deb Naybor herself.

“He sees that it’s doable. If I can do it, then he should be able to and he’s working even harder.”

Sarah: Government incentives are huge. It’s simply spelling it out for people and showing people that the ROI could be; how much are you spending each much and what are you getting in return? Seina: I have been working on educating the campus on recycling. I’ve witnessed people take recyclable materials and put it in the garbage when the recycle bin was right beside it. It doesn’t take much to make a small change, just a little bit of thought and some reminders to get people to do the right thing. FUTURE PLANS Seina: I’ve done all sorts of different projects throughout the years, so I’m not quite sure yet what direction I’d like to go. Recently I’ve been talking with Deb Naybor on sustainable energy. It’s likely going to be my capstone project. I’m specifically interested in looking into solar energy and how to make it more available and widespread among communities in both the United States and Canada. Everything from completing the appropriate paperwork to the actual system itself. I think people are unsure of the risks and maybe are not willing to put that investment into getting alternate energy. Educating people on the ROI would be important.

be to get a job with someone who is doing sustainable energy installations, or with a solar energy company. Work there first to learn the ropes and after he’s worked there a while and he decides that it is still of interest, then he can pursue his own business. We’ll support him to help communities get renewable energy in a more affordable way. Sarah and Seina will graduate together in the Spring (2022). For more information about the M.S. or Sustainability degrees, visit paulsmiths.edu.

Sarah: I told Seina that when we first started our business, we worked for others for a while to learn what it takes to do something and to know for sure that it’s what you are interested in. I would imagine his first attempt would probably

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SMITTIES

Back Row, Left to Right: Rose (Thelen ’04) Bartiss, Heidi (Burns ’97) Godin, Daniel Stevener (’18), Taylor McGuire (’19), Hunter Favreau (’16) Front Row: Randy Martinez (’20), Shawn Boland (’16), Clara Lloyd (’19), Brandy (Jock ’97) VanBuskirk, Jonathan Farah (’20)

by Steven G. Frederick, VP for Development and Alumni Relations

A recent economic impact study shows Paul Smith’s College has a $67M direct and indirect annual impact on the local economy. Over one hundred ninety people work at the college with student and visitor impact contributing $7.3M annually. Obviously having PSC located in the Adirondacks contributes greatly to the local economy, but what impact do our graduates have on the local economy? A lot. There is a concerted grassroots effort underway to attract new residents to the Adirondacks. Sometimes called “Brain Drain,” young people feel that the best jobs and careers can only be found outside the Blue Line. This leaves an aging population, shrinking public schools, and fewer volunteers to help enhance their communities just to name a few. So, the question is how do we attract new residents? One answer is Paul

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Smith’s College. PSC is the perfect place for students to come try living in the Adirondacks for two or four years and see if they like our beautiful region. As the old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words” and this picture shows how Paul Smith’s College helps businesses grow and thrive thanks to our talented graduates. As one can see from the picture above, these Smitties liked it enough to stay and work here. According to Ami Parekh, HR Manager at Bionique Testing Laboratories in Saranac Lake, 40% of their employees are Smitties – and they are looking for more! We need to do all we can to make sure the next generation of Adirondack residents love it as much as we do.

CONGRATULATIONS

CLASS OF 2021

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MY PAUL SMITH'S EXPERIENCE by Danny Kaifetz ’76

I attended Paul Smith’s College on the G.I. Bill from January 1975 to 1976, after my service in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. I wasn’t looking for the whole college experience with dorm rooms and college activities. I just wanted to get a good job and a career as a land surveyor. I commuted 45 miles each way daily including tough back roads during the winter from my home on Burnt Hill in Saranac. There were three Veterans attending PSC at that time, Neal Carey and Rich Arnold, and myself. All local North Country boys. We stuck together the whole time in the Surveying program, and became best friends. I would like to share my experiences with one incredible man who changed my life and had a remarkable impact on me, Dean Rutherford. A tall lanky man, quiet and

soft spoken, kind of a cross between Abe Lincoln and Jimmy Stewart, maybe with a little Cary Grant thrown in for class… which he had an abundance of. I have never met a finer, more compassionate and caring man in my life. Dean Rutherford was always accompanied by a scruffy little dog named Terry who followed him everywhere on campus. The two were inseparable. Sometimes it was hard to tell who was following who, as they walked daily around the grounds and dropped in on classes and visited with students. Both were legends, a significant part of Paul Smith’s history and incredible faculty and administration. My professors included Creighton Fee in Surveying and Gould Hoyt in Forestry, both remarkable men. I did well by maintaining Dean’s List every semester and graduated magna cum laude, but more about that later. In December of 1975 I went to visit my Dad in Sheffield Lake, Ohio on Christmas Eve.

That night I received a call from my mother in Plattsburgh, through her tears informing me that my house had just burned to the ground and nothing was left of it. We packed up early in the morning and headed back to New York, arriving the next day to find the charred ashes and everything I owned still smoldering. Not the best Christmas experience of my life. I stayed with friends and the following week returned to PSC to let them know I was dropping out to deal with my unsettled situation and get back on my feet. Dean Rutherford listened quietly to my story, and when I was done I got a glimpse of what kind of man he was for the first time. The Dean was very proud of his veterans at PSC, he knew more

Education should improve the quality of your life. A technical education has as an immediate goal the knowledge necessary to function in a specific field. However, it has broader implications and overlaps the liberal education. It teaches an orderly thought process - to collect, arrange and evaluate data - and finally to settle on a course of action. College is only one step in the process of educating yourself. You must continue reading, conversing with well informed people and thinking. You will find educated people who have never been to college and also dunces with degrees. Many years ago Bacon said, “Reading maketh a full man,” and it is still true. We hope that Paul Smith’s has started you towards an education and that you will continue learning and be able to make a contribution to society.

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about us than we ever imagined and had great respect for us. He told me I was not dropping out, in no uncertain terms. He told me to go back home and get settled and then come back to see him in a couple of weeks. Little did I imagine he was about to change my life and give me a glimpse into the finest side of human character and compassion I would ever experience. I told him I had lost all my books in the fire, he told me he would take care of that. I told him I was not prepared for any of my final exams, (which back then occurred in January) he told me he would take care of that. I told him I had no money to live on, he said not to worry about that. I told him I had to rebuild my house and had very little insurance money, he said just to come back and see him as soon as I was ready. I got by for the next few weeks and returned to PSC to meet with Dean Rutherford again, still sure I was going to have to drop out and get my life back in order. He was deeply interested and concerned in how I was doing and how I was holding up, and started by presenting me a letter to the college bookstore. The letter said to go replace all my books and anything else I needed to get back to classes, and the college was paying for everything. I explained I had missed my final exams and he showed me a schedule for that day, for me to meet with each of my professors for an oral exam and get full credit for the past semester. He asked how I was doing financially. I told him not great. He then produced a huge glass jar, about 5 gallons or so, just full of money. Quarters and change and ones and tens and 20’s, and even some hundreds. Turned out the entire campus, both student body and professors, had chipped in whatever they could to help get me back on my feet. I suspect at least one of the hundreds or more came from the Dean himself. In total, there was well over $5000 in the jar. I was moved to tears. That was a lot of money back then. I took my 6 oral exams in less than a couple hours with each of my professors, and they gave me almost all straight A’s. Dean Rutherford was far from done with his concern for me, and made sure I would be back next week to see him again. The surveying program I was enrolled in was part of the Forestry Department. For our fourth semester, we formed into three-man teams and had a semesterlong forestry management program to

complete. Each team had 5 acres of Paul Smith’s beautiful forest. When I met the Dean the next time, he explained I would have 50 acres, not 5, and my team would be the other two vets in my class attending on the G.I. Bill. He didn’t want to see me pruning and thinning or anything like that, he instructed me to high grade the lot for the most beautiful White Pine logs we could harvest. We had the great Belgian draft horse team of Leo and his mare at our disposal, amazing animals that loved to work. Dean Rutherford made arrangements with a local sawmill near Onchiota. I bought an old dump truck from a friend and we hauled all our logs to Triangle Sawmill and our team worked with the sawmill owner Jim. We tailed for the sawyer and loaded lumber and logs and beams until we had around 15,000 board feet of beautiful material to build my house. Paul Smith’s paid for everything to settle with Jimmy. My surveying professor Creighton Fee worked with me on the plans and blueprints for my new home, generously donating his own time unselfishly and we did a great job together. By spring all my building materials were on site at my place on Burnt Hill as we cleaned up the rubble from the fire and got ready to build my new home. Some days, 30 or 40 of my friends showed up with cement mixers and trucks, tools and tractors. Everybody was pitching in cooking and cleaning up the area daily. Carpenters, masons, roofers, plumbers and electricians all worked hard. My new place was completed in record time and still stands today, nearly 50 years later.

had no interest in graduation ceremonies, just wanted to pick up my diploma. So I went to the administration office, already securing a job as a Crew Chief with R.M. Sutherland Surveying and Engineering in Plattsburgh. The lady in the office said I could not graduate, although I explained I had all the required credit hours and passed every course. I was then astounded when she told me I would not graduate because I had not requested permission to take all those credit hours in one semester. Dean Rutherford’s office adjoined the room we were in and his door was open. He came walking in and shook my hand, then turned to the lady who was giving me a hard time and told her: “No veteran who served his country, then went through the hardships Danny endured while managing to maintain Deans List through all this will ever be denied graduation from Paul Smith’s College. Hand this young man his diploma!” To this day I love Dean Rutherford, he was such a major influence in my life and an incredible role model. My gratitude to him is immeasurable. I truly hope his spirit lives on at Paul Smith’s College. God Bless you Sir.

That home wound up costing me almost nothing. Thanks to the generosity of Paul Smith’s College and a man that would not let me give up… Dean Rutherford. My new home was not just built from lumber and logs; it was built on a foundation of love and held together by the compassion of an incredible man who changed my life forever. That was not my last encounter with the Dean and his huge heart. Anxious to get to work, for my last semester I took an overload of 24 credit hours. Even with the long commute, working on my place, struggling to get by on the G.I. Bill, I managed to keep Deans List and at the end of four semesters (summer included), I had enough credits to graduate and get my A.A.S. Degree in the spring of 1976. I

Danny Kaifetz is the owner of Adirondack Flagpoles in Keeseville, New York. www.adirondackflagpoles.com

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Till the Last White Pine Falls “Forever wild,” they claim a place so beautiful I take in a deep breath, and the cool night air fills every atom of my being. I don’t know how to describe the smell of cold, but it feels so damn fresh and invigorating It awakens the senses, ya know? I take in another deep breath, and the smells of balsam fir and other pines take over. It reminds me of Christmas, and the year of the bush tree. Another breath in, and campfire smoke fills the lungs. I can taste the ghosts of s’mores past oozing through my veins, warming my core. Now, with each breath I take I become deeply rooted within, and reconnected to memories long gone, but not forgotten. These woods, This path, and That lake, They are MY lifeboat to nature, and all it has to offer. Consider me a survivalist, but I’m just like another Smitty on this campus, and I always will be. Forever. Until. The. Last. White. Pine. Falls.

by Corrie Desilets ’16

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HALL OF FAME The Paul Smith’s College Hall of Fame Committee is proud to announce the 2021 inductees to the PSC Hall of Fame: Audrey & Ralph Blum ’54

Charles LaForge ’50

Robert Brhel ’80

Clarence Lester*

Matthew Bush ’86

Judy Lester

John M. Cantwell Sr.*

Pieter Litchfield

John M. Cantwell Jr.*

Jon Luther ’67

Paul M. Cantwell Sr.*

Theodore Mack ’60

Paul M. Cantwell Jr.*

Alvie Marcellus ’63

Richard Cattani ’64

Earl Marcellus ’64*

Alfred Currier*

Frederick Oberst ’63

Mary Beth Dooley ’74

Harry Purchase*

Peter Dorn ’70*

Patricia (Hanlon) ’75 & Kenneth Raymond ’68

Walter Ganzi ’63 Margaret Peggy Goodman* William Hale* Linda Kirstein Michael Kudish

Brian W. Smith ’95* Charles Sporck ’48 Neil Surprenant *Deceased

Paul Smith’s College and the Hall of Fame Committee will celebrate these individual’s significant contributions to the past and present success of the college at an induction ceremony during 2022. Congratulations to all.

James Voorhies ’72, Hall of Fame Co-Chair

James Tucker, Hall of Fame Co-Chair, Director of Athletics

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PROTECT THE DEN SMITTIES DOMINATE IN FALL SPORTS When Paul Smith’s College students weren’t in the classroom this past fall, many of them excelled in the field of play representing Smitty Nation in a noteworthy manner and in a variety of sports. These student-athletes picked up honors in no fewer than four collegiate sports, both men and women, and occurred as a team and as individuals. The fall efforts were led by the three women’s teams, all grabbing conference championships. “The coaching staff did a superb job of keeping the student athletes engaged in training and preparing for athletic competition through the 2020-2021 school year, despite the pandemic and near total absence of competitions,” said Jim Tucker, Paul Smith’s College (PSC) Athletic Director. “This, combined with a very successful recruiting effort across the board, resulted in several very talented athletes on campus who want to excel and have a strong desire to win in their selected sports.” To Tucker’s point, the women’s soccer squad went undefeated in the regular season prior to winning the Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) tournament with a 1-0 victory over Albany Pharmacy. Abigail Cancilla earned Defensive Player of the YSCC tournament, while Kate Roefs and Brooke Kiefer both earned YSCC AllConference honors. Goalkeeper Anna Thrasher was named YSCC Conference Tournament MVP with 10 saves in the championship match. She led the conference with only seven goals allowed this season.

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The conference title earned the Bobcats an automatic bid to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Nationals. PSC coach Bailey Walton received Coach of the Year honors. On the men’s side, soccer keeper Steve Donnelly and striker Marvis Nosa made the YSCC All-Conference Team, while Coach Zack Luzzi ’10 was Coach of the Year. Paul Smith’s finished the season blanking its final three opponents, including a 4-0 victory over conferenceleading Albany Pharmacy to conclude the regular season. Nosa fired home three goals in the first half to lead the Bobcats. Then, in the post-season, the drama really started. In the YSCC tournament, PSC opened with a 1-0 win over NHTI, followed by a 2-1 decision, once again, over Albany Pharmacy in the conference semi-finals in a contest that saw Donnelly prove his mettle.

In a thrilling conference championship match, Central Maine jumped out to a 2-0 advantage before Nova reeled off two quick goals to tie the matter. The game then went to extra time where Central Maine took the decision on a penalty kick and advanced to the USCAA national tournament. YSCC honors also went to the Bobcat volleyball team, which captured both regular and post-season titles, the latter occurring with defeats of Southern Maine and NHTI. In addition to receiving Player of the Week honors in September, Alli Cherry and Jordan Louis were placed on the allconference team, while Cherry was the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and Louis collected the award for Offensive Player of the Tournament. The team got an automatic bid to the USCAA National Tournament, and has

been ranked in the top five in USCAA Division II volleyball all season. The Paul Smith’s College team battled the eventual USCAA Tournament Champions, University of Cincinnati - Clermont to two overtime sets, before winning the third in the first match of the tournament. Although Paul Smith’s didn’t win the match, they provided the toughest opponent of the tournament for UCClermont. PSC runners made their own headlines in the autumn of the year, having advanced to the YSCC Championships in crosscountry at Vermont Tech. PSC entered the event having placed second, third and fourth in fall invitationals. Freshman Jessie Church led from start to finish and won the YSCC Women’s 6K (3.7 miles) Championships in 27 minutes, 54 seconds. Three of her fellow Bobcats earned all-conference honors, as Ellen Haas placed fourth in 29:16, followed by Melody Ascioti, fifth, in 29:37, and Ellie Judice, seventh, with a time of 31:03.

all-conference honors with a personal best time of 31:38. Brady Miller wound up ninth in 32:57, while John Thompson took 11th in 34:10. Nate Shader was the fourth Bobcat in the lineup, and crossed the line in 35:39. The women’s team placed third at the USCAA Nationals over the 6K course, again led by Jessie Church. Both Church and Haas earned 2nd Team All American honors, coming in 12th and 14th places respectively. This was the highest team place the women’s program has ever had at nationals. Coach Jim Tucker was named YSCC Coach of the Year. Both cross country teams were larger than most teams in the USCAA, with a total of 23 runners representing Paul Smith’s College During the fall golf schedule, PSC, whose home course is Saranac Inn, proudly produced a pair of YSCC All-Conference selections. Sophomores Madison Bentley and Daniel Miner finished the season

with the YSCC’s second and third lowest scoring averages, respectively. The Bobcats were as dominant on water as they were on land, capturing both the New York State collegiate championships in bass fishing and in the canoe marathon. The effort from the Bobcat anglers included the lunker of the tournament, weighing over 7.5 pounds The Paul Smith’s College Trap Team wrapped up the fall 2021 season by earning 2nd in the regional collegiate trap conference. Sophomore Jacob Grimm was PSC’s top shooter taking 3rd overall in the men’s division while freshman Kandra Mcgraw took 3rd in the women’s division. The season concluded with eight PSC students going on to the National Championship where Kandra Mcgraw finished an impressive 2nd in the JV Women’s National League and Seth Miller tied for 8th in the Men’s Varsity league. As a team, PSC placed 5th overall in the USA Clay Target National Championship.

The Paul Smith’s College women won the event scoring 25 points to second place Albany Pharmacy’s 31. Nine women from PSC took part in the 6K event, with Michelle Martineau finishing 18th for the Bobcats as the team’s fifth scorer. Captain Zack Sprott-Scribner ran the Bobcats to a second-place finish in the men’s 8K (4.9 miles) event, thus earning

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WOMEN’S SOCCER The Paul Smith’s College women’s soccer team’s bid for its first United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division II national championship fell short as the Bobcats were derailed 4-1 by the State University (N.Y.) College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the title match. A pair of first half goals by Grace Sinsebox within a span of 2:19 stretched a 1-0 advantage into a 3-0 halftime lead for ESF. After the intermission, PSC’s Hayleigh Gates trimmed the deficit to 3-1 in the 72nd minute before Kelly Cooper ended the scoring for ESF, giving them the national crown. Anna Thrasher of the Bobcats registered six saves in the contest. In winning the title, ESF handed Paul Smith’s College its first loss of the season; the Bobcats concluded their spectacular fall with a record of 11-1-1. “I could not be more proud of our team on and off the field,” said PSC head coach and coach of the year Bailey Walton. “We set the bar pretty high this year and I look forward to continuing to improve our program. We have a young squad, including six starting freshmen. I’m excited for the future of soccer program at Paul Smith’s College.”

Bailey Walton, 2021 Women’s Head Soccer Coach

In addition to PSC’s noteworthy team accomplishment, a number of individuals were rewarded with post-season honors:

Zack Luzzi ’10, 2021 Men’s Head Soccer Coach

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Freshman Hayleigh Gates received USCAA DII Player of the Year

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Danielle Lockwood received Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year

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Bailey Walton received USCAA DII National Coach of the Year

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Kate Roefs and Hayleigh Gates were named First Team All-American

“The coaching staff did a superb job of keeping the student athletes engaged in training and preparing for athletic competition through the 2020-2021 school year, despite the pandemic and near total absence of competitions.”

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Samantha Severing was Second Team All-American

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Grace Kronick was an Honorable Mention AllAmerican

Jim Tucker, PSC Athletic Director 2021 Cross Country Coach of the Year

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Two Paul Smith’s College student-athletes named to the 2021 US World University Games team Dolcie Tanguay, Diego Schillaci placed on American squad to compete in Switzerland Paul Smith’s College and US Biathlon have announced that two student-athletes at the College of the Adirondacks have been named to the 2021 World University Games team.

In just two years, Tanguay, 19, and Schillaci, 18, are among 26 Nordic and biathlon athletes representing eight states that are currently enrolled at the college.

Dolcie Tanguay, of Fort Kent, Maine, and Diego Schillaci, of New Paltz, N.Y., will compete in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Games are set for Dec. 11-21 in the Swiss city and the six cantons in the central region of the country. The event was delayed 11 months due to the pandemic.

“I am very excited for this opportunity through USBA and Paul Smith’s,” said Schillaci, a 3.0 student in Environmental Science. “I have never been to a competition of this scale before, and I have no idea what to expect. I may be a bit nervous, but I’m going to try to take it one piece at a time and remember to try my best. I am looking forward to meeting people from all different cultures and backgrounds connected by this awesome sport.”

“We are thrilled for Dolcie and Diego,” said Max Cobb, US Biathlon President and CEO. “The opportunity to compete with the top student biathletes from around the world is incomparable, and we know it will inspire them as well as being a tremendous educational experience. They will represent Paul Smith’s College and our country really well.” Tanguay was among the athletes who officially opened the school’s biathlon range 13 months ago. It is the only oncampus range in the country. Together with the college’s expansive Nordic trail network, athletes don’t have to travel to get in a training session at the E. Philip Saunders Nordic and Biathlon Stadium which launched in January 2020. “I am so excited to represent the U.S. at World University Games,” stated Tanguay, whose Grade Point Average is a perfect 4.0. “It will be my first time competing in Europe, and I’m looking forward to learning as much as possible as well as getting to race in a new place. The Paul Smith’s College partnership with USBA gave me a chance to continue to competitively train for biathlon after I graduated from high school in addition to working towards an environmental science degree. The training opportunities at Paul Smith’s are incredible, and I can’t imagine a better place to combine sport and education.”

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“Paul Smith’s College will be well represented at the 2022 World University Games by Dolcie and Diego,” added Tim Burke, a four-time Olympian and now the organization’s Director of Athlete Development. “These races will be an excellent opportunity for both athletes to experience international biathlon racing with other student/athletes from around the globe. I’m sure this will be a motivating experience for both and a valuable steppingstone in their biathlon careers.” Along with USA Nordic, the biathlon national governing body has forged an official relationship with Paul Smith’s College as part of the institution’s sport and education initiative. The World University Games also provides an international platform for the school in high-profile competitions that will be broadcast to a worldwide audience. “It is incredibly rewarding to see Dolcie and Diego have this opportunity to represent the USA at what amounts to a world championship event for university athletes,” remarked Matt Dougherty, Nordic coach at Paul Smith’s College. “Two years ago, we started this program for biathletes in the hopes we could help

more athletes pursue both biathlon and a college education. To see athletes getting that opportunity two years in is incredibly special. “I know both Dolcie and Diego will be great trailblazers for our program. Not only athletically but as students and leaders, they are setting the model for the program at Paul Smith’s College as it continues to grow and gain momentum. I am equally excited for them and proud of them both.” US Biathlon and Paul Smith’s College are also envisioning a similar type participation when the World University Games come to Lake Placid in January 2023. At time of publication, the World University Games to be held January 2022 in Luzerne, Switzerland have been canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus.

Enhanced partnership with USA Nordic College is designated as the Official Higher Education Partner of USA Nordic “We’re excited to fully integrate both organizations,” said USA Nordic Director Bill Demong. “We’re now taking the athletic successes into the classroom; providing organizational hands-on experience for all students.” Some of the notable enhancements of this partnership include internship opportunities for graduates and undergraduates as well as opportunities for students to shadow and participate with several USA Nordic events. In addition, Paul Smith’s College will be named an Associate Partner of both the Men’s and Women’s U.S. Cup Series, the highest level of competition in the United States for the sport of Nordic Skiing, enhancing the College’s exposure to future students, future student athletes and alumni. “The partnership between USA Nordic and Paul Smith’s College shows that both parties remain committed to providing an opportunity for elite athletes to pursue education and training at the same time,” said Paul Smith’s College Dean of Students Courtney Bringley. “Our model is innovative and comprehensive in consideration of both an individual’s athletic and academic pursuits. I look forward to welcoming more USA Nordic athletes to the Paul Smith’s community.”

Meet PSC’s Nordic Student Athletes

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WILDERNESS AND WATERS by Professor Becky Sutter ’97

How a love for paddling taught me resilience I grew up in Minnesota -The Land of 10,000 Lakes- so my affinity for water started at a very young age. As a child of the Cottonwood River, I was hard to get home for dinner on those hot summer days of my youth. That fascination with rivers has followed me into my fifth decade of life, and it’s part of the reason I ended up at PSC in 1995. I was drawn by the wilderness and waters of the Park. The canoe team was a fledgling club while I attended PSC and we paddled for fun. Coach Jim Tucker, now PSC’s Athletic Director, would take us on adventures to the many ponds in the area; including an occasionally frosty, full moon paddle where our thwarts would be coated with ice by the time we got back to shore. These were the outings I remember. The ones where the power of nature was clearly evident as we struggled to stay warm and spoke in hushed tones so as not to interrupt the ancient silence of the late autumn night. CANOE RACING After leaving PSC, I continued to paddle canoes competitively

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for about 10 years. I raced all of the small races locally with my partner Guy Middleton, another aquaholic. We even won a few 90-milers in the mixed stock class. In 2014, a friend invited me to race at the amateur level (a different kind of boat design) and I was thrilled to jump into the mixer. That year I raced at The Nationals and won the mixed amateur class in a stock boat. 2014 was also the year I decided to try what is considered one of the toughest canoe marathons in the world, the Ausable River Canoe Marathon, a 120-mile, non-stop, overnight race down the mighty Ausable River. The second race in the triple crown of professional canoe racing. AUSABLE RIVER CANOE MARATHON This year, as in every year before, the 73rd running of the race began in Grayling, MI, a small, historic lumber town. It’s no different from the small towns in the Adirondacks except for the massive National Guard training facility that occupies much of the southern end of the town. And just like towns in the Adirondacks, this region had to find some way to live after the death

of the logging industry when coal became king. Grayling was fortunate to have the headwaters of the Ausable run right through the middle of town. In 1984, under President Ronald Reagan, the Ausable was designated a wild and scenic river. This designation ensured the beautiful riverhabitat to numerous species of trout and gamefish to be protected in perpetuity. This designation also ensured that once thriving lumber towns could build on an outdoor industry that is still the lifeblood of their economies to this day. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY Consumers Energy is the primary sponsor for the ARCM. Their 104 year history on the Ausable at the 13 hydroelectric

projects are licensed by the FERC. Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility, is the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), providing natural gas and electricity to 6.6 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Their presence on this river, the state of Michigan and this historic race, cannot be understated. To the racers though, the dams mean much more than sustainable energy. The dams are a chance to get out of the boat and stretch our tight hip flexors and lower backs and get blood flowing in our legs as we carry around the massive generators to the next section of the river. THE DAMS Roughly 6 hours into the race

we got into the first dam. Mio Dam comes as a huge relief, and for me it’s the point where I know how the rest of my race will go. The take out is a raised wall to a causeway, and you must stand up in your boat and pull yourself up and then get your boat out. After having not used my legs for 6+ hours, I’m always shaky and the down slope as you take out usually sends me stumbling. We dumped the boat, talked to our feeders and got warm clothes for the rest of the night. Mio is also a chance to change lights if you’re running low. There are roughly 2-3 hours of night racing remaining and Alcona Dam is a long distance away. Alcona, the second dam, is usually socked in with heavy fog making either a GPS track or a local in your boat, a necessity. This year I had both, and according to race veterans, the fog was the worse it’s been in decades. My partner took the boat and directed us to the correct landmarks on the shores. We made it to the take out unscathed. Alcona to Loud is the longest section for me. It’s where mental fortitude takes over. The sun rises, the late July heat starts to beat down on us on the large ponds behind the dams, and I know I have at least 8 hours of racing left. It doesn’t matter how well I’m hydrated, or how strong I feel, I still want to quit. My body says, “stop right now!!” But my heart and mind say, “this is what you’ve trained for. This is where you decide on how you’ll finish. You WILL finish.” I talk to friends on the other side and ask for strength. Somehow, for the fifth time, I found it, and pushed on to the last two dams. Cooke and Foote dams have large containment ponds (lakes) to cross and for paddlers who prefer open water paddling, they can really help to gain time. We packed up with two other teams and cruised with a tailwind across Cooke. Foote pond was difficult due to a turn which put the wind

as a cross wind rather than a tailwind and we were blasted by waves and chop for a good half hour before we were able to approach the take out. Once we made it to the last section to the finish, we faced the longest 11 twisty miles of our lives. Even though we were on a personal best pace, we felt like we had dropped anchor and even got passed by a men’s team. We were both completely gassed. I heard a woman’s voice behind me and refused to lose a position to another team. The cheers from the tubers and people on the shore became stopwatches. I was counting seconds between the cheers for us and the boat behind us. The closest they got was twenty seconds. 16.5 hours into the race, we rounded the last turn into Oscoda. With the checkered flag and Lake Huron in sight, I flashed back to the hushed voices in the night less than 12 hours earlier. We had talked as we moved between the mighty pines. The same ancient silence from my St. Regis nights hung in the fog that swirled on the river. We thanked the hearty souls who cheered us on from 3:00 AM bonfires. I no longer felt the pain of the long race. I only treasured those long held memories of full moon paddles with Coach Tucker. They instilled in me the heart and secret knowledge of how to keep going when everything around me is telling me I can’t. Smitty On.

PSC Teams, including Professor Sutter (above), take on the 2021 Adirondack Canoe Classic (better known as the 90-miler)

Becky was a paddler on the first Envirotrek program that paddled from PSC to Liberty Island in 2000 and the Erie Canal in 2001. She has also been on PSC faculty since 1999. If you want to learn more about this amazing event, check out their Facebook page at Ausable River Canoe Marathon.

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GAR WOOD BOATS

by Scott van Laer, ’93, Executive Director of the Paul Smith’s College VIC

Turning a passion into a family business by Scott van Laer ’93, Director Paul Smith’s College VIC

Imagine a perfect, picturesque Adirondack Lake. For many, that image includes a loon floating on the water’s surface. It is an image that has become truly iconic and representative of the Adirondacks. An equally iconic image is that of a long sleek wooden boat gliding across an Adirondack Lake. For nearly a century now, the Gar Wood boat has been capturing the imagination of anyone who ever watched one in awe as it cut through the water or was tied up at the dock of a great camp. Garfield “Gar” Wood was an early 20th century inventor and entrepreneur who was obsessed with speed and boats. At first he simply purchased fast boats and raced them, he was even the first man to travel over 100 MPH on the water. However, his racing success led to a business opportunity, and he began producing what arguably became the world’s finest line of sport boats. He built a state of

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the art production facility in Michigan that maintained high standards of production while allowing a variety of models for consumers. It wasn’t long before a Gar Wood could be found on most large Adirondack lakes. Approximately 10,000 Gar Woods were manufactured until WW2 put an end to their production. Following the war, fiberglass and plywood boats dominated the boating industry and the wooden speedster boat era seemed over. The last Garwood was produced in 1947, or so it seemed for more than half a century. This, of course, is the part of the story where a Paul Smith’s alum comes in. Tom Turcotte spent his childhood summers on Brant Lake and became fascinated with the antique boats he saw out on that Adirondack Lake. He even spent time restoring one as a teenager. When he came to Paul Smith’s College as a student in 1971 he may have heard or even seen a Gar Wood on St. Regis, but like all new students he put his time into his studies, majoring in hotel and restaurant management. After graduation he went on to Cornell University and for the next 8 years he managed hotels in the Albany area. Restoring Gar Woods remained a passionate hobby however, one that blossomed into a side business with his brother Larry.

“In the 1970’s there was a wooden boat phenomenon that took hold and I was part of that,” Tom recalls. “People suddenly wanted to go back to the vintage style boats.” What was a side business began to grow and expand, “a hobby that got out of hand and took off.” The hobby became very successful and eclipsed his career managing hotels. Tom and Larry developed a national reputation for their craftsmanship in restoring Gar Woods. Their attention to detail and high standards had people all over the country bringing them boats to bring back to life. It was a hobby no more but it remained a passion and now a fulltime family business. In 1985 they purchased the Gar Wood name, and the legend and mystique was reborn. By 1987 they were turning out brand new boats following the specifications of the original masterpieces yet using modern technologies where appropriate. “The new boats have modern amenities and technology while still accomplishing the traditional style of the vintage Gar Wood design,” explains Tom. The Turcotte family legacy continued at Paul Smith’s when Tom’s son Mike enrolled there. “I went to Paul Smith’s because my father went there, the hotel and restaurant management program is great and the snowmobiling nearby is incredible!” he says today with a laugh. Perhaps he had a similar need for speed as Garfield Wood?

Mike graduated in 2010 and much like his father set off managing a string of restaurants in the Albany area. Before long he was brought back to the same spot in the Adirondacks, Brant Lake, where the dream of the sleek wooden speedster first took hold of his father and uncle. “I was very successful and was getting more and more responsibility in the restaurant world but I missed the Adirondacks and wanted to get back in to the family business.” He left the restaurant business behind and returned to the Gar Wood shop. The Turcotte family is now into their fifth decade operating a fulltime commercial business producing and restoring Gar Woods. It is still a tight-knit family operation, now led by the second generation in Brant Lake. They have several other employees and a tour of their shop reveals the detail and comprehensive nature of production and restoration. There you can find engines being rebuilt, including ones that were originally WW1 aircraft engines but converted for marine use in Gar Woods. They produce just a few new boats a year and each one is an absolute work of art. Being the owner of a Gar Wood is an exclusive club indeed, just like being a Paul Smith’s alum. For more information on the Turcotte family business, please visit www.garwoodcustomboats.com.

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THE PAUL SMITH'S COLLEGE ROOM For decades, Paul Smith’s College and the Hotel Saranac in Saranac Lake were synonymous, with the school running the lodging property as a full-service hotel and learning center in the midst of the village. The relationship began in 1961 when the college took ownership of the 88-room hotel. The college’s hotel management and culinary curricula were a perfect match for the needs of the inn and its clientele. Students were schooled 10 miles away on campus, and then employed this knowledge in a real-life environment at the hotel. However, that relationship ended in 2007 when PSC sold the Hotel Saranac to the Arora family, which in turn, sold to New Hampshire-based Roedel Companies in 2013. The Roedel family has long-time connections to Saranac Lake; their mother was born and raised in the village, and their grandfather was a doctor who treated patients suffering from tuberculosis. The Roedels have embarked on a $30 million revival of the Hotel Saranac in a quest to return the property to its lost grandeur, albeit with modern resort amenities. The hotel’s design roots can be traced to the Davanzati Palace in Florence, Italy. Now, with PSC understanding the importance of the hotel to the community’s economy, the two entities are about to partner once again. Initially, it may not be at the level of that by-gone, time-honored era, but thanks to the generosity and consideration of the Roedels, the school will receive a downstairs conference room, to be named the Paul Smith’s College Room. Hotel ownership also has intentions of naming other rooms as well. “It’s important for us to honor this relationship that dated back about five decades,” said Fred Roedel, Chief Financial Officer. “In looking at the present and the future, I think this is a good time for both parties to re-engage. It’s a small start, but it’s a start nevertheless. We’re proud

to have one of our conference rooms bear the name of Paul Smith’s College.” As the “new” Hotel Saranac seeks connections to the Adirondacks and the Tri-Lakes area, Roedel added that other rooms at the hotel will also bear names that are endemic to the region. “Naming this conference room after PSC gets this initiative underway for us,” added David Roedel, brother of Fred and the company’s Business Development Officer. “We want the hotel to be connected to the greatness that the North Country exhibits every day. I’m looking forward to starting this process with the college. The room will also include historical images from Paul Smith’s College in keeping with the legacy of the school, and will serve to remind everyone how important Paul Smith and Paul Smith’s College was, and still is, to the region.” “On behalf of our students, staff and administration, I am very happy that this first step has occurred,” stated Scott Dalrymple, college President. “The history we had with the hotel lasted 45 years. Now, there’s nothing there to indicate our

part in its history, but with many thanks to the Roedel family, PSC will have a presence once again. I know our alumni, many of them having worked at the Hotel Saranac, will be very happy to hear this news.” Formal naming and opening events are being considered in Winter 2022 with the possibility of hosting the event during Winter Carnival.

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SPACES

REKINDLE THE FLAME by Dr. Brett McLeod ’03 and Paul Pillis ’69

As Paul Smith’s College celebrates its 75th anniversary, we thought it would be appropriate to reflect a bit on our history, as well as what’s ahead and how you can help. If you were here in the 1950s, undoubtably you remember the names Hoyt, Peroni, Rutherford, and Woodward. It was a decade focused on building a top-notch forestry program, where graduates would earn a reputation for their grit, as well as their technical and woods skills. The 1950s and 60s also marked the beginning of our dominance in competitive lumberjack sports with our woodsmen’s team putting the fear of God into Ivy Leaguers, West Point Cadets, and anyone else naïve enough to challenge a Stumpy with an axe. By the early 1960s it was clear that PSC and the forestry club was building a woodsmen empire that demanded its own log cabin clubhouse. It was Alvin Fuller who worked with Gould Hoyt to advance the Forestry Club Cabin

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vision, and garner support from President Buxton. Then, men like Bob Jardine and Rick Packard ran with the plan. The early 1970s was a time of construction with weekend work parties under the watchful eyes of Hoyt and Pillis. April 14, 1973, marked the completion of major construction on the Forestry Club Cabin and the dedication of its stone fireplace. At the time, it was rumored to be the second largest stone fireplace in the Adirondacks. The 1970s and 80s were marked by a social life of spaghetti dinners, square dances, and building rustic furniture for the Cabin. The 1980s and 90s were eras of refinement for the Cabin that included a new entryway with custom stained glass and a fleet of war canoes and fiberglass racing canoes built by Forestry Club members under the direction of Mike Rechlin. It also marked the launch of bachelor’s degrees at Paul Smith’s and expansion of forestry to include a program in arboriculture.

The early 2000s brought new equipment to both the woodsmen’s team and Forestry Department. An emphasis on professionalism in forestry spurred the expansion of the student chapter of the Society of American Foresters. New international travel opportunities brought forestry students to Siberia, Germany, and the Dominican Republic. 2019 marked the launch of a master’s program and a curricular expansion that now includes wildland firefighting and disaster management. We’ve become a national leader in logger training through our School of Logging curriculum, and we continue to work with transitioning veterans though our Troops to Timber program. While much of this is new, you’d be surprised by how much Paul Smith’s hasn’t changed. Our professors and students still prefer to have class outside (no matter the weather), our draft horses are still skidding logs down Keese Mills Road, and students still spend their evenings and weekends

FELLING OF THE PINE The Leaning Pine Returns to the Paul Smith’s College Joan Weill Adirondack Library

hanging out in the Forestry Club Cabin. As when you were here, our mission remains to produce forestry graduates with “sharp minds and callused hands”. Unfortunately, hanging out in the Forestry Club Cabin now has a bit less glow and ambiance than it once had, as its chimney, firebox, and hearth were deemed unsafe during a recent fire inspection. Fires are now banned until $36,000 worth of required repairs are completed. Seeing this beautiful two-sided fireplace without a warm fire inside is a sad sight to behold. Unfortunately, the college’s facilities budget is stretched thin and unable to support this important project. Smitties rolled up their sleeves and built the Cabin and fireplace almost fifty years ago. Now we are asking you to roll up your sleeves again. With your financial help, we can bring back the glow by Reunion 2022. Almost $6,000 has already been donated towards the cause! Please help keep “the fire alive” by making a gift today at www.paulsmiths.edu/give.

When the new library was built, the “cookie” lay in storage until this past year when several faculty and students began resurrecting it. Today it is back on display, newly refinished (special thanks to Professor Dave Simmons ’07 and students), with the rings re-counted and marked (special thanks to S-STEM students) and with a more culturally balanced and relevant list of events-in-the-rings covering the last three centuries of local history, with additional help provided by Professor Corey Laxson ’98.

50th anniversary of the felling of the PSC leaning pine Fifty years ago, the infamous Leaning Pine was laid down on the site where it once stood. James Voorhies ’72 shared his recollection of the day while standing in front of the refinished wood cookie piece. Jim met in the library to share a few words with fellow alums David Cain ’72, Craig Miller ’72, Paul Pillis ’69 as well as Steven Frederick (VP for Development) and Heather Tuttle ’99 (Alumni Relations). While he did not go into detail on the events that led up to this day, Jim continues to research how this great symbol of PSC came to meet its fate in an effort to accurately tell its story. We hope to share this information with alumni on a future edition of the Smitty Story Hour in Spring 2022!

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HOTEL GALA PLANNED The Adirondack Store, in conjunction with Paul Smith’s College, will sponsor a Gala next summer with the theme, “The Paul Smith’s Hotel” Apollos Austin (Paul) Smith started a small country inn and ended up owning one of the most famous resorts in 19th Century America with tracts of forestland, a railroad, power, and telephone companies and other businesses. He was a pioneer and a man ahead of his time.

WALKING IN PHELPS SMITH’S FOOTSTEPS by Steven G. Frederick, VP for Development and Alumni Relations

Over 75 years ago, Phelps Smith (Paul’s son) left provisions in his will to create a college with the proceeds from his estate. Thanks to his vision and willingness to “pay it forward,” we celebrate Paul Smith’s College’s 75th Anniversary. Please consider “walking in Phelps Smith’s footsteps” by leaving a portion of your estate to ensure future Smitties can have access to a great PSC education. You share our vision of delivering hands-on education for a meaningful life, and by creating your legal will, you can establish your own vision for the future, too. We’ve partnered with FreeWill to give our community access to an easy and efficient tool that helps you plan for the people and causes you love—entirely for free. You can also choose to create a legacy with us, to ensure our Smitties can learn and grow for generations to come! To start your legacy, you can go to FreeWill.com/PaulSmithsCollege. Many of our alumni and supporters may be surprised to learn that they can also support our Smitties through their IRA. If you’d like to make an immediate impact for our incredible students—while saving on your tax bill in the process—we have a free online resource to make IRA-giving as easy as possible. If you’re 70.5 or older, consider creating a tax-free IRA gift today at FreeWill.com/QCD/ PaulSmithsCollege.

“We believe the Gala will be a way for us to go back in time and take a look at what Paul Smiths Hotel meant to the area” says PSC VP of Development and Alumni relations, Steve Frederick. “It will be a fun theme and we encourage attendees to get dressed up in clothing of the era. The event will be staged on the shores of St. Regis Lake right where the original Hotel was built over 125 years ago. The founder’s son Phelps took over this aspiring business and upon his death in 1937, his will decreed the founding of Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences to honor his father. The College opened in Fall 1946 and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. The school has a 14,000-acre campus which is one of the largest in the world and provides education degrees in Forestry, Natural Sciences, Business and Hospitality and Culinary Management. The Adirondack Store will decorate the event space with Adirondack Antiques from the past and present and for Chris English, the owner, it has a double meaning. “My father Charles graduated from PSC in 1959 so I have a special admiration of the College but what I’m really excited about is the historical artifacts we will be able to put on display like Paul Smith’s own walking cane and some other very historical Adirondack antiques. We have lots of material we will put on display and for sure, we are looking forward to it.”

Save the date! The Gala is planned for Thursday, August 11, 2022. Watch for more information on the PSC website at www.paulsmiths.edu. We look forward to seeing you next summer.

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ALUMNI

Dear Alumni, Winter is here! As I am writing this letter, our campus has a fresh blanket of snow, temperatures in the 20’s (above zero, for now) and beautiful blue skies overhead. While our students prepare to head home for a well-deserved break, the Alumni Office is moving forward with plans for the coming year full of events. We will be hitting the road again, as much as possible. From Florida to Maine, Massachusetts to California, Hawaii to Alaska, and everything in between, we want to see you.

ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matthew Purcell ’78, President Daniel Richards ’89, 1st Vice President

Plans are moving forward for a new event, Hall of Fame Celebration, that has been postponed not once but twice due to the pandemic. During the Spring 2022, we hope to celebrate the first two groups of Hall of Fame Inductees, both 2020 and 2021. If all goes as planned, we will be on track to celebrate the 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees next Fall.

Russell Wagner ’05, 2nd Vice President

Please see page 15 of this edition of the Sequel for a listing of the 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees. To view a list of all inductees with biographies, as well as information on how you can nominate someone to be considered for the 2022 Hall of Fame, visit www.paulsmiths.edu/alumni/ hall-of-fame. I’m certain that you can think of a few people who helped you while you were at PSC that are worthy of such recognition. So send in your nominations for consideration.

Maureen Morgan ’83, Treasurer

As always, remember to keep us in the loop of any changes in your world, from a new job to recent retirement, marriage, new address or the welcoming of a child. We love hearing from our alumni and celebrating these special life events with you. Visit www.paulsmiths.edu/alumni to connect with your classmates, share a story and update your contact information. You may also email us at alumni@paulsmiths.edu or call 518.327.6253.

William Farnham ’98

With any luck we will see you soon at one of the many upcoming events either on campus or in your neck of the woods. Until then, please stay safe, be well, and Smitty On!

Timothy McLaughlin ’02

Best wishes,

Peter Frank ’83, Secretary

Darrell Austen ’94 Tara Butcher ’01 Joseph D’Urso ’98 Karen Frank ’83 Michael Heller ’03 Donald Jones ’00 F. Joseph McCranels ’54 Patrick Mercurio ’07 Pam Nobles ’77 Patricia Pastella ’83 Andrew Quinn ’83 Christopher Reuther ’04 Emily Segada ’20

Heather Tuttle ’99 Alumni Relations Director

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Andrea Urmston ’89 Scott van Laer ’93

2022 ALUMNI EVENTS JANUARY

JUNE

Alumni Board Meetings: Albany ��January 8 & 9

Smitty Story Hour �� June 9

Alumni Reception: Albany Area �� January 8

Campground Clean-Up Day �� June 11

Smitty Story Hour �� January 13

Alumni Board Meetings: Paul Smiths �� June 11 & 12

FEBRUARY

JULY

Smitty Story Hour �� February 3

Reunion 2022 ��July 22 - 24

Winter Carnival: Saranac Lake ��February 12

Annual Association Meeting �� July 23

Alumni Reception: West Palm Beach, FL �� February 26

Alumni Board Meeting: Paul Smiths �� July 24

MARCH

AUGUST

Alumni Reception: Fort Myers Beach, FL �� March 1

Empire Farm Days at Palladino Farms: Pompey �� August 2 - 4

Alumni Reception: Orlando, FL �� March 3

Alumni Picnic: Bob’s Trees ��August 14

Smitty Story Hour �� March 10

Convocation �� August 22

Pancake Breakfast: Galway �� March 19

SEPTEMBER

APRIL

Campground Clean-Up Day ��September 17

Smitty Story Hour �� April 7

Family Homecoming Weekend �� September 23 - 25

Sugarbush Breakfast: Paul Smiths ��April 23

Alumni Basketball Game �� September 24

Alumni Board Meetings: Paul Smiths ��April 23 & 24 Alumni Rugby �� April 30

OCTOBER Alumni Board Meeting �� October 15 - 16

MAY Commencement �� May 7 Smitty Story Hour �� May 19

Looking to the year ahead, we may announce postponements or cancellations of events depending on the threat that COVID-19 could pose. Our commitment to our staff, faculty, students and alumni health and safety will never waiver. We appreciate your patience as we make safety-based decisions.

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ALUMNI - CLASS NOTES

CLASS NOTES Edward L. Kimball ’49 writes that after 40 years of independent living in Central Oregon (High Desert), he and his wife of 71 years relocated to Assisted Living in Bend, Oregon! He says it’s been quite a change! Their health is pretty good at 94 and 93 years; they have retired four cancer docs and are working on the fifth. Ed had to finally give up Dry Fly Fishing last summer when a good sized rainbow trout pulled him into the stream (no fish story). Yes, he lost the fish. He has fished the McKenzie River on the wet side for 60 years and camped with his family of five children for many years. He produced expert fly fisherpersons!! Ed managed to downhill ski Mt. Bachelor for 25 years before a snowboarder “creamed” him!! Ed has a 500 cassette collection of Jazz, Swing and Vocals; and plays ABOUT SIX HOURS A DAY AS IT KEEPS THEM GOING!! Most off air; from knowledgeable disc jockeys! He wails some ballads from Broadway at a local bar between MARTINIS; no mic, strong baritone, when he can get out!! After a 20 year career with Georgia Pacific and then 25 years in real estate in Portland and Central Oregon he has trouble with inactivity, so he just started a conservative newsletter! Ed would like to hear from any low-year grads that are still kickin!! He can be reached at 541-4209337.

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— 50s — Clare Ely Cooper Manis Hatler ’50 writes on February 27, 2021, that she is looking forward to her 2nd Covid-19 vaccine shot and 90th birthday next month - 3-12-21 with family. All is well in the beautiful Pacific N.W. Arthur L. Easterbrook ’52 writes that after graduating from Paul Smith’s College he continued his education at the University of Michigan receiving a Bachelor of Science and Masters in Forestry. Then, he spent two years in the U.S. Army serving with the 656 Engineer Intelligence Battalion in Germany, where the valuable surveying training he received at Paul Smith’s College really paid off. After his time in the army, he joined the U.S. Forestry Service working in five different National Forests. Art was involved with the establishment of the Grand Island National Recreation Area, numerous wilderness areas, and scenic rivers, and with the restoration of lighthouses on the Great Lakes (Iroquois Point Lighthouse being a favorite of his). Art retired in 1992 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He and his wife Ann were blessed with two great sons and five wonderful grandkids. He now resides in Fort Collins, Colorado. He says “God bless the entire PSC family”.

he knew both of them. John writes that he is in fairly good health and still owns a tree farm. Jim Lord ’55 retired in 1991 after 32 years as a NYS Forest Ranger. He now does a little wood working and is a member of the local Lion’s Club. He lives in Schoharie County. Erich C. Thorp ’56 writes that he and George Sawyer ’56 were forestry students who helped plant The Pines with Dr. Peroni on a weekend. Kenneth E. Spatz ’56 returned to Omaha, NE. He has three loveable granddaughters and his wife, Gale, is great. He sends his regards to all.

Wayne Kingsley ’57 writes that one week after graduating from Paul Smith’s he went to work for Northern Lumber Co. at Riparious, N.Y. Later he worked for International Paper Co. in northern New Hampshire. In 1961 he was accepted into the College of Forestry at Syracuse, N.Y. After graduating he was hired by the U.S. Forest Service and worked on the Allegheny, N.F. in Pennsylvania, the George Washington N.F. in Virginia and the Green Mountain, N.F. in Vermont. He retired after 32 years of service and started “Kingsley’s Farm Stand” where he grows 8 acres of vegetables which are sold at his farm stand. John G. Swift ’53 thinks He appreciates his great the Hoyt Peroni Memorial start at Paul Smith’s and Forest is a good idea and often says he learned

forestry at Paul Smith’s and got his degree at Syracuse. He would like to hear from other classmates. Roger F. Smith ’57 is still at the homestead in Lake George. He notes that Hoyt and Peroni left their mark on him. James V. Stabile ’59 has retired after 55 years of outdoor writing. His columns were in several newspapers. He was an associate editor in Outdoor Life, and an editor of Michigan Outdoors Magazine. Kearney B. Sheirich ’59 retired as an Engineering Assistant in the highway materials area. He thanks PSC for bringing meaning and purpose to his life. He said the most important two years of his life were spent at PSC.

— 60s— Edmund J. Neale ’60 retired from the US Coast Guard and the Blue Point Co 13,000acre farm on Great South Bay, Long Island. He is now living in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Francis J. Hennion ’62 has been retired since 2016 and is now 81 years young. Late winter and early spring, he does maple sugaring and has been for 20 years. Spring and summer he is doing his garden which has won the best kitchen garden in three counties over a 3-year period. Fall and early winter is clean up time in the yard and

preparing his garden with compost for next year. His garden is strictly organic. Also, in the fall of the year he cuts his firewood for the next year. Richard Hamstra ’63 retired from Soil and Water Conservation after 21 years! He is now enjoying his log home and country living. He invites alums in the Norwich, N.Y. area to stop by and say hello. Jerome Pincoske ’63 says if he did it again, he would do the same. His years at PSC were some of the best years of his life. Ronald T. Collins ’64 graduated from New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse in 1966. He retired from teaching after 39 years in 2005 from Washington Township School System in New Jersey. Ross S. Morgan ’65 reports that he is still working in the woods in Northern Vermont. James O. Crevelling ’65 is still making maple syrup and growing Christmas trees in the beautiful Finger Lakes. He sends greeting to all Smitties, especially the ’65 White Piners. He noted that Gould and George were larger than life figures who remain very much a part of PSC history. Frank B. Lesniewski ’66 says that trying to go backwards is a bitch. He got rid of his computer (he’s watched

enough TV) and he never owned a cell phone (lives in a dead zone in the Adirondack Park). Hopefully he won’t be ransomwared or hacked now. Technology sucks! Craig R. Anderson ’67 writes that the Hoyt Peroni Memorial Forest is a fine tribute to two fine professors who moved him and his classmates toward useful manhood in turbulent times. Raymond D. Masters ’68 is enjoying retirement in Red Lodge, Montana with Nordic and Alpine skiing and snowboarding. He is a volunteer trail groomer for local XC ski area. He enjoys photography, hiking, and local history. Robert J. Dempster ’67 writes that he respected both Hoyt and Peroni and thought they were good teachers. He recalls that during a lab class, Gould was going to show the class the right way to go down a snow embankment on snowshoes. He started down, lost his balance and fell backwards with snow on top. The class had to dig him out. Yes, a couple of $.25 words for sure! Hoyt and Peroni were both good men. Nancy McGuire Pool ’66, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2021 in Honeoye Falls, NY. She was known by many as “Mickey”. She is survived by sons Jim and Mike, and grandchildren Ryan, Jake, Devin, Dylan and Braeden. Contributions in her memory can be made to the Honeoye Falls-Lima Sports Boosters Club, PO Box 27, Honeoye Falls, NY, 14472.

Robert L. Meyer Jr. ’67 moved from the state of Washington back to Maine last year. He is now living on Sebec Lake in the summer and Southern Maine during the winter. Robert T. Escheman ’67 is enjoying semiretirement in North Carolina volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, Neighbors, Community, and running a landscape design business. John C. Fox ’67 is retired and living in Hilton Head, South Carolina. George A. Lindner ’67 is getting along well with all the COVID restrictions. He’s looking forward to another on campus reunion. Donald J. Simpson ’68 is enjoying his retirement from teaching 24 years of science at Salmon River Central and 8 years at North Country Community College. He now lives 2 miles from Titus Mountain Ski Center and tries to ski four times a week. When things settle down with the virus, he plans on traveling around the United States. He says “Thank you Paul Smith’s College!”

of 1968. He shared a photo of his dorm at Longfellow, shown below. He still misses the “Pine” and “Piners”. Gene A. Goundrey ’69 writes that there is no curling for him this winter. His club decided to stay closed just like so many others. However, there are no restrictions on cycling is his area. The cycling paths seem more crowded now with more people wanting to get outdoors - cold weather or not, people want to get outside. His work is very, very busy with help from some PPP funds. He hopes all Smitties are staying safe and distant for 2021.

— 70s — Gary F. Martel ’71 is looking forward to the possibility of a “50” year PSC reunion! He has forty-five years and counting with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. He is currently serving as Deputy Executive Director. He said he appreciates the doors that PSC opened for him in Wildlife Management and Natural Resources.

Paul H. Collin ’68 went to RIT after graduating. He is now retired. He says it’s okay but he does miss working some.

Clarence “Chuck” Trudeau ’71 and his wife Monique passed on their Christmas Tree Farm to their children. They are taking time to travel and enjoy life. Africa, Newfoundland, and Alaska are in the near future. He said that this is all possible because of learning and experiences at PSC. One hell of a fun ride.

work. The work has been as diverse as serving as CFO of a seminary. He is in the process of relocating a medical ministry, another Christian college, and a ministry to the Middle East.

James M. Lawler ’71 writes that he had a great time at the reunion - his 50th.

John “Jack” Skelley Jr. ’72 spent 18 years with the NJ Devil’s Hockey Team and has two Stanley Cup rings. He is now working as a civilian in the US Army as an IT Specialist supporting radio and artillery computer functions. He is looking forward to retirement in the near future. He would like classmates to send him an email at jfskelley@ gmail.com. He is looking forward to reunion next year for his 50th. He encourages others to contribute to the Hoyt Peroni Forest program.

Gary F. Martel ’71 says HAPPY 50TH!! He is still working for Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. He said PSC was the right place for him to start! William J. Sikorski ’71writes that he had a great time at his 50th reunion. He was glad to see a lot of former class members. Mark W. Christensen ’71 retired from his company “Christensen Surveying & Mapping, Inc.” in 2019. Scott W. Tirrell ’72 currently works with a ministry called Harvest Alliance doing accounting

William A. Cook ’72 is now fully retired and enjoying fishing and golf in beautiful North Idaho.

John F. Minnick Jr. ’72 recently retired after teaching middle school special education for 18 years in the Paradise Valley Unified School District. He has spent the last 48 years living in Phoenix, Arizona. Theodore “Snag” J. Karns ’72 says his grandson Alexander turned 8 years old on January 5, 2021. He lives in Arab Emirates with his father Jeff Karns and mother Hind Tolbruk Karns.

Norman T. Fedder ’68 wishes his Smitty Family a safe and healthy New Year. He and Kathy miss the Alumni Council Meetings! He was sorry to hear of the fire at the “Pine”. He was a “Piner” for three semesters, from 1967 through all

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ALUMNI - CLASS NOTES & TRAIL MAKERS some old times with classmates/friends Vince Bernstein ’72 and Chris Wilson ’72. Darrell D. Quance ’72 retired after 24 years as the director of foodservice at Misericordia Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in York PA. After being widowed for 10 years, he became reacquainted with the girl he dated in high school and have now been happily married for over four years. Doris (Davis ’73) and Jeffrey Houghton ’74 met at PSC in 1973, married in Saranac Lake on 10/28/1974 and are still happily married for 46 + years! Christopher C. Kennick ’73 still lives in Northhampton, MA. He retired in 2014 after having logged in Massachusetts for 40 years. He said it was fun, hard work, and that it taught him a lot about the world, environment, and himself. He noted that classmate Calvin Innes ’73 recently passed away after battling cancer for a number of years. Jonah Cohen ’73 has been volunteering for the Fire Department for 45 years. Frank J. Winterer ’73 is retired and is looking to hear from other ’73 Foresters. Garry E. DuFour ’74 writes that after graduation he was accepted at American U., Wash. D.C. as a full senior earning a B.A. in political science and continued on to graduate school. His first real job was as 36 • 2021 SEQUEL

a staffer on the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs working on two former secret projects the military did to our soldiers. He is presently filming our Atomic Veterans youngest age is 90 - for his documentary. His second employment at Capitol Hill was a national reporter for “Stars and Stripes”. Presently, he advises Congress folks and Senators on veterans leg (health) and soon will be giving testimony on veterans health care at a hearing in Wash. D.C. at his old job, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs! Garry lives in Dorset, Vermont and would be thrilled to hear from classmates or others at (802) 3252925. Kevin L. Ziemba ’74 has been retired for 10 years after working 37 years for the National Parks Service. During his time with the Park Service, he worked at Hopewell Village, PA; Colonial National Park, VA; Del Water Gap, PA; Big Bypress FL; and Blue Ridge Parkway. He has Paul Smith’s to thank for getting him in the door of the National Park Service. Douglas W. Muscanell ’74 started his own wood business in 1986. It eventually morphed into a hardwood flooring mill. After 30 year of running the business, he and his wife sold it in 2017. After a transition period with the new owners, he retired in 2020. He still lives next door to the mill and enjoys working on his acreage, improving tree plantings, pasture, ponds, and gardening.

Kim E. Price ’74 retired in May 2019 and continues to live in Chester, CT. Martin A. Roddy ’74 is living the retirement dream in beautiful Vermontville, N.Y. John C. Heddens ’75 has great memories of chasing Prof Hoyt on snowshoes. Thinking boy this old guy can move. John celebrated his 75th birthday in January 2021. He feels the Hoyt Peroni Forest is a great way to commemorate these two great professors. Bruce A. Freeman ’75 retired from Bath Iron Works in 2010 (April 10). He hopes there is a good show of the Class of ’75 (even though last year was 45). He says, “We are not getting any younger!” He sends well wishes to all. Rosemary E. Green ’75 learned a lot from Hoyt and Peroni and is happy to get behind their Memorial Forest and picnic area. She thinks this is a perfect tribute to their years at Paul Smith’s. Patrick J. Clarke ’77 writes that Hoyt and Peroni allowed Pat to manage his tree farm of Northern Hardwoods 40 acre site by do both improvement cuts/ salvage - Ash Borer. Pat’s species love was both White Pine and Cherry as Mr. Hoyt’s was.Hoyt taught him that to raise Black Cherry you had to “torpedo” the soil. Pat has harvested over 4,000 bd ft / acre using a diameter limit of 12” DBH. Full utilization took place by the improvement cuts

for firewood. Hoyt was a great man. Richard Fisher ’77 and Gail (BeGasse ’77) Fisher write that Rich retired as COVID closed down the country. They bought Gail’s family lake house in Pennsylvania and are renovating and repairing in earnest. They will welcome their 12th grandchild in December. They are truly blessed!

— 80s — Ethan W. Johnson ’80 sends greetings from Willoughby, Ohio! He lives next door to Jessica Hazelgrove ’95, and her son Connor and daughter Sophia. Ethan and wife Jing have a 17-year-old son who is taking course at Lakeland Community College while enrolled in Willoughby South High. Ethan and Jing work for Holden Forest & Gardens in Kirkland, Madison, and Cleveland. Jessica married Brian Rich a couple of summers back and she took him to PSC. Ethan is sorry to have missed his 40th and 25th PSC reunion. Andrew T. Guatelli PD, GE ’80 is doing well in Southern California. He’s looking towards a move to Washington, mentoring young engineers, and looking to hire more. He sends a SHOUT OUT TO THE CLASS OF 1989. He hopes 2022 is our best year. Thomas F. Pfeiffer ’81 recalls Gould Hoyt saying: “Get ugly Pfeiffer - suck wind.” Leanne Hanson ’88 is excited about the new Nordic Program at PSC! She got to meet US Biathlete Maddie

Phaneuf in Colorado in 2019. She has been following her career and the PSC partnership and Nordic Program development since. YAY! She hopes to visit campus and do some skiing on the trails during winter 2021-2022! Pauline (Osborne ’88) Young hopes that all those that she shared her time with at Paul Smith’s College are well and finding joy in each day. Her oldest graduates from high school this year with her youngest finishing his sophomore year. This year has brought many changes and she has learned to live for today and enjoy what is happening at the moment. She encourages all to enjoy the day! Sherry L. Greth ’88 is still working at Kenmore Mercy Hospital in the ER and Admissions departments. She and her husband bought an 1857 house in Tonawanda, N.Y.

— 90s — Robert “Rob” F. Peters Jr. ’96 is working for a granola company in Vermont! He says Hey, All! Give to the school what you can! Peace”

— 00s — Jerrod J. Macko ’02 moved from Engineer T-II to Water Systems Engineer at Onondaga County Water Authority and putting all the lab time and classwork to good use! Casey S. Littlefield ’03 and Megan are expecting twins in June 2021. They and brothers Archer (6) and Asa (3) are thrilled! Casey is

working for Groundwater Sciences Corporation in Harrisburg, PA. He constructs, operates, and monitors groundwater remediation systems in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. His hands-on experiences at PSC has served him well. Kelly A. Law ’04, is an advocate of reduce, reuse, recycle, replant; in her everyday life as well as her party planning events. She congratulates her niece Amanda on her transfer to Paul Smith’s in the fall of 2021 to major in Sports Management and

play on the woman’s ice hockey team!!

— 10s — Jordan M. Williams ’13 is now the Executive Chef at Red Creek Grill in Painesville Township, Ohio, where he has been very busy during Covid-19 doing takeout orders galore. The wedding of Kelly Petschauer and Robert Bell ’13 took place Friday, June 25, 2021 at 5:30pm at Hiland Country Club in Queensbury, New York. The best man was alum Leonard Jenkins ’12 with a BS Degree from PSC. Leonard resides in

TRAIL MARKERS BIRTHS

To Yulia and Timothy “Julio” McLaughlin ’02, a daughter, Maeve Hazel on August 22, 2021. To Michelle (Daus ’08) and Adam Schwendinger, a daughter, Emily Elizabeth on December 2, 2020.

To Haley (Ashdown ’13) Sylvan and Mike Clark, a daughter, Kara Lily on March 2, 2021. To Kimi Sekorski ’17 and Willie Brown, a son, Wilder William on September 22, 2021 To Kathryn and Jonathan Robbins ’23, a daughter, Lorelei on August 2, 2021. Welcomed home by big sister Rosemary (3).

To Brittany (Jolicoeur ’10) and Chris Greene, a son, Benjamin on January 28, 2021. MARRIAGES To Gina (Martin ’10) and Tom Pollock ’10 a daughter, Ilse Christina on March 4, 2021. Welcomed home by big brother TJ (age 4). To Alaina and Jesse Hrycik ’12, a daughter, Juniper Kathryn on September 18, 2021. To Joelle (Guisti ’12) and Alex Kerr ’09, a daughter, Woodsley Virginia on November 4, 2020. (Pictured to the right.)

Kaitlynn Schill to Scott Eastwood ’99 on October 24, 2020.

Enfield NH. The groom is the grandson of alum Fred Oberst ’61. Fred resides in Denver CO. The flower girl was Katherine Peisley also of Denver CO, the granddaughter of Fred Oberst. Another wedding guest, also an alum, Matt LaPointe ’97. Matt resides in S. Glens Falls NY. Anyone visiting the wedding could easily notice a strong Paul Smith’s College connection. Every table at the reception had a large log cookie as a centerpiece. Each guest received the famous Paul Smith’s College maple syrup to take home. The Alumni present

spanned many years at Paul Smith’s College with many memories to share. Paul Smith’s College as The College of The Adirondacks is truly a unique place full of wonderful memories.

Sherry (White ’00) to Frank Lopez on August 7, 2021

Emma (Houghton) to Connor McCuin ’13 on September 11, 2021.

Molly Brockman to Justin Quinn’08 on September 11, 2021.

Caitlyn (Mack ’14) to Anthony Angelo ’14 on October 17, 2020.

Brittany (Jolicoeur ’10) to Chris Greene on May 4, 2019.

Falon (Neske ’15) to Timothy Baker ’15 on October 16, 2021.

Alli Morrow to Jared Booth ’11 on October 1, 2021.

Samantha (Patch ’17) to Brandon Graves ’17 on September 4, 2021.

Alaina Gooch to Jesse Hrycik ’12 on October 6, 2018.

Katelyn (Aupperle ’18) married Jonathan Stetler ’17 on June 19, 2021

Kelly Petschauer to Robert Bell ’13 on June 25, 2021.

Wayne Russell ’14 spent 4 years active duty with the Navy. After that contract, he enlisted with 109th Air National Guard in Scotia, N.Y. He then spent 7 months at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Fall, TX. At graduation he earned the Distinguished ACE award. Never missing a class and earning 100% throughout the entire

Anne Marie (Cain ’18) to Christopher Minore ’18 on June 12, 2021

course, he received recognition from the Commander at 109th, plus the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. Benjamin Wrazen ’18 is working for the Department of Agriculture. He is fighting invasive species in an environmentally responsible manner. He received his Masters of Science (water conservation major - Great Lakes) from the University of Buffalo State College in December 2019.

Amanda (Menard ’18) to Ben Tucker on August 14, 2021, at Tucker Farms in Gabriels, NY.

Bridget (Parks ’16) to Brandon McCormick on July 10 , 2021. (Bridget and Brandon are pictured above.) Sarah (Cornwell ’16) to Timothy Noeth on October 16, 2020. The Noeth’s eloped then celebrated with a wedding celebration on their one year anniversary. (Sarah and Timothy are pictured to the left, along with PSC staff member, Jill Susice.) 2021 SEQUEL • 37

ALUMNI - TRAIL MARKERS DEATHS Thomas J. Huber, former employee, on February 11, 2021, in Rainbow Lake, NY. Jeanne B. Hutchins, Doctorate of Humane Letters, on August 29, 2021, in Rochester, NY. Arnold R. Goodrich II ’48 on April 27, 2020, in Hudson, MA. Olin M. Cook ’49 on December 12, 2020, in Chateaugay, NY. Natalie B. (Bombard) Leduc ’51 on December 8, 2020, in Saranac Lake, NY. William W. Briggs ’52 on February 25, 2021, in Lewiston, ME.

Royce L. Kilmer ’58 on May 24, 2021, in Canisteo, NY. A. Roger Mitchell ’58 on November 25, 2020, in Troy, NY. Gerald L. Doolittle ’59 on April 24, 2021, in Torrington, CT. Richard A. Frank ’59 on January 23, 2021, in Malta, NY. David Dekkers ’60 on June 7, 2021, in Saranac Lake, NY. Theodore J. Kirsch ’60 on January 26, 2021, in Johnstown, PA. Craig L. DeNee ’61 on May 2, 2021, in Wayland, NY.

Glenn T. Corl ’52 on December 27, 2020, in Lake Clear, NY.

Carl Thomas Gettman ’61 on July 9, 2021, in Boonville, NY.

Russell B. Greene ’52 on March 7, 2021, in Norwalk, CT.

Russell P. Guibord ’61 on October 9, 2021, in Bristol, CT.

Edward W. Sudol ’52 on July 15, 2021, in Norwood, NY.

Peter D. Smith ’61 on January 24, 2021, in Schenectady, NY.

Roger K. Weston ’52 on March 5, 2021, in Holly Hill, FL.

Orin M. VanEss ’61 on September 13, 2021, in Malone, NY.

Frederick Groover ’53 on December 21, 2020, in Lewisburg, PA. George E. Kukkonen ’54 on June 19, 2021, in Cornwall, NY. Burton D. Rumrill ’54 on April 8, 2021, in Milton, FL. David W. Heidenreich ’55 on November 30,2020, in Colton, NY. Edward G. Henschel Jr. ’55 on May 20, 2021, in Marienville, PA. John J. Mikulec ’55 on June 17, 2021, in Lexington, KY. Ronald C. Weyer ’55 in 2019, in Edmeston, NY. Oliver C. Dodge ’57 on July 19, 2021, in Richmond, VA.

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William Bowles ’62 on December 4, 2020, in Amherst, NY.

Clayton S. “Tony” Wetzel Jr. ’63 on July 13, 2019, in Wayne, PA.

Vance J. Gilligan ’69 on January 11, 2021, in Malone, NY.

Jack E. Bailey ’64 on April 28, 2021, in Zephyrhills, FL.

Gregory S. Mitchell ’69 on March 26, 2021, in Burlington, VT.

Alton E. Knapp Jr. ’64 on May 30, 2021, in Greenwich, NY. Larry Loveless ’64 on September 28, 2021, in Skaneateles, NY. Earl L. Marcellus ’64 on March 15, 2021, in Plain, WA. David L. Peckham ’64 on February 6, 2021, in Palm Springs, CA. Robert Heieck ’65 on July 15, 2021, in Geneva, NY. Charles Indelicato ’65 on April 6, 2021, in Ithaca, NY. Charles J. Morgan Jr. ’65 on August 10, 2021, in Ukiah, CA. Harry W. Fleming ’66 on January 6, 2021, in The Villages, FL. Robert A. Gentry ’66 on June 18, 2021, in Newport RI. Stanley Liang ’66 on November 25, 2020, in Sun City, AZ.

Jack Higbee ’62 on April 28, 2021, in Rochester, NY.

Nancy “Mickey” (McGuire ’66) Pool on April 16, 2021, in Honeoye Falls, NY.

Robert A. Lockwood ’62 on January 10, 2021, in Buford, GA.

James E. “Myles” Standish ’66 on June 15, 2021, in Tucson, AZ.

Janice M. (Tebeau) Sharland ’62 on May 8, 2021, in Malone, NY.

Kandida O. Kubala ’67 on November 21, 2020, in Williamsville, NY.

John D. Cain ’63 on April 14, 2021, in Schenectady, NY.

James A. Lewis ’67 on September 8, 2021, in Goshen, NY.

Joseph Rauchle ’63 on August 14, 2021, in Westfield, MA. Bruce R. Ross ’63 on February 20, 2021, in Stevensville, MT. John A. Seifert ’63 on January 26, 2021, in Ray, OH.

Eugene P. “Gene” Schmidt ’67 on August 27, 2021, in Durham, NC. Arthur T. Hoehne ’68 on December 4, 2020, in Hudson, FL.

P. Jeffrey Roesch ’69 on December 6, 2020, in Hackensack, N.J. Robert R. Serino ’69 on August 17, 2021, in Raleigh, NC. Richard J. Leble ’70 on July 14, 2021, in Camas, WA. William E. Metzel ’70 on December 22, 2020, in Lemont, PA. Parker B. Sherwood III ’70 on January 8, 2020, in Glens Falls, NY. Thomas L. Taylor ’70 on February 27, 2021, in Massena, NY. John P. Astafan ’71 on February 10, 2021, in Watertown, NY. John D. Cashmore ’71 on March 14, 2021, in Minneapolis, MN. Richard F. Kaufmann ’71 on June 3, 2021, in Richardson, TX. Dale W. Roberts ’71 on June 6, 2021, in Boonville, NY. Beth W. Mattraw LaGraff ’72 on October 28, 2020, in Natural Bridge, NY. Michael F. McArdell ’72 on January 8, 2021, in Cicero, NY. Robert G. Roemer ’72 on June 14, 2021, in Colonie, NY. Calvin K. Innes ’73 on November 1, 2020, in Passadumkeag, ME. William McAfee ’73 on April 14, 2021, in Libby, MT.

George R. Miller ’73 on December 16, 2020, in Reading, PA.

Ralph P. Piontek ’76 on April 30, 2021, in Lyme, N.H.

Thomas Casey ’87 on March 10, 2021, in Norwich, CT.

Llewellyn R. Rowe Jr. ’76 on September 7, 2021, in Brookfield, CT.

Sean C. Dufficy ’87 on September 24, 2021, in Webster, MA.

Charles H. Bruett III ’77 on January 29, 2021, in Manasquan, N.J.

Colleen M Delaney Forness ’87 on December 23, 2020, in SC.

David Scavia ’73 on December 23, 2020, in Schenectady, NY.

Francis E. Hamm ’77 on November 28, 2020, in Ellington, CT.

M. Colleen Kolakowski ’87 on December 23, 2020, in Camillus, NY.

Richard A. Amato ’74 on January 26, 2021, in Marlborough, MA.

Clayton W. Jones ’77 on February 22, 2021, in Wendell, ID.

Kenneth G. Mostert ’88 on September 13, 2021, in Troy, NY.

James L. Fuchs ’74 on June 22, 2020, in Grand Junction, CO.

Raymond H. Oberdick ’77 on September 22, 2021, in Broken Arrow, OK.

Amy B Magazu ’90 on June 7, 2021, in Bennington, VT.

Theodore Steinhorst Jr. ’74 on December 2, 2020, in Ogden, UT.

Walter Haberek ’78 on December 13, 2020, in East Syracuse, NY.

Christopher M. Turletes ’74 on July 21, 2021, in Anchorage, AK.

Michael E. McCumber ’78 on May 13, 2021, in Colonie, NY.

David J. Obermeyer ’73 on January 1, 2021, in Potsdam, NY. David L. O’Hara ’73 on August 9, 2021, in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Kevin L. Ziemba ’74 on October 5, 2021, in Burnsville, NC. Wayne L. Davis ’75 on October 30, 2020, in Barre City, VT. Timothy W. Dumas ’75 on July 13, 2021, in Stanardsville, VA. Frederick A. Fox ’75 on December 12, 2020, in Florence, WI. Paul T. Montpetit ’75 on December 23, 2020, in Ogdensburg, NY.

Daniel P. Baker ’79 on May 4, 2021, in Fitzwilliam, N.H. Donald J. Egan ’79 on July 26, 2021, in Northumberland, PA. Austin W. “Pepper” Eaton Jr. ’80 on January 12, 2021, in Fayetteville, NY. Brian W. Franks ’80 on January 26, 2021, in Pleasant Valley, NY. Evan Eldred ’81 on June 29, 2021, in Liverpool, NY. James G. Tomasso ’81 on May 21, 2021, in Moretown, VT.

James M. Slodki ’75 on May 17, 2021, in Binghamton, NY.

Donald N. Haupert ’82 on January 14, 2021, in Deer Park, NY.

Steven P. Woodbridge ’75 on March 27, 2021, in Tupper Lake, NY.

John A. Maille ’82 on September 3, 2021, in Stillwater, NY.

Wayne S. Zebrowski ’75 on February 26, 2021, in Stuart, FL.

John K. Whalen ’84 on April 10, 2021, in San Antonio, TX.

Richard “Eric” Posenauer ’90 on December 28, 2019, in Baldwinsville, NY. Michael J. Walter ’90 on April 12, 2021, in Moneta, VA. Laurie A. Woodcock ’93 on December 27, 2020, in Queensbury, NY. Joseph J. Carpenter ’94 on January 2, 2021, in Hopewell Junction, NY. Derek J. Hansen ’08 on April 29, 2021, in Theresa, NY. John S. Bishop ’11 on May 5, 2021, in Clearwater, FL. Beau James Marshall ’12 on May 15, 2021, in Meshoppen, PA. Brandon Jarvis ’25 on December 2, 2021, of Bethany, CT.

Sherrie A. Rice ’85 on July 13, 2021, in Rensselaer, NY.

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