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Service to School Post-9/11 GI Bill brings a new generation of veterans to Paul Smith’s College

Skiing the Himalayas Joan Weill’s lasting legacy

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On the cover: Jackie Hite, a second-year culinary arts student, served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan before retiring from the Army and arriving at Paul Smith’s College.

PHOTOGRAPHED BY KENNETH AARON

[ DEPARTMENTS ] To Our Readers

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Faculty & Staff Notes 4 Our Adirondacks

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Shore Lines

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Evergreens

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Q&A

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Spaces

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Alumni Life

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Class Notes

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How To

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Parting Shot

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Write to Sequel: PSC Alumni Office PO Box 265 Paul Smiths, NY 12970-0265 Fax: (518) 327-6267 E-mail: alumni@paulsmiths.edu

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6 Shore Lines Professor inks book deal … yearbooks go online … woodsmen’s team hosting Spring Meet, Stihl Timbersports event in April ... sawmill gets $200K upgrade … and more.

10 Steep chase Josh Butson ’99 skis some of the world’s tallest terrain as he hits the Himalayas.

14 Field marshal On any given Sunday, you¹ll find Tom Boyle ’81 at Lucas Oil Stadium, where he’s responsible for keeping the $720 million building running smoothly.

18 From service to school The Post-9/11 GI Bill is

6 encouraging tens of thousands of vets to return to college. Paul Smith’s is preparing the welcome mat as it ramps up efforts to recruit and retain men and women who have served in the armed forces.

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President John W. Mills, Ph.D. Managing Editor Kenneth Aaron Director of Communications kaaron@paulsmiths.edu Institutional Advancement Staff Hillarie Logan-Dechene Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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Stephanie M.R. Colby Director of Annual Giving Jamie Dyer Major Gifts and Grants Officer Mary L. McLean Director of Events and Conference Services Randi Rabideau Alumni Relations Coordinator Amy White Director of Advancement Services Andrea Wilcox Institutional Advancement Assistant Contributors Nancie Battaglia Bob Brhel ’80 Jim Brunn ’60 Ben Clark Jessica Collier Pat Hendrick

Kathleen Keck Johnny McLean ’02 Jon Miller Chris Morris Les Parrish Alan Wechsler

DESIGN Maria M. Stoodley

24 24 Generous spirit Joan Weill’s name adorns two buildings on campus, but the co-chair of the college’s board of trustees gives much more than money to her causes.

35 Poultry primer Does carving a turkey give you goosebumps? Chef Kevin McCarthy and junior Catherine Pedtke make it easy.

Printing Service Press Connecticut Wethersfield, Conn.

Trustees of Paul Smith’s College Stuart H. Angert Paul M. Cantwell Jr. Paul F. Ciminelli Jim Gould James E. Himoff Anthony L. Johnson Pieter V.C. Litchfield Caroline D. Lussi ’60 Edward J. McAree Charles B. Morgan William Murray ’79 Lee Quaintance E. Philip Saunders James L. Sonneborn Nora Sullivan Joan H. Weill Katharine H. Welling

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Donald O. Benjamin ’56 John T. Dillon ’58 C. Convers Goddard William B. Hale Calista L. Harder John W. Herold ’65 M. Curtiss Hopkins ’48 Frank M. Hutchins Sheila Hutt Charles L. Ritchie, Jr.

Honorary Trustees W. Peter Ahnert ’64

Printed on recycled paper.

Published by the Office of Institutional Advancement.

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[ to our readers ]

You are here I’m

constantly amazed at how many places our alumni turn up. For a small college, Smitties seem to do everything. Take a look at this issue alone: Tom Boyle ’81, page 14, is the guy who keeps the Indianapolis Colts’ stadium running smoothly. Josh Butson ’99, page 10, skis the Himalayas for fun. You can find tons of people doing incredible things in incredible places just in the Class Notes – our alums lead missions for USAID in Senegal, have helped NASA on remote sensing projects, and oversee the Saratoga National Historical Park.

So when Becky Sutter ’97 turned in this tale of a chance encounter thousands of miles away, I wasn’t that surprised:

“While traveling in the Chamonix Valley in France last summer doing the Tour du Mont Blanc, Prof. Bob Seidenstein ’67 was waiting in line for the cable car down to Chamonix from the Plan de l’Aiguille when he thought he recognized a face in the crowd. At the same time, the bearded, now-a-little-older face recognized him. Their eyes grew wide with disbelief. ‘Seidenstein?!’ he yelled.

‘Larry!?’ Bob returned. In the next flurry of seconds people moved aside grinning as Bob and Larry hugged in shock. Larry Goldie ’89 was working with a client. He owns a guide service in Washington State and brings clients to rock climb and traverse technical routes in Chamonix and the surrounding environs. Bob had Larry as a student in 1988-89 when they developed a close friendship. It was unbelievable that they met up in a crowded French mountain village halfway around the world 20 years

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later. Just goes to show, Smitties are everywhere!”

You don’t have to go to France, though, to run into us. Have you checked out the admissions office’s Facebook page? Or our Twitter feed, at www.twitter.com/paulsmiths? They’ll keep you posted to all the great things happening here – while you’re off doing great things somewhere else.

Enjoy the issue!

Prof. Bob Seidenstein and Larry Goldie ’89 after their chance encounter in France.

Kenneth Aaron | Director of Communications

[ FACULTY & STAFF NOTES] FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Tim Chick, adjunct, elected to the

Board of Directors for the New York State Urban and Community Forest Council; also presented “Opportunities for Allelopathy Research in the Management of Vegetation in Power Line Rights of Way” at the 5th World Allelopathy Congress in Saratoga Springs, and “Allelopathy Science: From Theory to Application” at the International Society of Arboriculture annual conference, in Providence, R.I. … Andrew Egan, dean, wrote or co-authored 4

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two papers: “Public Perception of the Logging Profession in Maine and Implications for Logger Recruitment” and “Characteristics of New York’s Logging Businesses and Logging Business Owners,” Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. He also served as a consultant on a USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer agroforestry project in the Dominican Republic, September-October, and made several presentations: two research papers at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations Conference in Nanjing, China, November, and a pair of webinars for Cornell

University … David Patrick, assistant professor/director of the Center for Adirondack Biodiversity, co-awarded $15,000 grant from Northeastern States Research Consortium for “Assessing biodiversity, forest condition and the effects of management in the Northern Forest.” Also co-authored “Effects of Timber Management on Amphibian Populations: Understanding Mechanisms from Forest Experiments,” BioScience; “Snake Occurrences in Grassland Associated with Road Versus Forest Edges,” Journal of Herpetology; and “Biodiversity, Conservation Biology and Forest

Health,” Forest Health. Additionally, prepared “A Preliminary Study of the Avifauna of Lake George,” with student Nathaniel Child, a report submitted in fulfillment of grant awarded by the Lake George Land Conservancy … Jeffrey T. Walton, associate professor, co-authored two papers: “A RulesBased Approach for Predicting the Eastern Hemlock Component of Forests in the Northeastern United States” in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Aug. 2009, and “Assessment of 2001 NLCD Percent Tree and Impervious Cover Estimates,”

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One park, one voice

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onservation and development have long made strange bedfellows in the Adirondack Park. Striking a balance between the economic needs of the Adirondacks’ 135,000 residents and the environmental concerns inherent to a 6-million-acre state park has been difficult.

Enter the Common Ground Alliance, a coalition of public and private stakeholders aiming to unite communities, governments and advocacy organizations around issues that affect them all.

It’s a mission that Paul Smith’s College supports wholeheartedly.

Hillarie Logan-Dechene, vice president for institutional advancement, says the Common Ground Alliance presents a unique opportunity for groups to work with, rather than against, each other.

“Adirondack organizations need to share in a dialogue if this region is going to achieve sustainability,” Logan-Dechene says.

Issues such as expanding broadband Internet access in the park and halting the exodus of young, educated Adirondack residents to other areas can’t be tackled by one community or group, she says, but are crucial to fix. “These are serious problems that aren’t going to go away, and they won’t be solved unless we work together,” Logan-Dechene says.

In July, the Common Ground Alliance hosted its annual meeting in Long Lake, bringing together officials from across the park for a daylong conference. Brian Towers, a member of the Alliance’s core team and executive director for the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages, says community members who are typically at loggerheads came together in a spirit of cooperation.

“Truthfully, it was the first time I heard people who you’d think were at the extremes meet in the middle,” Towers says.

Towers heard environmentalists pledge to support responsible economic development and businesspeople vow to keep green, so long as those practices don’t hamstring economic development.

Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Nov. 2009.

HOSPITALITY, RESORT AND CULINARY MANAGEMENT Peter Roland, assistant professor,

has been named a Certified Hospitality Educator by the American Hotel and Lodging Association Educational Institute after successfully completing requirements for the designation … Charles Alexander, professor, published “Sanford and West: Two Radical Novelists Found Early Inspiration Near Warrensburg” in the May/June 2009 issue of

Adirondack Life, and addressed the Franklin County Historical Society on the Hotel Saranac in July…

SCIENCE, LIBERAL ARTS AND BUSINESS Meg Bernstein, instructor, and Lee Ann Sporn, associate professor,

displayed “Botanicals from the Northern Forest,” an exhibit of paintings, at the Joan Weill Adirondack Library in March-April … Eric Holmlund, associate professor, presented on the Watershed Stewardship Program’s regional partnerships with the Lake Champlain Basin Association and

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Paul Smith’s, which hosted a Common Ground meeting in 2008, can help the alliance reach its goals. Students are invested in fields – forestry, environmental science, hospitality – that necessitate finding harmony between competing forces. Officials are already working on some of the group’s initiatives; President John W. Mills, for example, has been working closely with Hamilton County Board of Supervisors member Bill Farber to develop broadband availability in the park.

These are the kinds of relationships that bring real change, says Logan-Dechene. “Being able to see from a broad perspective how the environment impacts the economy and, vice versa, being able to see what investments in tourism are necessary, is the advantage we have,” she says. “The beauty of the Common Ground Alliance is bringing together those broad perspectives.”

The Adirondack Council, a not-for-profit environmental group, has long played a key role in parkwide open-space issues.

Spokesman John Sheehan says the Alliance “is the one forum where these often-competing interests can work toward collective solutions to major challenges.” And one united voice from the Adirondacks, he says, is more likely to get the attention of the rest of the state than multiple, disjointed voices.

“Working together is the best way to ensure that we are heard in – CHRIS MORRIS the future,” Sheehan says.

the Lake George Association at the North American Lake Management Society’s International Symposium, October … Peter Rogers, associate professor, will publish “History and Governance in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania: 19591966” in an upcoming issue of the journal Global Environment ... Curt Stager, professor, co-authored “Historical Patterns and Effects of Changes in Adirondack Climates Since the Early 20th Century,” Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies; and “Diatom Evidence for the Timing and Causes of Eutrophication in Lake Victoria, East Africa,” in Hydrobiolo-

gia. (Dustin Grzesik ’00, a co-author on that, participated in the research while a Paul Smith’s student.)

OTHER FACULTY AND STAFF Mike Beccaria, systems librarian, published “Using Book Data Providers to Improve Services to Patrons” in the March 30 issue of Code4Lib Journal … Cheryl Culotta, director of student development, participated in a panel presentation, “The Counseling Center Response to Student Death,” at the Counseling Centers of New York Conference.

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e afraid, wood. Be very afraid.

On Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24, 2010, the sawdust will fly as Paul Smith’s College hosts the 64th annual Woodsmen’s Weekend – popularly known as Spring Meet. The college’s woodsmen’s team will be defending its title at the event, which drew 29 teams from 13 colleges and universities last year, along with 1,000 fans.

The meet is sometimes described as the sport’s Super Bowl – and Paul Smith’s is typically among the favorites. Besides the men seeking to repeat, the college’s women’s team will be looking to build upon their third-place finish last year.

In addition to Spring Meet, campus will also host the Stihl Timbersports Collegiate Series’ northeast regional competition that weekend. The winner of that event, which is taped by ESPN for future broadcast, moves on to the Stihl collegiate finals for a shot at making the Stihl pro tour. (There’s a good chance a Smittie will win the regional competition – one has for four years running now.)

Alumni participation is welcome.

Limited spots are available to help with timing and judging, or swinging an axe on an alumni team; first come, first served.

For more information, contact Randi Rabideau, alumni relations coordinator, at rrabideau@paulsmiths.edu or (518) 327-6253.

– Kenneth Aaron

Prof’s book: Cold comfort on warming temps

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hat goes up, says Prof. Curt Stager, must come down.

Same thing goes, he argues, for global warming.

Stager, a natural sciences professor at Paul Smith’s College, has inked a six-figure deal with St. Martin Press to publish “Climate Whiplash: The Rise and Fall of the Global Greenhouse.” The book, scheduled for publication under the house’s Thomas Dunne Books imprint late next summer, will predict what happens after climate change leaves lots more people with oceanfront property.

“After it warms, it’s going to cool, and it’s going to take

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tens of thousands of years,” says Stager, who has done extensive research on ancient climates through analysis of ice and sediment core samples.

Stager says we can sleep satisfied that we aren’t killing ourselves off; humans will survive these changes. But it still doesn’t let us off the hook for monkeying with the climate. “The biggest threat is to species other than human,” says Stager, who expects the cooling to start in 200 to 500 years. “In the old days, when the climate changed, species migrated. Now they can’t.

Because we’re in the way.”

But mere survival may not be a great bargain, consider-

ing what else Stager says awaits farther down the road.

Devastating ice ages are on the way. That’s yet another reason to curb carbon emissions today - because we might need those fossil fuels in about 50,000 years, around the time the next big freeze is expected. When that time comes, the only way to arrest plunging temps will be through adding a jolt of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, Stager says. And if we squander all the coal on electricity now, we won’t be able to use it to turn up the heat then.

“Save the carbon... for later!” he urges.

– Kenneth Aaron

Memories, digitized

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ooking for your college yearbook? It’s in that box…under the pile of stuff…in your attic…or was it the basement?

Or, you can just head online.

This summer, the full contents of 58 Paul Smith’s College yearbooks were posted on the college’s Web site – 9,185 pages in all.

Mike Beccaria, systems librarian at the Joan Weill Adirondack Library and head of digital initiatives, says work on the project started in 2007. Students did all of the scanning. “A lot of the benefit of the project is accessibility and findability,” Beccaria says. “You can search for

any word in any of the books. Also, having the yearbooks online makes it possible to get an overview of an era in time pretty quickly and easily.”

Every yearbook from 1947 through 2005 is available, with volumes through the 200708 school year going up soon. Users can flip through images of each page like they’re reading a physical copy of the book.

To check out that hairstyle of yours that seemed like a good idea at the time, go to www.paulsmiths.edu/library/yearbooks.php.

– Kenneth Aaron

Fall sports roundup Men’s and Women’s Cross Country – The men’s team repeated as Sunrise Conference champs for the third year in a row, and the women weren’t far behind: Senior Jessie Gardner was named the conference’s Runner of the Year and her teammate, Ashley Rokjer, was named Rookie of the Year. In fact, several Bobcat runners were named Runners of the Week by the conference during the season. Three runners qualified for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ national meet, and traveled to Vancouver, Wash., on November 21.

Rugby – The men’s rugby team reached the New York State D3 championship, losing to Clarkson University 27-10 on a rainy October Sunday in Potsdam. It was an exciting and entertaining team to watch – they went into the last match of the year undefeated, before finishing the season 6-1. With almost the entire team expected back next fall, they should be primed for another strong showing.

Men’s Soccer – The men’s soccer team finished with a losing record, but improved throughout the season; they played hard all season long, despite some lop-

LEFT: Vince Monty is wrapped up by a Clarkson player during the championship game.

Paul Smith’s lost, 27-10.

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BELOW LEFT: Christian Hunter fights for yardage.

sided early losses, and ultimately became a much tougher opponent.

With just two seniors on the roster most of the team are either first-year students or sophomores – and with steady improvement under their belt, next fall looks promising.

Women’s Soccer – The women’s soccer team was hurt by injuries throughout the season but never used that as an excuse not to compete. They played hard every game, always with low numbers, and showed tremendous sportsmanship.

Volleyball – The women’s volleyball team improved dramatically from day one. A few players on the roster had never played volleyball before – but proved to be naturally gifted, learning quickly.

The team is losing only one senior to graduation, which bodes well

for 2010.

Woodsmen – The men’s and women’s woodsmen team had a strong first semester, finishing first in most of their team events. The Bobcats, always a contender, were strengthened by individual victories at each meet. The season will resume in February, culminating in April with the annual Spring Meet to be held here on campus (see page 6 for more information.)

Photographer Farb honored by college F amed photographer Nathan Farb was honored by the college in August, as part of the second-ever Summer Celebration.

Farb’s brilliant photographs of intimate Adirondack landscapes has made him one of the region’s preeminent artists. His book “The Adirondacks,” published in 1985, brought an awareness of the region’s beauty to modern audiences and has become a classic of the genre.

Farb received the Adirondack Medal at the event, which the college awards to individuals who have made great contributions to the park.

In accepting the award, Farb called upon the college to make as great a commitment to the

arts as it has the sciences – fitting, considering that the school’s official name is, after all, “Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences.” “Let us celebrate our culture that we have here,” said Farb, who was raised in Lake Placid and has a studio in the Adirondacks.

About 120 people attended the event, which raised $70,000. Proceeds are used to support the college’s programs and students.

– Kenneth Aaron

Above: Jessie Gardner, the Sunrise Conference’s Runner of the Year, in the championship meet.

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Nathan Farb (right) with his partner, Kathleen Carroll, at the Summer Celebration in August.

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARIA M. STOODLEY

Green fee

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imes are tough, and tuition isn’t getting cheaper – so why did Paul Smith’s students vote to tack $25 onto their annual bills earlier this year?

For the environment.

The fee is going toward a new sustainability fund which will dole out money to pay for student-suggested projects. A council of students, faculty and staff will evaluate proposals, and determine which to support.

This fall, the fee – approved by students in the spring – generated $20,000 for the sustainability fund. The goal is to distribute all of it, says Jill Susice, the college’s student activities coordinator and a member of the sustainability council.

The idea behind the fund isn’t to pay for big-ticket projects, such as installing solar panels on every building, or to cover projects that will require continued expense. Instead, says Susice, the fund is meant to handle smaller-ticket, one-time proposals, such as installing programmable thermostats throughout campus.

“This supports our mission as a college,” says Susice, who says the fund is one more way of getting students involved with the college’s sustainability efforts; in recent years, campus measures have included purchasing an electric car for use by the Office of Campus Safety and participation in the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. “This is student money and student initiative.”

Author! Author!

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he college joined the Adirondack Center for Writing in hosting a pair of award-winning authors in recent months. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser read a selection from “The Knife Thrower,” a collection of short stories, in October. In April, Rick Moody (pictured) visited, reading from his 2005 novel, “The Diviners.”

Moody’s visit came with a bonus: At the reading, he was introduced by acclaimed novelist (and part-time Adirondack resident) Russell Banks, who once taught Moody in graduate school.

– Kenneth Aaron

Door Décor

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very campus has at least one: the door to a faculty office festooned with stickers, cartoons and other decoration. At Paul Smith’s, David Vinopal had that door, which was a monument to art, music, and other things.

The door is gone now, but Vinopal, who died in August 2008, would probably approve of its replacement - a glass door showing off a new, student art studio.

Vinopal taught writing and photography and coauthored an authoritative work on Gibson guitars. He was also a champion of American music and crafts, said Philip Taylor, dean of the college’s Division of Science, Liberal Arts and Business. “He’d be really happy to know what his office is being used for, and now that it’s a glass door, he’d be happy to know the arts are being seen,” Taylor says.

– Kenneth Aaron

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Honors Program returns

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fter a three-year absence, the college’s Honors Program has been rebooted.

About 40 students are in the initial group.

“These students seek extra challenges,” says Prof.

Eric Holmlund, who is leading the group and expects the program to play an important role in the college’s student-retention efforts. “Believe it or not, these are special-needs students – they’re at high risk of losing interest or transferring if they don’t find the right kind of academic challenges.”

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To graduate with the “honors” distinction, students must complete four honors sections of existing courses, plus a special first-year seminar. They can cram for those classes in a special honors lounge in Pickett Hall, fitted with leather sofas, a computer and a flat-screen TV. “The seminar is more interactive than my other intro classes,” says Heather Cooner, a biologyenvironmental science major.

That seminar promises two to three times the reading of other firstyear seminars – exactly what the honors contingent wants. Drake Pregnall, a first-year recreation, adventure travel and ecotourism student expecting to bag his 40th High Peak by the end of the fall, was ready for the work.

“I’ll probably try to get in as many honors classes as I can,” Pregnall says.

– Kenneth Aaron

Sawmill upgraded

It’s about the (life) experience

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hat whining on campus this fall? It’s a good thing, when it’s the sound of a sawmill.

After closing in February 2008 because snow and ice damaged the mill’s roof, it reopened this summer after a $200,000 overhaul. In addition to fixing the roof, updating the electrical systems and improving the lighting, the 25-year-old mill was replaced with a new, fully-automated model made by Frick Co. “This commitment by the administration to upgrade and modernize the mill is a commitment to hands-on learning,” says Andrew Egan, dean of the college’s School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

More students than ever will use the new equipment. While the mill was operated largely by students in the sawmill class in the past, it is now being incorporated into other curriculums as well.

Students in mensuration classes who could only theorize how much lumber a tree would yield can now find out for real. And forestry students who once had to take it on faith that certain exterior defects on a tree indicated problems inside can open the timber up and see for themselves.

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In addition to fixing the roof and updating the lighting and electrical systems, the 25-year-old mill was replaced with a new, automated Frick Co. model. That’s a far cry from the sheets of Plexiglas that used to separate the class from the business end of the saw.

“Students learn about the entire process,” Egan says. “The students cut the wood in the woodlot, we transport it here and we turn it into lumber.”

An appeal was made to forestry alums to help with the project; so far, 114 people have contributed $11,620.

– Kenneth Aaron

» To see the sawmill, go to http://bit.ly/45udy.

Well suited

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ill Marcellus wasn’t looking to outfit a basketball team.

As the owner of two McDonald’s franchises, one in nearby Lake Placid, he was looking for employees. Marcellus took over the Lake Placid store in February 2007, and has found staffing to be a real challenge. Fortunately, Paul Smith’s hospitality and culinary arts students seek the real-world experiences his quickservice location provides. Once he was able to get a couple of students, those students recruited others. He’s now up to five Paul

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Smith’s student employees, and the manager of his Champlain, N.Y., location is an alum.

So how does he return

the favor? Last fall, one of his employees, Kingsley Ukwubiwe ’09 (pictured), approached him about a gift to the college.

Ukwubiwe, a standout on the men’s basketball team, asked Marcellus if he would underwrite new warmup suits for the team, and he agreed. Marcellus said, “Part of being with McDonald’s is giving back to the communities where you’re located. This is my way of giving back to Paul Smith’s because so many students have worked for me.”

– STEPHANIE M.R. COLBY

Dean’s chair lands $1M endowment

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odexo Inc. has pledged $1 million over 10 years to create the first-ever endowed post at Paul Smith’s College.

A search is on for the first Sodexo Dean of the School of Hospitality, Resort and Culinary Management. “Hospitality is a growth industry, and we’re training tomorrow’s leaders in the field,” says John W. Mills, president of Paul Smith’s College. “Our partnership with Sodexo will give us the ability to recruit from among today’s brightest as we deliver an education that keeps pace with industry demands.”

Sodexo currently operates Paul Smith’s dining services and provides facilities management. Richard Riani ’81, district manager of Sodexo Campus

Services for Vermont and upstate New York, says the agreement differs from the company’s typical approach of making brick-and-mortar investments as part of its relationships, but has the potential to be a successful model all the same.

“The endowment is a way to use a different approach in supporting the college and its goals,” he says.

The first Sodexo dean should have an up-close understanding of the industry.

“Real-world experience is absolutely critical, in order to impart to young men and women what the realities of our industry is really like and how it is changing,” Riani says.

– KENNETH AARON

e all know Paul Smith’s is the College of the Adirondacks.

Now it’s the college of Canandaigua. And Queensbury. And Watertown.

This fall, Paul Smith’s launched a degree-completion program at Finger Lakes Community College, with similar versions at Adirondack Community College and Jefferson Community College on the way. The program will offer only hospitality degrees at first, but others are expected in the future.

The satellite program – known as the Accelerated Career Experience, or ACE – will combine online coursework with traditional classes at those campuses.

Students can combine their own professional experience with their associate degree in earning credit toward a Paul Smith’s bachelor’s degree.

The programs are being built at a time when community college enrollments are soaring. Those institutions are seeking ways to help their graduates continue their college careers, and are partnering with other schools, including Paul Smith’s, to provide those opportunities.

Kathleen Fitzgerald, Paul Smith’s vice president of enrollment management, expects the program to appeal particularly to older students who can’t relocate to finish a bachelor’s degree. “They’re based in an area because of commitment to their families, or jobs,” Fitzgerald says. “This program fits in with their busy lives.” (At the same time, she adds that Paul Smith’s is seeing more transfers than ever – twice as many this fall than last, in fact.)

Instructors hired by Paul Smith’s will teach the classes. And while students won’t need to come to the main campus, they’ll still get the benefits of a Paul Smith’s education: small class sizes, hands-on learning and the ability to tap into the college’s rich alumni network.

For more information about ACE, contact the college’s admissions office at (800) 421-2605 or visit ace.paulsmiths.edu.

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LEFT: Butson at Camp One on Annapurna IV, putting on his harness before heading out.

BELOW: Tara (Wight ’99) Butson rock climbing outside of Moab with Jasmine – their most requested guide.

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et’s clear one thing up right at the start: skiing the Himalayas is not like a day at a resort.

For one thing, there are no chairlifts. You’re carrying clunky skis. Climbing technical, vertical terrain with stiff plastic boots. Pushing your body past the breaking point in the thin air above 20,000 feet. And downhill runs involve rappels, ice, rocks and the potential for a deadly fall.

“It’s extremely tiring,” says Josh Butson ’99, a Telluride, Colo., mountain guide who graduated from Paul Smith’s with an associate degree in outdoor recreation. “It’s overwhelming how much effort it takes to be able to do it. It’s not always fun.”

The Himalayas, while increasingly popular as a trekking destination, remain the world’s most difficult mountains to climb.

Only a few hundred elite climbers try their luck and skill each year on the most technical Nepali peaks, and only a handful of those feel compelled to up the ante by attempting to ski new routes down.

But the challenge of surmounting – and then descending – such demanding terrain

LEFT: Butson heads out of high camp on the 23,390-foot Baruntse in spring 2009.

INSET: Butson with Ben Clark at high camp, which is at 21,500 feet.

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keeps calling to Butson. “These mountains are some of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been,” he says. “You’re surrounded by the biggest peaks in the world.”

Butson, 31, owns a pair of guide businesses in Colorado with his wife, fellow Paul Smith’s alum Tara (Wight ’99) Butson, and has faced challenging ascents all over the country. So when professional mountaineer and long time climbing partner Ben Clark invited him to join a climbing/skiing trip to Annapurna II and IV in 2008, he couldn’t say no.

After the Butsons finished their college careers in Vermont they guided together in the Adirondacks and New England.

After two years in Colorado, the couple owned the guide business Josh worked for,

San Juan Outdoor School, and three years after that they added another, Telluride Alpinism, to their portfolio.

“That was my dream when I left Paul Smith’s,” Josh says.

Running a business has been no nature walk. They lived in an Airstream trailer more than an hour from Telluride when they first moved. They were soon paying five full-time guides (including themselves) and a dozen part-timers to provide the mix of hiking, climbing, backcountry skiing and snowboarding, snowshoeing and other adventures offered by the companies.

“It’s not easy, for sure,” Tara says of operating a business. “We work our butts off, summer and winter. If you want something bad enough, you figure out how to do it.”

Which was probably what attracted Josh Butson to the Himalayas. Though he failed to summit Annapurna II and IV because of dangerous snow conditions, he spent April and May this year trying to surmount the 23,390-foot Baruntse. Again he went with Ben Clark, and again they failed to summit, after being stuck in a tent at 21,500 feet during a five-day blizzard. “We were lucky to get down,” Butson says.

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Storied past

By Kenneth Aaron | Director of Communications

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ack when Neil Surprenant first became interested in the history of Paul Smith, he was just two degrees of separation from the man himself. Because in 1976, when Surprenant moved here, he met people who were old enough to remember Paul when they were children (not to mention those who worked for Paul’s son, Phelps).

Those folks are no longer around to reminisce about Smith. But Surprenant picks up for them in his new book, “Paul Smith’s Adirondack Hotel and College.”

Surprenant, director of library services at the college’s Joan Weill Adirondack Library, has been gathering thread on Paul Smith since he started working here 33 years ago. Those primary sources he first met at a senior-citizens’ lunch in Brighton that bicentennial year played a big role in his picture history – “I was able to get a lot of people identified in the pictures, who now we would have no idea who they were,” he says.

Smith, Surprenant says, played an important role in bringing people to the Adirondacks. The New York Times once

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Neil Surprenant’s new book takes on 150 years of history declared that he “helped make the Adirondacks famous.” But the Adirondacks returned the favor for Smith as well. He moved to the region from Vermont in 1852, at a time when Americans were starting to realize the effect that man could have on nature. People were beginning to look for exits, even if temporary, from dirty, noisy, polluted cities. They turned north.

“Timing is everything,” Surprenant says.

“He started his hotel in 1859, just when these ideas were starting to be thought of a little bit. It led to a rush of tourism in the Adirondacks – it really created the modern tourism industry of the Adirondacks, and Paul Smith really rode that tide.”

The Civil War also helped spark Smith’s career. For $300, young men could buy their way out of the draft. But draft dodgers were as unpopular then as now – so they’d head north for a few months, to lie low.

One of the few hotels they could find was Paul Smith’s. They liked what they found, and word spread.

“Great hunting, great fishing, Paul was entertaining, his wife, Lydia, kept a great house, and the food was delicious and the place was clean,” Surprenant says. “After the war, as these men became family men, they came up with their families and it really helped Paul Smith’s hotel business out tremendously.”

Ultimately, Smith himself was the draw.

He was a first-rate raconteur and a genuine character – “he treated everybody with equal disrespect,” Surprenant jokes – and people loved him. “You don’t really see much that says anything evil about him, and almost anybody famous, you can find things where people try to knock them in some way or bring them down to earth.”

He wasn’t alone in building his Adirondack empire, though. “Don’t

underestimate the importance of Lydia to this whole thing,” Surprenant cautions. “At a time when women really didn’t play that great of a role in business, she was truly a business partner to him.”

She urged him to purchase land to resell to guests. And to diversify the business into logging and lumber and other industries.

While Paul Smith’s disdain of higher education has been a longrunning irony – he’s often quoted, perhaps apocryphally, as saying, “There’s no fool like an educated fool” – Surprenant suspects he would respect the college’s focus on experiential learning.

“I think he’d be proud,” Surprenant says.

“Lydia would love the place.”

The book took about a year to put together, not counting the countless hours Surprenant spent researching the material since 1976. And even though the college has a healthy trove of Paul Smith artifacts, there are few letters; Surprenant is still looking for those.

He’s hoping some readers might know of some. But he’ll be happy, too, if they embark on their own projects.

“I would like their interest in history to be kindled a little bit,” Surprenant says.

“There are great stories in pretty much any city or town you can name. What used to go on there, who used to do what. If people look at this and wonder, ‘I wonder what was going on in my town in the 1870s?’ and look into that a little bit and increase their knowledge of their own community, I’ll feel like I spent the time well.” S

» “Paul Smith’s Adirondack Hotel and

College,” Arcadia Publishing, is available through booksellers or the Pack Basket, the college’s bookstore; $21.99, plus tax and shipping. To order, call (518) 327-6314.

Josh Butson ’99.

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live interviews with CNN while on the mountain via satellite phone.

The trip took a dark turn when a third partner developed acute mountain sickness and early signs of deadly cerebral edema while tentbound and was unable to keep going. It took all their combined skill to get the entire team down safely.

“It’s OK to fail,” Clark said during one of his CNN interviews.

“What better way to learn ... and come back a little bit smarter and a little bit better?”

And at least they survived.

Fatalities while climbing in the Himalayas are common. Butson has lost a number of friends to the mountains, mostly victims of avalanche or falls. Many of the world’s best and strongest climbers have perished this way, their skill and determination no match for the power and fickleness of nature.

“I’m aware that he could very likely die doing this,” says Tara, who was supposed to go on the Baruntse expedition but backed out after a knee injury. “It’s part of the lifestyle, knowing that could happen.”

Plans for their future involve growing their guide services and perhaps a child. Butson is already planning his next trip back to the Himalayas – “if we can get the money,” he says – and maybe even a future ski descent of K2 in Pakistan, the world’s second-highest mountain (and a peak that’s far more dangerous and technical than Everest).

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TOM BOYLE Age: 48 Now living in: Greencastle, Ind. Hometown: Centereach, N.Y. Family: Wife, Ellie; daughters Jenny Lee, 24, and Nicole, 17 Education: Paul Smith’s College Hobbies: Landscaping, golf Currently reading: “The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf,” Mark Frost Best stadium memory: Colts beating New England 38-34 in 2006 AFC Championship Game

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[Q & A] INTERVIEW By Kenneth Aaron | Director of Communications

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aving a few friends over for a football game this fall? So is Tom Boyle ‘81. Boyle is director of operations of the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. So 10 times a year (not counting the playoffs), 63,000 screaming fans show up at his house, which happens to have a pair of 97-foot video screens and a 2.5-millionpound retractable roof. Boyle, who learned the ropes of building management at his own building-services company, talked this summer about what it takes to make a $720 million stadium tick.

This is the stadium’s second season.

What will be easier this time around?

Understanding and running the heating and cooling system. The Colts would love to see the building at 68 degrees and 40 percent humidity for kickoff. But we have to start cooling the building 12 hours prior. Once the fans come in we will drop it down below 68 degrees, because everybody’s excited, there’s a lot of body heat. You put 63,000 people into a building, and it’ll raise the space temperature 8 degrees. It’s a cat and mouse game.

Worst-case scenario: It’s 95 degrees, 90 percent humidity, and we’re going to have a building full of people.

If it looks like a good day, we’ll open the roof. It only takes about 12 minutes to open. It’s really the showpiece of the stadium. We won’t even go into pre-cooling. It saves us utility money.

You must have a heck of an electric bill.

If we played one football game per month, it would cost around $45,000 just for the electricity.

Ever think about giving the Colts a little extra home-field advantage and shutting off hot water in the visitors locker room? Or cranking up the heat?

Whatever you do for the home team, you have to do for the visiting team. We get accused of throwing sound into the stadium all the time, to make it louder. But we never do.

(New England Patriots quarterback

and head coach) Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, they complain about it all the time.

When you’re out with the family at another arena, do you watch the event or the building?

I spend 70 percent of my time watching the building. My wife and kids already know I fall behind and I get lost. I know how to get to the back of the house very easily.

What are you looking for?

Cleanliness, customer service, aesthetics, easy ingress and egress. The condition of their building. It’s weird, but I’ll look up and I’ll look at their pipes, I’ll look at ductwork. Is it condensating? Is it rusty?

When you’re at Lucas Oil, do you watch the games?

Not a lot. It depends on the game and it depends on what’s going on in the building. I spent the entire game in the elevator mechanical room one time in the RCA Dome (the Colts’ former home). It was the elevator responsible for bringing Bill Polian, the president of the Colts, to the press box.

But if you have to work on a Sunday, it’s pretty cool that you’re at an NFL football game.

What happens when the game’s over?

If you ever looked at a stadium real close after you left, there is a boatload of trash left. After a Colts game, it takes us three days to clean

the stadium. That costs $50,000 to $60,000. If everybody cleaned up after themselves, it would shave half a day off. We still have to sweep the peanut shells and popcorn, and mop it all. We pride ourselves on having one of the cleanest stadiums in the nation.

A Sunday game starts happening Friday afternoon. TV trucks arrive and tie into the power. They want phone and data. Techs start tying into the house cabling system. And in our building, we typically have events the Friday or Saturday prior to a Colts game.

How do you get ready for a season?

We do more than Colts games – college and high school football, trade shows, basketball, monster truck shows, supercross. We get started roughly 45 days prior to the first event for the season. Everything from checking out all of the electronics - the video boards and then all of the electrical systems.

We have a huge amount of power that comes into the building. Before we put on a full-blown football game we spike the system and turn everything on at the same time. We also check the HVAC system, change filters, and start turning on equipment, such as ice machines.

The toughest for us to get ready for right now is the 2010 NCAA Final Four. Once we do the Super Bowl in 2012, that’ll be right up there at the top of the list, also.

Are buildings living creatures, or just bricks and mortar?

Oh, they live and breathe. They can be your best friend and they can be your worst nightmare. I was very comfortable with the RCA Dome. I knew it inside and out. Going into the second season now, I’m a little more comfortable. There were times last season where I thought, “I hate you, building,” but I’m getting to like her now. She’s getting settled in there.

It takes about 4 years for the building to settle in and the systems to get into a groove. S

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hether logging, or ferrying Paul Smith’s Hotel guests to and from the train station, horses have been a big part of the history here. Today, the college owns two Canadian draft horses, and they’re used much like they were in the past – pulling fallen timber, sleighs and the campus’ restored stagecoach. Bob Brhel ’80 and the college’s two horses, Fee and Lady, are shown here at the stable, off Keese Mills Road.

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1 Clevises, hooks, skidding tongs and other tools of the trade hang on the barn’s log walls.

2 Brhel has taught several courses with the horses, starting two of them from scratch.

He also started the Draft Horse Club. His first exposure to horses was in 1986, when he started working here; Gould Hoyt taught him to drive. In 1995, he bought two horses of his own. Besides teaching, he uses the horses for pleasure riding, sleigh rides and some small logging jobs.

4 These runners belong to a Pioneer wagon bought earlier this year by the Draft Horse Club. By removing the wagon’s wheels and replacing them with these skids, the wagon converts to a sleigh. Fee and Lady are big draws when the club gives wagon and sleigh rides to the campus and community.

5 The barn, off Keese Mills Road, was built in 1963 and has had three subsequent expansions. Most of the work was done by faculty and students. The first portion, Casa Casey – through this door – was just two stalls. The portion in the photo, Hoyt’s Hovel, went up in 1976. A feed and tack room was added in 1980, and the last expansion was in 1997.

3 Two horses means this shovel gets plenty of use: work-study students clean the stalls once a day. Brhel and Paul Smith’s alum Lydia (Tilert ’77) Wright feed the horses high-quality hay twice a day – Brhel during the week and Wright on the weekend – and they’re fed oats when they’re worked.

6 & 7 Fee and her daughter, Lady, were purchased in 2004.

Fee is 13 and Lady is 8; they’re used in several classes, including Intro to Forestry, Silviculture, Timber Harvesting and Draft Horse Management.

8 This Oliver walking plow is used to plow a ½-acre plot for the college’s Permaculture class.

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At least two dozen students, faculty and staff at Paul Smith’s College are veterans, and the number is expected to grow. Left-right: Cat Heavener; Jackie Hite; Chef David Gotzmer; Joshua Robtoy; and Jeffrey Bellaire.

[ cover story ]

NEW DEAL FOR VETS Post-9/11 GI Bill attracts students – and the college is ready

By JESSICA COLLIER photos By kenneth aaron | Director of Communications

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ust a few years ago, Joshua Robtoy was in the Marines, conducting house-by-house weapons searches in Iraq and guarding the U.S. Embassy in the walled fortress that is Baghdad’s Green Zone.

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“I’m much more goal oriented than I was when I was 18, 19 years old.”

– Jeffrey Bellaire, 26; Bellaire, a second-year student, served in the U.S. Army.

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aul Smith’s College is thousands of miles from the dusty war zone that was once Robtoy’s workplace, and even farther from the life he led in the military. Now in his third semester as a forest biology student, Robtoy is enjoying Paul Smith’s, but has had his share of challenges returning to civilian life. Bouts of post-traumatic stress disorder have made it difficult for Robtoy to sleep, so he drinks coffee – lots of it – to get through days of classes and studying. And there’s simply less structure and more freedom on campus, which may sound great to an 18-year-old leaving home for the first time, but it’s been a change that Robtoy has had to get used to. “In the military, you’re told what to do,” Robtoy says.

It can be a tough transition, but one Robtoy is facing with many others on campus. Paul Smith’s College expects veteran enrollment to increase steadily over the next few years thanks to the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which is helping hundreds of thousands of students nationwide complete their college educations.

Not only is Paul Smith’s participating in the new GI Bill’s Yellow Ribbon Program – which will effectively allow many veterans to earn a degree here, or elsewhere, tuition-free – but it is also ramping up efforts to provide additional services to those vets once they arrive on campus. A full-time staff member has been assigned to handle veterans issues, campus officials have worked with the state’s Division of Veterans Affairs to create a one-stop shop where veterans can get help on questions and problems they’re facing, and a veterans’ club has been launched.

The focus is appropriate for the college, says Kathleen Fitzgerald, the college’s vice president of enrollment management.

After all, she says, the vast majority of the college’s first graduating class attended thanks to the World War II-era GI Bill.

“There’s a commitment through the community that this is something we feel very strongly about,” says Fitzgerald.

Since taking effect Aug. 1, nearly 300,000 veterans have applied for benefits under the new GI Bill, which entitles them to a free or low-cost education at thousands of colleges and universities.

Veterans on active duty for 90 days or longer since Sept. 10, 2001, are eligible for benefits, which include coverage of up

to 100 percent of tuition and fees; housing, books and relocation allowances; and more. In all, the federal government expects to spend $78 billion over the next 10 years on the program.

The college’s new Office of Veterans Services is led by Amy Tuthill, associate director of veteran recruitment and retention. It’s a charge she takes personally: Tuthill’s son is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army who is scheduled to deploy to Iraq next October. “I just feel this is so important,” Tuthill says.

She’s intent on making Paul Smith’s more veteran friendly, and has attended two conferences on the topic. If vets see a college making an effort at being accommodating, she says, they are more likely to attend; the conferences gave Tuthill tips for doing small things that veterans appreciate, such as changing the wording on the school’s application from “Are you a veteran?” to “Have you served in the U.S. Armed Forces?” (Many young veterans consider “veterans” to be of an older generation, Tuthill says.)

Tuthill is working with Timothy Pierce, a counselor with the state’s Division of Veterans Affairs who is coming to campus once a month to help veterans receive the federal and state benefits available to them. Those range from behavioral health programs to financial assistance – besides the new GI Bill, “a really fantastic benefit for veterans,” Pierce can help them earn state grants that can cover costs the military doesn’t.

Making ends meet is a common challenge for veterans, who are often young and have new families in tow. Such as Jeffrey Bellaire, who began his military career in the National Guard before volunteering in 2005 to deploy to Kuwait with the Army. Bellaire, now a sophomore at Paul Smith’s from Michigan, has a wife and a 15-month-old son. “We certainly wouldn’t be able to afford day care, so she stays home and takes care of him, and I go to school,” Bellaire says.

With his wife at home and Bellaire concentrating on school full time, his family has been living exclusively on college loans. Bellaire served overseas for a year and four days, not enough to get much assistance on the old GI Bill. “Now, with the new GI Bill, that’s helping me and my family quite a bit,” Bellaire says. “We’re actually able to pay the bills much better and aren’t racking up as much debt.”

Robtoy, too, has fared much better

under the new GI Bill. Until this fall, he was attending Paul Smith’s under the Montgomery GI Bill, bringing home a $1,400 monthly check intended to cover all his educational expenses; the new GI Bill, in comparison, covers all of his tuition and fees, plus a book stipend and a housing allowance. While Robtoy had to draw loans to get him through his first year on the old GI Bill, “I don’t have to pay a single penny for the rest of the three,” he says.

Money, though, isn’t the only hurdle that veterans face. Bellaire says his biggest obstacle in attending college is his age.

“Being an older student definitely has

some challenges,” says the 26-year-old.

“You’re not as connected to the college as if you’re a normal, out-of-high-school, living-on-campus-type student.”

Commuting to Paul Smith’s from Malone, Bellaire is away from home much of the time and is often busy doing schoolwork even when he is home. When his son Jake learns something new or says a new word, his wife will often video it and send it to his cell phone so he can feel involved. But the technology goes only so far. It is hard, Bellaire says, to spend as little time with his son as he does. When he is able to be home, he and his wife just hang out and spend time with their son all day.

Despite the time he spends here, Bellaire also feels separate, sometimes, from campus.

He can participate in campus activities only on weekends, when he can bring the whole

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“Our programs are a great fit for those people who are looking to relearn, unlearn or start a new career.”

– Chef David Gotzmer wears the medals he earned serving in Vietnam on his chef’s whites.

family to watch events such as woodsmen’s meets and rugby games.

Yet the advantages of being older and being a veteran far outweigh the disadvantages, he says. “For one, being older, you’re more driven,” Bellaire says. “I’m much more goal oriented than I was when I was 18, 19 years old.”

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ing sacrifices. That’s what he’s been doing since he started studying forestry recreation resource management and arboriculture and land management at Paul Smith’s.

Culinary professor David Gotzmer sees this sort of difference in many of his students who are veterans. He says they have a level of maturity and make an emotional contribution to classes that he doesn’t see from his other students.

Gotzmer, a Vietnam veteran, had a get-together with the incoming vets and the returning student vets so they could

interact with one another at the beginning of the school year.

“On the very first day they met, there was an instant bond,” says Tuthill, who was there. “It was a very powerful meeting.” From that, the students decided to form a veterans’ club, of which Gotzmer is the adviser. Robtoy says he hopes the club will be a way to reach out to new vets coming onto campus so they know there are people there who understand their situation.

Jackie Hite, a second-year culinary student, says Gotzmer’s support was one reason why she has decided to finish a bachelor’s degree, as opposed to leaving after she completes her associate degree this spring. “He’s a good mentor for me,” says Hite, a retired Army sergeant first class. “Even though I’m older, I still need some coaching from time to time.”

The 44-year-old mother of two, who could pass for somebody half her age, served in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

While her son is grown, her daughter, 8, lives with a teacher during the week

in Watertown; they see each other on weekends, although Hite expects to move Jayla to the area full-time this fall. Considering how far apart mother and daughter have been, being just a couple of hours away has been more bearable than some might expect.

“It’s a lot – but you just think about what the end result is going to be,” says Hite, who hopes to be a personal chef someday. And her kids are proud. “’Mom is going to school, Mom is continuing her education and being successful.’ I try to show my children when you start it, you need to finish it.”

There are days, of course, that are challenging. “I’m in a classroom with people younger than my son,” she says. The lack of order, as Robtoy mentioned, takes getting used to – “The Army has a stock number for everything, down to the T-shirts you wear,” Hite says. “It’s very challenging. Very. I struggle, probably just like every other vet, but I tend to overcome because I have other vets to talk to about it. That’s the great thing about being here.”

When the vets spend time together, Robtoy says they don’t really talk much about their time in the military, other than comparing their training once in a while. “It’s an unspoken understanding that everyone knows,” Robtoy says. “They’ve been through it, too, so why dredge up the bad?”

But just being around other vets makes him feel like there are people around who understand him, he says.

Until December 2012, Robtoy will remain on inactive duty and could be called back up. Two years ago his unit was recalled, and the Marines put more than half of the people in it back into service, but they didn’t take him, Robtoy says. He says if he does get called up in the future, he’ll go.

“It’s understandable,” Robtoy says. “They already spent the time and the money to train you.”

And even though he would have to put his life on hold – a life that he just resumed – Robtoy has no regrets. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat,” Robtoy says. “They say you make and lose the best friends in the military, and it’s true.” S

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Ed Kimball ’49, right, left the service and was among the first veterans to enroll at Paul Smith’s.

Vets & Paul Smith’s: A 60-year tradition

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ost of the members of Paul Smith’s earliest graduating classes were veterans on the first G.I. Bill.

To one who was there, Ed Kimball ’49, campus

didn’t feel far removed from military barracks.

Dorms in those days had names like Armpit and Snake Pit, and professors displayed freezers full of fish and game like trophies. Kimball was part of a tight group of forestry majors; he made fast friends with a fellow vet, Richard McCarthy ’50, and learned fly casting from Prof. Wallace. Outside of class, they put on their lace boots and white Army skis and joined Big John Russell, also a veteran, to ski trails that had only just been cut at Whiteface Mountain.

Kimball says his days at Paul Smith’s were some of his most memorable. If it wasn’t for the college, which gave him a chance when other schools turned him down because of grades, he wouldn’t have had the tools he needed to continue his education and start a career. Kimball joined Georgia Pacific Hardwood Company almost immediately after graduation as a salesman, and later became a national sales manager.

Now Kimball and his wife, Barbara – his high school sweetheart – live in central Oregon. Partially retired, one of his favorite pastimes remains fly fishing, a hobby that started with the first brown trout he hooked at Meacham Lake in 1950 (not to mention a life-long love of the outdoors, a strong

Jackie Hite’s uniform. After retiring from the Army, she’s pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the culinary arts.

work ethic he stills holds dear, and a college education.)

– RANDI RABIDEAU

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Joan Weill, co-chairman of the college’s Board of Trustees, inside the library that bears her name. Photographed December 4, 2009.

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example Joan Weill’s impact goes beyond dollars

By Kenneth Aaron | Director of Communications

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oan Weill has an eye for a good project. When she and her husband, Sandy, came across the camp they ultimately bought on Upper Saranac Lake, it had fallen into disuse. It was unheated. The walls and floor were the same dark-chocolatebrown as the rafters that spanned the main hall, and there were animal heads hanging everywhere. Other than those trophies, the space had been pretty much stripped of everything worth anything.

Potential? “It was hard to see,” Weill says.

So it’s hard, now, to imagine the way it once looked. Just about everything was made over, including the animals, because the taxidermy was laden with arsenic. As Weill sat on a soft sofa in the camp’s living room, the place was lived in, cozy, and looked like it had been that way forever. It’s still the same camp – just a much lovelier version.

Weill, co-chairman of the college’s board of trustees, needed to use that keen eye when she first visited Paul Smith’s campus almost 20 years ago. Back then, the place resembled a barracks: The buildings were aging none too gracefully, and student amenities were something for other campuses. The place needed TLC. So Weill and another board mem-

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Joan Weill speaks with seniors displaying posters made as part of their capstone presentations.

Weill’s involvement with the college goes back nearly 20 years.

ber, Sheila Hutt, made a home movie of campus – the kind prospective students wouldn’t see. “We said, let’s look at the bad.

Let’s look at the ugly,” she says. “We took pictures of the bathrooms, we took pictures of some of the dormitories, and the cafeteria.” (She adds, impishly, “Of course, then we had a fire in the cafeteria, which helped move things along. I did not set it.”)

They showed the video at the next board meeting, and jump-started the campus’

transformation. The first change was to the campus’ front gate. Other improvements followed: a new library, a renovated student center with a new dining hall, cobblestone walkways, a pair of suite-style residence halls, and more. It’s still Paul Smith’s College – just a much lovelier version.

Those new buildings might be the most obvious change on campus since Weill joined the college’s board in 1992, and many in the Paul Smith’s community

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LEFT: Weill stands next to President John W. Mills as ground is broken for Upper and Lower St. Regis Hall, residences that opened in 2008.

might know her best as the woman whose name adorns the Joan Weill Adirondack Library and the Joan Weill Student Center. She and her husband frequently appear on lists of the world’s most generous philanthropists, and this year, they received the prestigious Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

But here, and at the other institutions and organizations where she devotes her philanthropic attention, such as Weill Cornell Medical College and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, all the donations, and new construction, are secondary to building lasting change.

“It’s great to be able to write a check, and that’s kind of an easy thing to do,” says Weill, 75, who jokes that “shrouds don’t have pockets.” “But I think what’s important to Sandy and myself is to be involved in it. We don’t want to micromanage, but we can be helpful, we like to be helpful and we would like to work for the organizations that we give to and are interested in.

It’s not just about the money. It’s about the involvement and it’s about the people.”

Those who have worked with her attest to that. “When Joan gets involved in a nonprofit organization, or a cause, it is something that she does with such a passion, and discipline and hard work – she’s very hands-on,” says Sharon Gersten Luckman, executive director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. And while Ailey’s

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KENNETH AARON

It’s great to be able to write a check, and that’s an easy thing to do. (But) it’s not just about the money.

It’s about the involvement and it’s about the people.

new $54 million Manhattan headquarters wouldn’t have gotten off the ground without the Weills and their contribution to it, Luckman says Joan’s involvement yielded something even more lasting. “It’s what the building symbolized,” she says.

“It institutionalized Ailey – it made it clear that we would be around forever.”

Weill often forges her commitments because of a deep personal interest. “You have to have a passion for the organization,” she says. “Before you can approach anybody to give, this has to be a priority of yours.” A common thread to her involvement is education; Weill is a teacher by training and she spent two years in the classroom. Ailey, for example, has established 11 camps nationwide for underserved children. Weill Cornell trains tomorrow’s doctors.

Weill became involved at Paul Smith’s because she wanted to give back to the Adirondacks, a place that she and her husband came to love. Former trustee Charles Ritchie introduced her to the college nearly 20 years ago; “The school appealed to me because it was small and you could get your arms around it,” she says. “It wasn’t like Harvard or another large school like that, where you couldn’t really make a difference. Plus, I loved the idea that most of the students were the first ones in their

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FAR LEFT: Weill addresses the audience at the college’s 2007 Gala, held at Gotham Hall in New York City.

– Joan Weill family to get an education. I’m a graduate of a public school, Brooklyn College, and I just feel if I was lucky enough to have an education, I want other young people to have that chance as well.”

John W. Mills, the college’s president, says Weill’s commitment to making higher education accessible to people of all backgrounds has made Paul Smith’s stronger.

“She really does care,” he says. “Thanks to her involvement, we can reach out to growing numbers of deserving students who will benefit from that access.”

Access is a story that Weill has helped the college hammer home for years, and she credits Mills with helping her lead the charge on the issue. Weill has helped the college open ties to a New York City high school, so that students there could see firsthand how college is within their reach. “We’re changing their lives,” Weill says of some Paul Smith’s students. “That’s the future of our country. We’re making them into responsible citizens who will have jobs, so it’s terribly important.”

She learned the art of building support for a cause during her first philanthropic foray, with the Citymeals-on-Wheels organization in New York City. “It was a real grassroots organization,” she says.

“We used to sit around my dining room table and decide how we were going to

raise money and get things done.”

The key to generating interest? “You go out in the field and you talk – a lot,” says Weill, who was honored by the group in November for her work. “I brought a bunch of people to a senior center and we delivered meals. So people could actually see what we were doing and meet the homebound elderly and they could talk to them – they could see how very important that this was. The same as we try to do at Paul Smith’s, we bring people to meet the students to see what we’re about.

Including board members. I think people need to be reminded of why they’re doing what they’re doing.”

Her way yields results. “I’ve said this many times – the woman is our fairy godmother,” says Dr. Orli Etingin, director of the Women’s Health Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center and a professor of clinical medicine. “Joan is a force of nature. The woman works tirelessly for her causes.”

At Weill Cornell, Weill has focused on women’s health. “In her quiet but persistent way, she’s really sort of whispered this to people all along – that women deserve the same kind of care as men. Women are basically not just small men,” says Etingin.

“Without her, we’d be no place. And because she took this issue up, it got the exposure and the resources. It got everyone’s attention and it became legitimate.”

Today, Etingin’s program has become a role model, bringing gynecologists, radiologists and other specialists concentrating on women’s health under one roof. Weill is willing to go far to spread the word: She has gone to African villages with doctors from the medical center, seeing the difficulties of implementing even rudimentary women’s health programs in developing nations.

For years, Weill has tried to combine her interest in health and education through the launch of a nursing program at Paul Smith’s College. Not only would it bolster enrollment, especially

among women, but it would also provide a pool of health-care workers for the Adirondacks – a perennial problem in the North Country. But Weill has gotten little traction on the issue. While she’s willing to donate millions for the project, others haven’t been as enthusiastic.

She admits that the lack of interest has rankled her. “We give a lot back to the Adirondacks in terms of conservation, jobs, the environment, culinary arts,” she says. “We could not really get support for the nursing project. I’d like the nursing school to be my legacy here. Because it would just give so much opportunity to so many young people. And it would be so good for the community. And there’s such a need for it.”

Now, it appears a tough sell, but Weill isn’t planning to let the matter drop. “I think, in reality, the times right now are very difficult in terms of raising money for that kind of thing,” she says. But a downturn, she adds, is not a reason to stop giving. She and her husband accelerated a $170 million gift to Cornell University, Sandy’s alma mater, in 2008, even though he had planned to give the money upon his death. “I think when you can, you have to continue to give back on the same level that you were. As an example to people to say, ‘Look, I think it’s going to get bet-

ter.’ I can understand people being scared.

What’s happened to a lot of our kids at school whose parents aren’t sure they can keep their job, and I think we have to try our best to help those kids stay in school as best as we can.”

In these economic times, Weill says, it’s important that an institution’s supporters find it well-run. Weill and her husband have said in the past that they look to see the return on investment they get from an organization when determining whether to remain involved; at Paul Smith’s, Joan Weill says she’s being repaid in spades.

“I feel my return is emotional,” Weill says. “When I see the kids really enjoying the school and using the library and using the student center, and I see our retention rate going up a little bit, I feel very good about that. I worry about our finances – it’s a very tough time for everybody right now, and that’s a worry. But when you look around the school, and you see the fouryear program and how much more successful these kids are going to be when they get out of school because they have this background, I find that very rewarding – I mean, why else would I do this?” S

Weill at a 2005 event flanked

by Melissa Uhlik ’76 (far left) and Cheryl White ’75 (left).

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[ alumni life] LETTER FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

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ello fellow alumni, I hope you’ve enjoyed the holidays as we head into 2010. The college is doing very well; I recently paid a visit that really demonstrated to me just how far the institution has come over the past 10 years.

I am involved with the North Country Mission of Hope, a Plattsburgh-based humanitarian group that supports several initiatives in Nicaragua. I joined the mission’s Executive Director, Sister Debbie Blow O.P., as speaker in a lecture series for students and community members on the mission’s work. The series were held in the Adirondack Room of the Joan Weill Adirondack Library, and as Sr. Debbie spoke I couldn’t help but marvel at what a beautiful facility the campus has become. We were met by professor Kirk Peterson who took us to dinner at the student-run St. Regis Café on campus. We had a gourmet menu to choose from, excellent service, and a beautiful view. It made me jealous of the students there today, enjoying so many things we didn’t even know about in our PSC days.

If you get the chance to come back to campus, I strongly recommend you jump at the opportunity. The two new residence halls are amazing to see (such an upgrade from dorm #9!), and the Saunders Sport Complex renovation is almost complete, as is the construction of the Adirondack Watershed Institute. And remember, Reunion 2010 is in July, so mark your calendars for the weekend of July 16 – 18 to attend!

Your Alumni President,

KATHLEEN KECK

. Reunion 2009 with members and

family of the class of ’89.

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ou’ve asked – and we’ve heard you: Alumni Reunion 2010 will be held in July this year.

Head back to campus from Friday, July 16, to Sunday, July 18. The switch was made after we heard from several alums who wanted to move the date from June, when Reunion had been held in recent years.

Look for more information about Reunion 2010 in the coming months!

William P. Murray, P.E. Class of 1979

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2010

Alumni Events

Sugarbush Breakfast

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Calendar March

Sugar Bush on the Road Saturday, March 27 Hagaman, N.Y. Hosts: Dave and Linda Eaton.

April

Paul Smith’s College Spring Job Fair Thursday, April 1 Alumni jobseekers welcome. Campus.

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Saturday, April 17 Paul Smith’s College Sugar Bush

Woodsmen’s Spring Meet/Stihl Timbersports Collegiate Series, with ESPN Friday, April 23 – Saturday, April 24 Campus.

May

Commencement Sunday, May 16

KATHLEEN KECK

Sunchaser Challenge multi-sport challenge Friday, May 21 – Saturday, May 22 Campus and surrounding area.

July

Alumni Reunion 2010 Friday, July 16 – Sunday, July 18 Campus.

August

Paul Smith’s College

Clambake Sunday, Aug. 22 Hagaman, N.Y. Hosts: Dave and Linda Eaton.

All dates are tentative and subject to change.

Contact Us » For additional information,

please contact: Randi Rabideau Alumni Relations Coordinator Phone: (518) 327-6253 E-mail: rrabideau@paulsmiths.edu

[ CLASS NOTES ] Our inbox runneth over!

If your note doesn’t appear it will be printed in the next issue of Sequel.

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Frederick T. Cook ’49 is enjoying retire-

ment and keeping busy traveling.

Don F. Adams ’49 joined the Army after

graduation on July 1, 1950. He spent one year in Korea. Don attended St. Lawrence University for two years and Maryville College for two years. He graduated in 1956 with an English major and taught school from 1956 - 1963.

He also served as a National Park Ranger from 1958 - 1997. He lived in the Smokies, Fort Donelson, Tenn., Murfreesboro, Tenn., the Virgin Islands National Park, and Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (1978 - 1997). Don retired in 1997.

Robert C. Schenck ’49 is

still breathing. He would have attended the 60th reunion, but his brother passed away and he wasn’t able to make a third trip back to New York State in June.

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Charles A. La Forge ’50 is well. He lives in Flor-

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began his career and started a family in Idaho, where he was a timber inventory forester with the Idaho Forest Service. He hiked and surveyed vast areas of the Sawtooth Mountain range and forests of southern Idaho. He later joined Kerr-McGee Corp. in Oklahoma City as VP of marketing, Coal Division. In that capacity he traveled extensively to Japan, Europe and North Africa. He retired in 1997 and eventually returned to the Idaho Mountains he loved so much. He was an avid skier, accomplished golfer and enjoyed hiking and fly fishing. Richard passed away at his home in Warm Springs, Idaho, on March 17, 2008.

Natalie B. (Bombard ’51) Leduc and Cyril J. Murphy ’52 have purchased a

mountain home on the side of Mt. Pisgah, the local ski hill in Saranac Lake. Cy retired from the electric business in 1996 and Natalie retired from a very successful real estate sales career in 2008.

Ray W. Peterson ’52 is still going strong at 79 years old. He said that the hunting and fishing is great in South Carolina, but he does miss the Paul Smith’s College mountain area.

ichard E. McCarth ida in the winter and New y ’51 Randall F. “Randy” Hampshire in the summer. He sold White ’53 passed away on Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck, N.Y., in 2002 January 9, 2009, in Russell, Pa. The Alumni and is enjoying golf, grandchildren and life.

Office received a note from Randy’s daughter, Darcy, that stated he died as a result of injuries John N. Russell ’50, like Col. Sanders (the sustained when he was hit by a car during his Kentucky Fried Chicken man), still enjoys workroutine three-mile morning walk. ing and greeting the guests at Bonnie Castle.

Leila Dunning, daughter of Richard E. McCarthy ’51, would like to share the following about her father, who died in 2008: Richard proudly served in the Marine Corps, and while stationed in Washington ,D.C., he met Mary Greenwell at a USO dance. They married in 1949. He graduated from Paul Smith’s College with a degree in timber management,

James S. Eaton ’54 remembers the cold winters and snow, with temperatures of 20 below zero. He is now living in Arizona and the weather is much more agreeable. He writes, “Let’s hope the economy gets better.”

LeRoy “Roy” A. Miltner ’54 lives in

southern Colorado where he is secretary and

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ne of Paul Smith’s first graduates also happened to be one of the college’s most fervent supporters – Ruth E. (Anson) Davis ’48. Sadly, Ruth died on December 1 at 88.

Ruth, a founding member of the college’s Alumni Council, left behind countless admirers and memories. “I will remember most her youthful spirit, her hat collection, her bold personality, her love for life and for the people who touched hers, her passion for all things PSC, her optimism, her pioneering spirit that paved the way for me and all other PSC women, her independence, her courage, and her charming, gentle ways,” says Brenda Crane ’76, a current member of the Alumni Council. “May you dance for all eternity!”

Ruth – who loved dancing, as well as music and collecting antiques – came to Paul Smith’s after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II and attending a business college. Her husband, Carl, died in 1992.

She established the Ruth E.A. Davis ’48 Scholarship at the college in 2002 for students enrolled in the Science, Liberal Arts and Business division. Her family has asked that gifts in Ruth’s memory be made to this scholarship. For more information, contact Stephanie Colby in the Office of Institutional Advancement at (518) 327-6259 or scolby@paulsmiths.edu.

Send us your class notes.

Fax to (518) 327-6267, mail to PSC Alumni Office, P.O. Box 265, Paul Smiths, NY 12970 or e-mail alumni@paulsmiths.edu.

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[ CLASS NOTES ] display manager for the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. He is pictured here in front of their B-29, which is the queen of their fleet of 27 military aircraft. Roy’s interest in history also brings him east each summer where he and Bill Frotscher ’54 have been visiting Civil War battlefields for the last six years. Roy and Bill get together on occasion for lunch with Ron Fear ’54. Miltner and Frotscher have been friends, hunting buddies and explorers for nearly 70 years. Roy can be reached by e-mail at rkuduman@aol.com.

Archer W. Wirth ’54 has been a member of the Society of American Foresters for 50 years now.

John B. Kuhn ’55 spends his days skiing with the “wild old bunch” in Alta, Utah.

James F. Lord ’55 has long retired from the

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He enjoys canoeing, woodworking and bird watching.

Eric P. Rasmussen ’56 enjoyed the forestry newsletter “Branching Out.” He is not online so it’s nice for him to know what is happening. He writes, “Still very interesting and interested.”

C. Paul Glenn ’57 is still enjoying retirement

after a career in teaching. He applauds the Weill family for all they are doing and have done for his alma mater. He enjoyed Paul Smith’s more than the two colleges he attended while obtaining his master’s degree. It will always be his family and he writes, “Thanks!”

Harry Ruecker ’57 spends his winters in South

Florida in the town of Tamarac. If there are any alums in the area, he would like you to please give him a call at (518) 429-1694. He’s always looking for someone to go motorcycling with.

William A. Stewart ’57 has retired after 40 years in the catering business. To keep busy now, he is a fire inspector part-time, three days a week in the village of Mt. Kisco. April 2009 marked his 57th year in the volunteer fire company and he is still active.

William Greaves ’58 and his wife Janet are raising their son Andrew Greaves’ ’89 twin

sons since he passed away. The twins are now 10 years old.

John W. Korb ’58 recently attended a For-

est Service Retirees Reunion in Missoula, Mont., where he ran into several Paul Smith’s graduates.

He says that our grads are in “many places” and have done well using their undergraduate training from PSC. Keep up the good work.

Howard J. Scheurenbrand ’59 retired

from his second career at the Louisa County Sheriff’s Department on Jan. 31, 2009. He now spoils his great-grandkids, fishes, shoots competitively

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LeRoy “Roy” A. Miltner ’54

and mainly does whatever he likes. He had a wonderful time at the 50th reunion; it was very special to meet with classmates. If you are in Central Virginia, call him at (540) 894-7797.

60s Joseph A. Brislin ’61 retired from TOC Man-

agement Services where he served as general counsel. TOC is an employer association that provides employment law services to 500 forest products and other manufacturing companies in the Northwest. He was also active in employee benefits and was president of the International Association of Employee Benefit Plans in 2006.

Charles V. Dyke ’61 retired in 2004 after 40

years in the hotel and restaurant business.

Charles “Chuck” Michel ’62 is retired

from commercial real estate development in California and living in Newport Beach, Calif., in the winter, and Lake Arrowhead, Calif., in the summer. Chuck has been married for 36 years to Kathy McGee Michel and he is enjoying his three grandsons and playing lots of golf. You can contact Chuck by e-mail at meridian123@ hotmail.com.

James B. Revette ’62 and his wife, Vicki, are

both retired and live on Oneida Lake. They are enjoying their nine grandchildren, golfing, hunting and fishing. He writes that life is good.

Kenneth L. Nolan ’63 retired in Sedona, Ariz., in 1988 with his wife, Mary. He had a long career in food service/management which included owning and managing his own restaurant/bar in the Los Angeles area, while residing in Manhattan Beach. For the last 20 years, Ken was active in many volunteer jobs in his church and with the Sedona-Bell Rock Kiwanis Club where he

was a board member and treasurer. After a long illness, he has finally retired fully and enjoys water aerobics in the outdoor pool year round. He is often the only one who shows up for the exercise.

Football season also keeps him occupied.

Frederick S. Downs ’64 has been active

in his town since retiring from the Connecticut State Police. He works with the Salvation Army, the American Legion, and is president and on the board of the Sons of the American Revolution General Daniel Morgan Chapter. He is involved with other organizations as well.

Douglas J. Frederick ’64 is teaching and doing research in silviculture and forest management at North Carolina State, having been there for 32 years. It all started at Paul Smith’s College and he is grateful for the early training and practical experience. His best transfers are still from Paul Smith’s.

Robert H. Farrell ’65 retired two years ago and lives in Winslow, Maine, with his wife Patricia. If any classmates want to drop Robert a note, please e-mail him at rhf1073@yahoo.com.

Lyle J. Frank ’65 is retired and would like

for anyone from the Class of ‘65 Hotel and Restaurant Management to please contact him at 142 Main Street, Apartment 1G, Mineola, NY 11501-3946.

Martin F. Golden ’66 had some great diving

in Indonesia (West Paupa) last year. He took lots of pictures of big fish, little fish, coral and more.

He writes, “The tiny bubbles are getting me!”

Gregory J. Smith ’66 and his wife, Robin, manage an unbelievable private resort in the mountains of California, which is located on the Kern River. Greg says to consider a reunion there.

Roger L. VanNostrand ’66 greatly enjoyed the PSC Alumni Pancake Breakfast at Powder Mill

Park in Rochester on September 14, 2008. He met many Western New York alumni and an old friend and former co-worker, Jill Matzky ’94.

Robert T. Escheman ’67 retired with 36

years of federal service. He is working as an adjunct professor at Stockton College in New Jersey.

Richard M. Lewis ’67 says that it’s great to

hear of the newest developments on campus.

He is looking forward to a visit. Richard retired from the U.S. Army in 1992 and from federal service in 2007, after almost 40 years total.

He is currently serving as grounds and woodlands manager at Laconia Christian School, where his wife, Barbara, continues to teach high school. Richard says hello to all in the Class of 1965.

William O. Chamberlain ’68 is retired

and living with his wife, Linda, in Pennsylvania.

Kevin J. Mullally ’68 is still not retired!

He is now serving as mission director in Dakar Senegal, West Africa, with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Sarah “Sally” J. (Ritter ’68) Reinschmidt

took a three-day workshop in mid-June of this year on wildflower macro photography with the Adirondack Photography Institute. Sally stayed in Inlet then drove to Paul Smith’s College. This was the first return to the campus since 1968!

She says that the campus looks wonderful and Lambert House looks super! Sally lived there for the two years she was at Paul Smith’s.

Jeff V. Ashton ’69 is living life large. In

2004, he retired from Weyerhaeuser Co. after 32 years. His summers are taken up with golf, fishing, touring the wine country and home projects. Jeff spends his winters skiing. He was able to ski 42 days last year and is looking for 50-plus days this year. His message to Bob Valentine ’69 is, “Please call and come on out for some great skiing.”

Kurt L. Mullick ’69 bought an Adirondack

white pine cabin and will be spending summers in Saranac Lake.

Ronald J. Pierce ’69 recently retired as

a senior aquatic biologist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation after 33 years in New Paltz. He is now looking forward to spending time on home projects, hobbies and travel.

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John J. Hunt ’70 retired from the U.S. Air

Force in 1990.

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Manfred Owe ’71 has retired from NASA

after a 30-year career as a research hydrologist with the Earth Sciences Program at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He devoted his career to developing hydrologic applications for space-based remote sensing observations. He specialized in the monitoring of global surface soil moisture with microwave sensors, and led a variety of international research programs supporting drought research and prediction, global climate modeling, and global climate change studies. Manfred also retired recently from the U.S. Army after a combined 36 years of active and reserve service that included several mobilizations during the last 20 years. He and his wife, Doris, enjoy their children, grandchildren, traveling and camping. They especially look forward to their annual rendezvous with fellow White Piners during the summer in the Adirondacks. Manfred lives in Columbia, Md.

Births To Mary E. Yates ’86, daughter, June, on

January 18, 2008.

To Karen O’Neil-Trickey ’90 and

Steve, son, Jesse, in June 2008.

To Andrew “Andy” Hughes ’92 and

Chris, daughter, Mackenzie Lynn, on March 13, 2009.

To Lisa A. (Van Horn ’95) Bittle and

Jason, daughter, Sarah Constance, in June 2008.

To Daniel ’95 and Chassagne (Emerling) ’95 Shaffer, daughter, Arlah Anne,

on November 17, 2008. Arlah is also the granddaughter of Dennis Shaffer ’72.

To Scott K. Burt ’95 and Pauline, daugh-

ter, Jamie Elizabeth.

To Katie L. (O’Shea ’96) and Jon Filosa,

Clarence Trudeau ’71 has achieved one

son, Jon Peter Jr., on October 13, 2008.

more goal in life: he had a successful hunt on an Alaskan brown bear. It was an exciting, terrific and beautiful trip to the ABC Islands in Southeast Alaska.

To Emily R. (Dorn ’96) and Brett Arm-

strong, daughter, Esther Millie, on January 22.

To Kristine E. (Gizzi ‘00) and Paul E. Groves ‘00, daughter, Madelyn Elizabeth,

Christopher C. Kennick ’73 is still logging after 33 years of challenges, and loving it most of the time. He’d like to wish everyone a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

on August 22, 2008.

To Brian E. and Susan (Jones) Schofield ‘06, son Owen M. on May 19, 2009.

Deaths

John J. Barton ’75 writes that he works for Burns and McDonnell, which in September 2008 finished a major underground transmission line project in Connecticut and is currently working on a project in Antelope Valley, Calif.

Mary H. Smallman, former trustee, on October 26, 2009, in Hermon, N.Y. Patricia A. (Flynn ’48) Greeley on

March 2, 2007, in Villa Park, Ill.

Robert H. Allen ’48 on January 28, 2009, in North Wales, Pa.

George M. Castiglione ’75 of the Town

of Ulster graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with a doctorate of education. George graduated from John A. Coleman High School. He received his B.A. in Environmental Science from Marist College. He also received an M.S. in Biology Education and a C.A.S. in Education Administration from SUNY New Paltz. He currently serves as the director of research, evaluation, and testing for the Poughkeepsie City School District.

George is extremely grateful for the assistance with the statistical analysis component of his dissertation provided by Dr. James Helmreich of the Marist College Math Department.

Randall F. “Randy” White ’53 on

January 9, 2009, in Russell, Pa.

Donald L. Manning ’56 on February 25, 2008, in Simpsonville, S.C. Richard “Rick” Eisemann ’56 on October 15, 2009, in San Diego, Calif.

James H. Hoyt ’57 on October 25,

2009, in Opelika, Ala.

George R. Kronick ’58 on August 6,

2009, in Dunmore, Pa.

Jerome G. Woyshner ’60 on December 23, 2008, in Port Kent, N.Y.

Joseph H. Finan ’75 now serves as superintendent of Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater, N.Y. Mary is working for the Greenwich school system as a special education aid. Two of their three children are married and doing well; the third is studying abroad in New Zealand.

Steven W. Hall ’75 invites alumni quilters to

visit quiltingancrafting.com, the blog/Web site

Daniel F. Gayewski ’61 on February 7,

2008, in Rahway, N.J.

Archie M. Quarrier ’62 on February 5,

2009, in Charlottesville, Va.

John J. Seaman ’62 on July 17, 2008,

in Ennis, Mont.

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Nancy M. (Doyle ’62) McCarthy on

February 15, 2009, in Colton, N.Y.

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Trail markers Deaths Donald A. Wiltse ’63 on July 20, 2009,

in Tucson, Ariz.

R. Kenneth Smith ’64 on June 17, 2009,

in Panama City Beach, Fla.

Bradley R. Kernaghan ’64 on Novem-

ber 29, 2006, in Scotia, N.Y.

William Burnett on December 8, 2008, in

Middlebury, Vt.

Ronald J. Crossman ’65 in February

2001.

Roland E. Sleurs ’65 on May 19, 2009,

in East Greenwich, N.Y.

Thomas R. Gifford ’67 on September

15, 2009, in Johnson City, N.Y.

James A. Fricke ’68 on September 27,

2009, in Parkland, Fla.

Richard W. Crimp ’69 on October 1,

2009, in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

David “Dave” M. Laing ’70 on October

25, 2009, in Moriah, N.Y.

John P. Merrill ’70 on January 27, 2009, in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

Susan M. “Mutt” Tortello ’75 is starting her tenth year as tribal nutritionist for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. It is quite a change from the years she spent as a forester for the forest products industry. She is also dabbling in politics. Sue is beginning her fourth year on the Houlton Town Council. She says hi to all the gang in the classes of 1974-76.

“Cathy Myers ’75, where are you?!”

Frances A. (Connelly ’76) Rice lives in the Tampa Bay area. She currently works with her husband, supporting him in the office area of his real estate and general contracting businesses. Their company name is Mr. Vaughn Inc. Fran’s son, Ben, graduated from high school and entered the Army. He was the Battalion Honor Graduate of his infantry school.

Her daughter, Rachel, will graduate in 2010 and will pursue a business degree. Fran can be contacted via email at frannierice@msn.com.

Timothy R. Grant ’76 is the associate vice president for Aramark Higher Education in Philadelphia and lives in Cranston, R.I. Contact Timothy at grant-tim@aramark.com.

Charles “Charlie” W. Reeves ’71 on

Mark R. Skakel ’76 is a forestry and natural

October 1, 2009, in Frisco Woods, N.C.

resources instructor at Stafford Technical Center.

Colin K. Hugho ’71 on February 8,

Charles Barscz ’77 was recently promoted

2009, in Ridgecrest, Calif.

Robert W. “Bob” McGeachey ’72 on

February 7, 2009, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Michael V. Kass ’73 on October 28,

2009, in Danville, Pa.

David S. Olson ’74 on August 19, 2009,

in Hermon, N.Y.

Richard S. Russell ’75 on November 11,

2003, in Wareham, Mass.

to division chief at the National Wild and Scenic Rivers, Northeast Region, National Park Service in Philadelphia, Pa.

Edward N. Delaporte ’77 sends a hello

2009, in Las Vegas, Nev.

2009, in Orlando, Fla.

R. Dale Braue ’83 on September 13,

2009, in Steuben, N.Y.

Ricky F. Kloster ’88 on October 24,

2009, in Croghan, N.Y.

Teresa T. (Gregorio ’97) Blasdell on

January 10, 2009, in Denville, N.J.

Daniel F. Wright ’04 on August 15,

2008, in Warren, R.I.

Abigial Elizabeth Pruitt, current student, on October 30, 2009, in Franklin, N.Y.

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James E. “Jeff” Fraleigh ’79 writes that he is alive and well, living outside of Orlando, Fla. He still sees Paul Smith’s car stickers on occasion.

Michael W. Holmes ’79 studied wood and is selling metal. He has been a product specialist at Bearings Limited for 20 years. He can be reached at mholmes@bearingslimited.com.

nearly 10 years in the Communications Office and has taken a position as the Director of Marketing and Development at Unity House, a nonprofit human services organization in Auburn, with offices in Ithaca as well. Kelly’s daughter Stephanie is a sophomore at Susquehanna University, near Harrisburg, Pa. Over the past couple of years Kelly has been in touch with Nancy (Clark ’80) Maynard, Barbara Demjanec ’80, James F. Salvetti ’80, Thomas J. Hogan ’80, Amie (Kurtz ’80) Parker, the wife of Patrick J. Bassney ’82 as well a few others. She is hoping that everyone is gearing up for the 30th reunion. Kelly would love to hear from classmates. You can e-mail her at kbuck@unityhouse.com.

Stephen L. Mackey ’77 planned on hik-

Shawn P. Sharp ’80 on September 28,

hello to all of his Smitty friends. He is enjoying the lovely southern winters in Tennessee, but misses the Adirondacks in the fall. Andy has been teaching at the college for 10+ years and recently received a promotion to head up a Ph.D. program in leadership. He has been out of the woods professionally for a while now, but has thoroughly embraced trail running. He is currently training for his second ultra-marathon (50K) and shared the trail with a 4 ½-foot-long timber rattlesnake! Drop him a line at andrew.alexson@gmail.com, visit if you’re in the area and check out his son’s music at www.billalexson.com. Andy would love to hear from Mary Kay Allen ’79, Brian Bellew ’79, James “Jim” Abbot ’79, Constance “Connie” (Howe ’79) Beasley, Mark Sissons ’79, Jody Vent ’79, and Mark Coffin ’78.

David K. Hurka ’77 is retired and has

Robert E. “Bob” Mackenzie on August Thomas M. Oram ’80 on October 14,

Andrew T. Alexson ’79 would like to say

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Jeanne A. (Hayward ’79) Robertson

26, 2009, in Orofino, Idaho.

their dog, Terra. She is employed as a social worker in a University Hospital clinic, providing services for people with HIV. She also continues to be an avid rock climber. Contact her at claire.mearns@uch.edu.

out to Jo, Grace, Mark Charles and Mike Vandernoot. You can reach Edward by e-mail at edelaporte@iamaw.org

moved to Florida. He is enjoying the sun and fishing.

on April 19, 2007, in Polson, Mont.

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he produces with his wife, Carol.

ing the Appalachian Trail when he retired but this year he had the opportunity to take the summer off so he thru-hiked the trail and finished on August 23. It took 4 ½ months, he wore out two pairs of boots, lost 25 pounds (which he didn’t have to lose), saw 21 bears, four rattlesnakes, got stung by bees five times, pulled off 14 ticks and hiked 2,178 miles.

Jeffrey A. Walker ’77 married his wife, Jeanette, in 1992. He has one daughter, Dana, and his first grandchild, Breanna, was born in November 2008. He has been a civil engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff in Norfolk, Va., since 1996.

Claire M. Mearns ’78 lives in Lafayette,

Colo., with her husband, Mike Adams, and

Kelly D. Buck ’80 left Wells College after

Jane M. Cameron ’80 would like to hear from Judy Lennox. If anyone has Judy’s contact information please e-mail Jane at skisierra@ hotmail.com.

Stuart D. Diehl ’80 looks forward to seeing

a lot of you at the 30-year reunion. 2010 isn’t far away.

Thomas F. Pfeiffer ’81 writes that, “Contrary

to Dr. Kudish’s opinion, I am still forester for Albany and not an Adirondack Trailways ticket taker.”

Michael D. Caruso ’82 says hello to all from Las Vegas. If you are living in or near Las Vegas, please drop a note. He would enjoy catching up with friends via Facebook. Michael wanted to let JD know that he enjoyed golf in Orlando and let Mr. Door know that it is good to see him on Facebook.

John E. D’Adamo ’82 and Diane have finally moved back into the Northeast. He is the general manager of the sensational Desmond Hotel in Albany and he and Diane live in Burnt Hills, N.Y. Feel free to reach out to him if you are passing through at jdadamo@desmondhotels.com. He is sure that he can extend a friends and family rate for any PSC alum for a night.

Donna F. Mogul ’82 went to an awesome

PSC gathering at Bob’s Trees this fall. She’s looking forward to the next one this winter.

Peter A. Palmiotto ’82 has taken the position

of program director for the conservation biology concentration in the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University New England. Dr. Palmiotto is also a 1984 graduate of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He earned his MFS and DF (Doctor of Forestry) degrees from Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Peter has served as a core faculty member in the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch New England since 2001, and serves the institution as director of the Monadnock Ecological Research and Education Project (MERE), co-director of the Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CTEC). Peter also serves the broader community as an alternate on the Town of Walpole’s conservation commission and as a member of the Pisgah Technical Committee which advises the State of N.H. on the development of a Master Plan for Pisgah State Park, N.H.

Jaime (Woodall ’83) and Keith Pomeroy ’83 sold the business and the house, jumped on

a boat and are in the Florida Keys. You can drop them a line at jkpomeroy@netzero.com.

Michael G. VanDerLinden ’84 graduated

in May 2008 from Embry-Riddle Worldwide with a B.S. in professional aeronautics. He is still working for the FAA.

Brian R. Wheeler ’86 writes that he has repatriated to the United States after 15 years in Ecuador. He married in 2004 and Brian and his wife are expecting their fourth child in November.

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ocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and a look at Paul Smith’s College through the eyes of its students: That’s what host Dick Cattani ’64 offered guests at his Restaurant Associates venue in Greenwich Village in November.

The idea of inviting current students to alumni events isn’t a new one – for years, Paul Smith’s has been inviting current hospitality students to its annual reception held alongside the must-see International PHOTOS BY RANDI RABIDEAU Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show in New York City. But this year was a little different. Our students were part of a panel discussion moderated by John D’Adamo ’82 that shared their backgrounds, college experiences, career ambitions, and appreciation for donor support with the guests. Students took questions from alumni and trustees; some even managed to land job interviews.

“Our students are excited about possibilities in the industry, and really appreciated the opportunity to network with alumni in hospitality,” says Kathleen Herd, internship coordinator with the Division of Hospitality, Resort and Culinary Management. “It was really great to see our students featured at a college event.”

– Randi Rabideau

. L-R: Sophomore

Alexa Reichel and seniors Amanda Olthoff and Emma Burnell participate in the panel.

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College Trustee Charles Morgan asks a question of the panel of hospitality students.

school in Sunnvale, Calif.

Mary Yates ’86 can be reached at 867

would love to hear from any Paul Smith’s alumni.

Contact Buffy by e-mail at bgabri@mwcsk12.org.

Briggs Hill Road, Bristol, VT 05443, or by phone at (802) 453-7177.

Glenn D. Odone, Jr. ’89 received his New

James A. Cadorette ’87 would love to hear from you; e-mail him at j.jambo57@gmail.com.

Julie L. (Baron ’89) Sarquist and family

Mark R. Delor ’89 received his New Hampshire surveying license in June 2009.

Buffy A. (Ball ’89) Gabri states that she is loving life, her family and her children. Buffy

Hampshire surveying license in June 2009.

have moved to England where her husband runs the F-15 Flight Simulator for Boeing on RAF Lakenheath. Julie is a stay-at-home mom with five children (Jena, 15; Tyler, 14; Aaron, 12; Jacob, 10; and Trevor, 7). The Sarquist family will be in England until 2012, after which they will see where the Lord leads them. Julie was disappointed

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recent marketing campaign by the college’s Admissions Office reminds prospective students that not everybody gets to come to college in the Adirondacks – just the lucky ones.

That’s a message that our alumni are taking to the streets. In a landmark initiative, Paul Smith’s alumni office is working with admissions representatives to host a series of recruiting events. Keep your eyes open for news on the next one—you may just stumble upon an opportunity to inspire a future generation of Smitties and catch up with

your old pals at the same time.

That’s what happened last April in Albany, N.Y., when close to 100 guests gathered for Meet the Class of 2013. Prospective students and parents mingled with our proud alums, who spoke of their good fortune to have experienced Paul Smith’s College. Alumni told stories of time spent on campus, and of how their Paul Smith’s education helped them post-graduation.

John D’Adamo ’82, general manager of the Desmond Hotel and host of the Albany event, provided prospective students with a private tour of the hotel’s facilities. After the tours, D’Adamo joined four of his fellow alums to form a question and answer panel comprised of distinguished alumni local to the Albany area.

– Randi Rabideau

> Linda and Roland Page ’66 talk with a prospective student

and her parent at the Meet the Class of 2013 event, held at the Desmond Hotel in Albany.

to have missed the Reunion. She would love to hear from her fellow classmates; you can reach Julie by e-mail at aksarquist@gmail.com.

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David P. Prince ’90 received his New Hamp-

shire surveying license in June 2009.

Karen M. O’Neil-Trickey ’90 works as a

home health aide and hopes to introduce the beauty of the Adirondacks to her son in the future. You can write to Karen at 10 Sharon Drive, Norwich, NY 13815, or call her at (607) 334-5482.

Michael J. Walter ’90 is battling a recur-

rence of a brain tumor, and is always glad to hear from old PSC friends. You can e-mail Mike at mikewalt77@yahoo.com.

Alexandra N. “Nancy” Phillips ’85 is the Oregon Bicycle Recreation Coordinator. She writes that it’s a great title and a great job.

Lisa M. (Fox ’92) Halcomb is happy to

announce that she has completed her first book titled, “Congratulations — You’re Pregnant!

Now What? An Organizational Guide Through Pregnancy.” It can be purchased through Lisa’s website, www.organizedgirl.org, by e-mail at lhalcomb@comcast.net or by phoning (719) 266-4202.

Kieran F. Dollard ’93 is returning from Iraq,

where he has been serving as a bomb disposal technician.

Julie (Smith ’93) Cody has been married

since 1995 to a chef. She lives on the ocean, however really misses the mountains as well as

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the crew from LMS. You can contact Julie on Facebook or MySpace.

Scott E. Fonte ’99. They are planning a June

Alison N. Brooks ’94 reports that she lives in

Emily R. (Dorn ’96) Armstrong welcomed the birth of her daughter, Esther Millie, on January 22, 2009. She and her brother Wyatt, who is 2, keep Emily and her husband busy. They are also kept busy by their six goats, four cows, two pigs, two cats and bunny. They love life in the country and hope you do too.

South Carolina and has a wonderful three-yearold son, Jacob Emilio. She opened the Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel as the executive housekeeper last year and currently works at the Veterans Benefits Administration. Alison would love to hear from any of her old PSC friends. She can be reached by e-mail at Quisqueyana74@ aol.com.

Lisa A. (Van Horn ’95) Bittle and husband,

Jason, welcomed child number five to their family in June 2008. Jason and Lisa have lived in Grand Junction, Colo., since October 2006. Lisa is a homeschool mom and homemaker, teaching her brood about all sorts of things she learned at PSC. Lisa would love to hear from Stephanie Petith ’96 as well as other classmates. You can contact Lisa by e-mailing her at jllgn3fam@yahoo.com.

Jason, Lisa and the kids will be visiting family in Tupper Lake, N.Y., this summer for three weeks.

She looks forward to getting back to the Adirondacks so that she can enjoy hiking, canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing and much more.

Scott K. Burt ’95 is pleased to announce the

birth of a daughter, Jamie Elizabeth. Jamie joins big brother Coday. Here comes another potential tree climber.

Katie L. (O’Shea ’96) Filosa and husband,

Jon, started their own business last spring called Cooking With Katie. Katie teaches cooking classes and hosts interactive birthday parties for adults and kids. Katie also runs the food service for the Jefferson Township School District.

Jill A. Piskorz ’96 was recently engaged to

2010 wedding.

Lee Ann (Frost ’98) Solis Sanchez would

like to hear from old friends. You can reach Lee Ann by e-mail at monkeysx3@roadrunner.com.

Antonius D. Rivera ’99 was honored with the Capital District YMCA Black and Latino Achievers Award.

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Kristine E. (Gizzi ’00) and Paul E. Groves ’00 are currently living in Pembroke, N.Y., with

their two children and would love to hear from any old PSC friends. You can contact Kristine and Paul by e-mail at kgroves28@yahoo.com.

Corrin L. (Martin ’00) Nicholas is expect-

ing her second child in May 2010.

Ryan J. Harvey ’02 and his wife, Sarah, live

in a yurt in the foothills of the White Mountains. If you would like to contact Ryan, you can write to him at 165 Cape Moonshine Road, Wentworth, NH 03282, call him at (603) 764-9895 or e-mail him at evergreenmountains@hotmail.com.

Brian E. and Susan (Jones) Schofield ’06 are now living in the Tupper Lake, N.Y., area.

[ HOW TO] ? Start with a sharp

knife. Not only will a dull knife make cutting more difficult, but it can also leave ragged edges on the slices. Any standardissue carving knife and handheld sharpener will do.

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ooking a moist, tender turkey is hard enough without worrying about how to actually carve it.

Fret no more – Chef Kevin McCarthy, a culinary instructor at the college and executive chef at the rustic-luxe Lake Placid Lodge, gives us the word on carving a bird.

down to the bone. Find the hip joint and either pop out the leg bone or cut it away, separating the entire leg from the body. Then either slice all the dark meat from the leg, or cut the thigh and drumstick apart at the joint to serve whole.

The wing can be cut away and served in the same manner.

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. Begin cutting thin slices from the side

of the breast, angling the knife toward the neck. Steady the turkey with a serving fork held behind the knife.

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outward to follow the turkey’s bone structure.

You can use the breastbone (shown here) as a guide, but be careful not to cut into the rib cage.

This will help you carve all the meat neatly off the turkey.

. Cut between the leg and the turkey’s body,

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Repeat these steps for the other side of the turkey.

Arrange the slices on a serving platter; you may want to keep the dark meat from the legs and thighs separate from the white breast meat so that your diners can have their pick. The whole wings and drumsticks can look great as the centerpiece of your serving platter as well. Enjoy!

. While carving, move the fork from

behind the slice to the front. This holds the slice in place and keeps it from breaking until the carving is complete, and will also give you more even slices.

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very year for Winter Carnival, each dorm would put up an ice sculpture. In 1960, the sculptures included a volcano and igloo welcoming Hawaii and Alaska into the union (both became states in 1959); Dorm 4 sculpted Mr. Magoo, and the TKB fraternity did one of Old Moe, President Chester L. Buxton’s wonderful pet pooch who had the run of campus.

But the best story is that of the two beer steins, Schultz & Dooley, who were talking characters in the Utica Club Brewery commercials. Created by Dorm 5, the sculptures attracted the attention of the brewery and earned the residents of Dorm 5 each a boxed set of real Schultz & Dooley beer mugs. Those steins are still available today (at a low, low price of $79 each!!)

Believe me when I say the guys in Dorm 5 were envied by all the rest of us students.

– Jim Brunn ’60, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

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