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Class Notes and Newsmakers
Lisa Mathey Landry
classnews1978@colby.edu
Thanks for the abundance of news! We’ll begin with all the weddings. In August Suellen and Jeff Wheeler’s daughter, Katie, was married on Cape Cod. In September Sarah and Bob Underhill celebrated the marriage of their daughter, Molly, on Nantucket, with Gary McCarthy ’79 and Henry Kennedy ’80. Then, Chris and Lea Jackson Morrissey’s daughter, Anne, was wed in Marblehead, Mass. Four Morrissey alumni joined in the celebration: Chris’s father, Chuck ’56; brothers Dean ’79 and Shawn ’81; and sister Shannon Morrissey Cronin ’85, as well as Peter Schmidt-Fellner and Sandy Buck. Jeff, Bob, Chris, Peter, and Sandy were off-campus roommates their senior year; it was lovely they were able to witness all three weddings together. ✹ Lastly, Nancy Piccin and Ken Kubic tied the knot in November! This was the culmination of a busy year of changes, including the sale of her long-time home, the death of her mother, and retirement. At Ed Smith’s “Lobsterfest,” Nancy joined Sue (Conant ’75) and Jim Cook, Anne Marie Hobson Pesarik, Laura Hyer, and John Devine. Still living in Andover, Mass., John spends a lot of time at Colby, watching hockey games at the amazing new athletic center with Brian
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1971 – Fall ’20 Class Letter
Submitted by: Associate Director of Engagement
1971
Ripon, WI
Class Letter
1971 – Fall ’20 Class Letter
RIpon College
Class of 1971
Ripon, WI
Class Letter
JIM BEISNER ’71
770-570-7725
[email protected]
Greetings, Class of 1971!
We are moving toward our 50th year since we graduated from Ripon College. Many successes have happened to us since that special occasion that can be attributed to the education we received so many years ago. Our continued finan
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