Letters from Alumni

Webster A. Chandler, B.S. '37: I was one of R. E. Torrey's students who went on in plant science-Cornell and Penn State (5yrs army in between). I enjoyed walks with him ... Keep up the good work!
Frank Wing, B.S. '40: I trust a forthcoming newsletter will pay tribute to Dr. Gilbert L. Woodside. As a scholar ... and all round great person, I can think of no one in my undergraduate career who influences me more....
Eugene H. Varney, B.S. '49:  It is sad to see Botany and Zoology (merged) but a three fold increase in majors more than compensates for the loss of identity. I'll also join the current trends and access the newsletters via the web...
Bob Marquis, B.S. '58:  ... retired after spending 35 years in the pharmaceuticals industry (Merck) in sales and marketing.  My scientific training at UMass helped a great deal ....
Elliot Rosenfield, B.S. '62:  Biology background allowed me to establish a medical practice niche in my CPA firm ...
Richard C. Franson, B.S. '65: Wonderful article: BioMass #1 on Dr. Wilce.
Austin Platt, M.A. '63, Ph.D. '65 and Pamella Platt, M.A. '66:  Immensely enjoyed the articles about Ted Sargent's reminisences and Dana Snyder's video about ... antique farm machinery.
Gail Buckley-Rudick, B.A. '65: M.D. in 1969... Two children.
Vicki Litt Merten, M.A. '68:  Whatever happened to Dr. Ryan Drum, Dr. Bigelow?  [Ed: Dr. Drum is a lecturer at Dominion Herbal College.  Dr. Howard Bigelow is deceased and his wife Dr. Margaret Bigelow has retired to British Columbia.  She has endowed the Margaret E. and Howard E. Bigelow Award which is administered by the OEB Program and helps fund research and publication in the area of organismal and evolutionary biology.]
Martha Adams McMahon, B.S. '70:  Despite the fact that molecular bio did not exist when I was there, I got a good enough background ...
John Jenkins, B.S. '72: My biology roots are alive and well ... farming in Vermont.
Celia Hooper, B.S. '75: Alive and well; working ... a career in science writing ...
Charles "Dana" Bangs, B.S. '77:  ... supervising the clinical cytogenetics lab at ... UCSF Stanford Healthcare.
Michael Brugger, B.S. '79:   Proud father of identical twin boys ...
Beth Badstubner, B.S. '80:  It’s great to have the new "Biology" designation. ...
Donna Saatma, B.S. '92:  I would love to see a web site that would allow alumni to track down classmates. [Ed: Were working on it!]
Kathy Ucinski, B.S. '95:  Hope Prof. Sargent enjoys retirement ...
Heather Lebel, B.S '98:  I have worked this year ... and am anxious to return to academia.


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