July 30th, 2019

“Even when our trust is heavily placed in them, reasoning and education cannot easily prove powerful enough to bring us actually to anything unless we train to form our Soul by experience for the course on which we would set her; if we do not, when the time comes for action she will undoubtedly find herself impeded.”
Michel De Montaigne

Albert W. Drew

• Naval architect with the Naval Shipyard of Camden, NJ

Clyde H. Merrill

• He was a physician for 37 years in California

 
John H. Bixby

• Civil engineer
• Responsible for designing the railroad trackage for the efficient handling of coal and iron ore around Lake Erie. 

John W. Hatch

• Methodist minister
• Studied at Harvard Divinity School and the Boston University School of Theology
• President of Montpelier Seminary for eighteen years

Robert B. Marsh

• Served in the United States Forestry Service in Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas 

Burton W. Goodwin

• State Representative in Maine

 
John P. Deering

• State Representative and Senator in Maine

Raymond Fellows

• State Supreme Court Chief Justice in Maine.

James Herbert

• State Representative and State Senator in Maine

Samuel W. Gould

• State gubernatorial candidate in Maine​
  
• Attended all Democratic State conventions for more than forty years

• President of the board of trustees of the University of Maine
• United States Representative for the state of Maine

Theodore T. Curtis

• State Senator in Maine

Elmer L. Baird

• Worked for the United States Department of Agriculture

• He also with the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service
• He was also president of Maine Farm Bureau Federation

​Lester A. Mitchell

• Worked for the Bureau of Reclamation of the United States Interior Department
• He was manager of the Yellowstone and Shoshone projects, and he was responsible for the homestead settlements in both areas

Hayes E. Gahagan

• Maine House of Representatives
• He was the Outstanding Legislator as a member of the House of Representatives
• Joint Standing Committee on State Government; Committee on Education; Committee on Veterans and Retirement
• Sponsor, landmark legislation in Municipal & Industrial Finance
• Maine State Senate
• Delegate and service at numerous local, state and national political events, committees, commissions, and conventions
• Energy Policy Advisor
• Principal, CEO, Gahagan & Associates
• His political, religious, and intellectual journey has been outstanding

Arthur D. Serota

• Dave is a passionate, eloquent, and uncompromising Human Rights attorney who is committed to making a difference in the world, and he has made an impact for the good in the world, faithfully and honestly
• To that end, he is unflinching in his condemnation of those forces that drive young men and women to become warriors, but he is equally passionate and gifted with a practical vision to alter the conditions that lead children to become warriors
• He taught in Zimbabwe for many years, and he helped build schools throughout the country, and he also helped with agricultural and forestry reclamation projects
• He established the United Movement to End Child Soldiering, an organization committed to  rehabilitating children who had been coerced to fight in wars in Zimbabwe and Uganda in order to create a culture of peace to prevent future wars
• UMECS provides an education where the young men and women are encouraged to cultivate dreams and goals for a more meaningful life, rooted and fired by a more humane ethic. In short, a transformation of individual and social consciousness

• He is the author of a play, The Awakening, and a book, Ending Apartheid in America

• He received the Bernard Loan Alumni Humanitarian Award from the University of Maine

George P. Hitchings

• Vice President and director of CIT Financial Corporation
• Established and directed the economic analysis department of Ford Motor Company

• Vice President of economic research with American Airlines

• Member and chairman of the Conference Business Economist
• Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Economic assistant on the Federal Reserve Board

• He was vice president and director of MacKay Shields Economies
• He considered to be one of the best economists in the United States
• He received the University of Maine Alumni Career Award

Robert E. Harrison

• Harrison & Goin Law Firm
• His law firm has been providing legal help for more than forty years in Kentucky

Gordon R. Heath

• Worked for Lockheed Electronics Company in Houston, Texas
• He was an engineer for the Life Sciences Directorate at the Johnson Space Center

Ray P. Stevens

• He was president of a many such as companies the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, the Penn-Ohio Edison Company, Allied Power and Light Corporation, among others

• He designed and built the first electrified steamed railroad in the United States
• He increased wages for workers, establish free insurance, sick leave, and pension plans
• The companies earnings increased significantly due to these progressive reforms for the workers

John Rohman

• He was the former President and CEO of WRBC Architects-Engineers, with offices in Bangor and Portland, Maine, and Sarasota, Florida

• In the 1920’s, WRBC was named Crowell and Lancaster, the architectural firm that designed The Castle

• WRBC does architectural for schools, commercial businesses, civic organizations, and health services
• John is an inspiring individual who cares about the business, civic, and social environment of Bangor, Maine, and his approach in each area is authentic, refreshing, and vital because he considers all options and alternatives in order to create the conditions for improved civic life for everyone
• He was connected and committed to improving the city of Bangor in its entirety
• He served on the Bangor City Council
• He served as the mayor of Bangor, Maine
• He served as the chairman of the Maine Arts Commission

• Was president of the National Assembly of State Art Agencies
• He has won many awards for his public service, and he has a deep interest in the arts, education, and responsible, creative economic development
• He has served in various roles at Husson University
• He has served on many non-profit organizations like the American Folk Festival and the Bangor Public Library

Fraternally,
 
Chip Chapman, 1982

Perge!