Alumni President's Message
fellow alumni and to serve as your voice when
opportunities for MMA alumni to gather, mingle,
needed and asked.
and network. The power of our association
As your newest elected Alumni Association
with Maine Maritime is incredible and many
president, I have specific areas of concern that I
times under appreciated. You need not go any
would like to focus on for the next two years:
further than our own careers to see how many
MMA alumni have touched our lives. There is
· It is imperative that we all understand that
a very high possibility that each of us knew,
the level of alumni participation set by previous
or were somehow connected with, an MMA
president Earle Cianchette continues as our #1
alumnus prior to coming to MMA. That power of
goal. It's not how much we give but that we give
association is what makes our MMA relationship
that is going to have the greatest impact on the
important for each of us and to those who will
Academy's ability to attract funding sources
come after us.
outside of the traditional areas of the past.
· Ultimately, it will be my singular goal
Therefore, I am challenging my own classmates
to bring alumni association meetings to you
first - the class of 1985 - to create a path others
utilizing the current technology available and
can follow by asking each of you to make a gift of
via remote broadcasting. The greater use of
any size to the Academy before the end of 2012.
technology will allow meeting events to be
· 100% participation is the goal. By sending
viewed by any and all alumni and therefore
something, you become a part of a greater
contribute to a more transparent Alumni
Dear Fellow Alumni,
solution to funding cuts affecting the ability of
Association as the new normal.
the Academy to maintain the level of excellence
I welcome the challenge to serve you and
I want to thank all of you who recently voted
that allowed all of us to benefit from what we
look forward to meeting many of you over the
for your Alumni Board members to represent
gained from our time in Castine.
next two years.
you for the next term. We are eager to hear from
· I am pledging to reach out and have more
Alumni President James Proulx `85
Alumni association board of directors
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Clerk
James Proulx '85
Joseph D. Cote '82
Charles (Cal) Lechman '65
Michael X. Savasuk, Esq. '74
5 Coach Road
32 Locksley Lane
6 Sweet Haven Lane
Marine Trade Center
Stratham, NH 03885
Brewer, ME 04412
Harpswell, ME 04079
PO Box 267
B: 603-659-7011
jcote@cianbro.com
H: 207-729-6644
Portland, ME 04112
H: 603-772-6576
callechman@comcast.net
B: 207-773-0788
jimproulx@proulxoiland
msavasuk@troubhheisler.com
propane.com
Capt Michael Ball `65
Capt Donald R Fiske `62
John Gillis `72
Stephen E Spratt `93
23 Hunting Ridge Farms Rd
33 Webber Rd
15813 NE 164th St
577 Castine Rd
Branford, CT 06405
Georgetown, ME 04548
Woodinville, WA 98072
Castine, ME 04421
Seapilot4@comcast.net
dfiske@wildblue.net
jdgglobalenergy@comcast.
sespratt@aol.com
net
Capt Thomas F. Brown `64
Capt. Leroy Fournier `72
Capt Ralph Staples `71
3 Bayside Ln
280 Randall Rd
Chet T. Manuel `67
7312 Arroyo Grande Rd
Falmouth, ME 04105
Lewiston, ME 04240
51 Crescent St
San Diego, CA 92129
capttfb@maine.rr.com
lfournier@alionscience.com
Skowhegan, ME 04976
rstaples@epsilonsystems.
cxcmanuel@gmail. Com
com
Bruce Carter ` 52
Capt William S Full `76
Past President
PO Box 115
3 Balsam Dr
Meghan Marshall `06
Timothy C. Winters `86
Earle Cianchette`77
Franklin, ME 04634
Cumberland Center, ME
38 Edgewood Avenue
29 Fieldstone Dr
33 Scrimshaw Lane
abcarter@gwi.net
04021
Portland, ME 04103
Dover, NH 03820
Saco, Maine 04072
bill@ecys.com
Meghan.marshall@target.com tcwints@comcast.net
ecianch@cianbro.com
7 MARINER / FALL 2012