Alumni President's Message
ALuMNI ASSoCIATIoN
BoARD oF DIRECToRS
President
Capt. Michael Bal '65
James Proulx '85
23 Hunting Ridge Farms Rd
5 Coach Road
Branford, CT 06405
Stratham, NH 03885
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Alumni President
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Capt. Donald R Fiske '62
JAMES PROULX '85
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33 Webber Rd
jimproulx@proulxoilandpropane.com Georgetown, ME 04548
drufiske@gmail.com
Dear Fellow MMA Alumni,
Vice President
Capt. Leroy Fournier '72
A
Joseph Cote '82
280 Randal Rd
s the Alumni Association
At Homecoming this year, I men-
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President, I am reminded often
tioned to the other alumni attending
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lfournier@alionscience.com
of my time at the Academy
the banquet that MMA changed the
jcote@cianbro.com
Capt. William S Ful '76
through interactions with my own
lives of each graduate from our great
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classmates from 1985, with many
school. When in my travels as alumni
Treasurer
Cumberland Center, ME 04021
from classes ahead of my time and
president I have the good fortune to
bill@ecys.com
those from after my MMA days. The
meet former faculty and staff from
Charles (Cal)Lechman '65
responsibility to al alumni that comes
MMA, I share with them the thought
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John Gillis '72
with my role strikes me in different
that they have profoundly changed the
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ways at different times.
lives of numerous families forever.
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Woodinvil e, WA 98072
It is important to recollect the
Those who know me know that
cal echman@comcast.net
jdgglobalenergy@comcast.net
working environment that is MMA
nobody enjoys a good laugh and great
Dr. Marc Edward Gousse '82
and the cast of characters that were
company more than I. However, as
Clerk
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given the monumental responsibility
the Alumni president I am asked to be
Michael X. Savasuk, Esq. '74
Westbrook, ME 04098
of turning us into individuals worthy
there when things aren't so cheerful to
Troubh Heisler, PA
goussem@westbrookschools.org
of being called alumni of Maine
show support and comfort to fellow
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Maritime Academy. Perhaps, because
alumni and their families. It is in both
M. Shaun Longfel ow '86
Cumberland, ME 04110
of our youth, we took the work of
times that I see the best in MMA
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faculty and staff too lightly at first, but
alumni flow from al of us.
Leland, NC 28451
msavasuk@troubhheisler.com
eventual y their lessons penetrated.
The family of MMA developed
shaun.longfel ow@gmail.com
Think of this. They were asked
because of the people we encountered
Chet T. Manuel '67
to share their years of experience
while we were there. They have mold-
Past President
51 Crescent St
and condense them into 50-minute
ed, coddled, and fortunately kicked
Earle Cianchette '77
Skowhegan, ME 04976
classroom sessions. If you had the task
many of us. And, they have changed
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of imparting your years of experience,
forever the lives of thousands who
Saco, ME 04072
Stephen E Spratt '93
where would you start? Would it be
have walked MMA's hallowed hal s.
ecianch@cianbro.com
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the early years of uncertainty and
Always remember and celebrate the
Castine, ME 04421
anxiety when you were the newbie on
lives of those who walked with us and
sespratt@aol.com
the block? Would it be your middle
have been lost to us.
years when maybe you came ashore to
Capt. Ralph Staples '71
a whole new lifestyle? or would it be,
Fair winds and following seas,
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if you're of an older vintage, of your
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later professional years? Now imagine
rstaples@epsilonsystems.com
trying to tel 18-year-olds what they
Timothy C. Winters '86
need to know, how they need to do
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things, and what responsibility comes
Dover, NH 03820
from being able to cal themselves
Jim Proulx '85
tcwints@comcast.net
alumni of Maine Maritime.
Additional y, the environment that is
Castine comes from the townspeople
and the way they welcome us into
their world and share their amazing
place.
mainemaritime.edu
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