February, 1982 College of the Atlantic Nonprofit Organiz. CC Bar Harbor, ME 04609 U.S. Postage Paid Bar Harbor, Me. Permit #47 COA News New President Selected The selection culminated a four-month long presidential search by a committee composed of trustees, students, faculty and staff members. Over 140 well-qualified applicants and nominees were considered for the position. Six were brought to the campus for two-day interviews. Dr. Swazey attracted the committee's attention with her interdisciplinary background and administrative/teaching experience. Currently the Executive Director of Medicine in the Public Interest, Inc., a health policy research organization in Boston, Mass., she is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Her professional career has been devoted to an understanding of the relationship between science and human values. A 1961 graduate of Wellesley College, Dr. Swazey received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in the History of Science in 1966. She has published nine books in the biomedical field including The Courage to Fail: A Social View of Organ Transplants and Hemodialysis which received Honorable Mention in the American Sociological Association's C. Wright Mills Award. In 1979, she was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine-National Academy of Sciences. A warm, energetic woman, Dr. Swazey said that the unique combination of people and resources at the college and Dr. Judith Swazey Kane Photo the open, informal atmosphere "sold her on the job." She and her husband Peter together with their two children, Elizabeth, A new era will begin for College of the Atlantic on July 14, and Peter, Jr., 11, plan to move to Mt. Desert Island in 1, 1982 when Dr. Judith Swazey, 42, of Winchester, Mass. early summer. succeeds Edward G. Kaelber as the college's second presi- The move will be something of a homecoming for the dent. Swazey family. Peter is a native of Bucksport, Maine and Thomas S. Gates, President of the Board of Trustees descended directly from the Cunningham family of Bar and Robert Kanzler, Chairman of the Presidential Search Harbor. The college holds a scholarship in remembrance of Committee announced Dr. Swazey's selection January 19 Albert Cunningham, a cousin of Peter's father. Peter is following a meeting of the Board in New York City. president of Enduro Plastics Co. in Wakefield, Mass. New Faces Mari Thomas of Lubec taught a course in calligraphy. A At a meeting of COA trustees held in New York City free-lance artist, Mari has taught calligraphy at the University on January 18, Mrs. Roger (Nita) Milliken was elected to of Maine, Machias. serve on the Board of Trustees. A summer resident of A course in Emergency Medical Technician Training Northeast Harbor, Mrs. Milliken is the sister-in-law of another was also offered by David Gold of Biddeford, Me. David is Board member, Mrs. Frederic E. Camp. Her husband, Roger, an industrial safety consultant in Portland. is President of Milliken & Co., Spartansburg, South Carolina. Alumni Dr. Paul DuBois is the most recent addition to the full- time faculty at COA. A graduate of the New School for Linda St. Onge was featured in the Quebec-Labrador Social Research in New York City, Paul received his Ph.D. in Foundation Fall Newsletter for her work as Community Business and Public Administration from Cornell University in Services Supplementary Education Intern during the spring 1977. Before moving to Bar Harbor in December, he was a and summer of 1981. With guitar in hand and dressed as a professor of Public Administration at Tennessee State clown, Linda entertained and taught drama to over 2,000 University. At COA, he will teach courses in public policy, children in 18 schools along the Newfoundland Straits of Belle administration and political theory. Paul and his wife Kristy Isle. Describing her experience Linda wrote: "In an have three children: Kara, 13, Jonathan, 11 and Caleb, 6. environment so harsh with cold realities of rock, ice, and In addition to the regular faculty, six local and visiting pounding surf, these children are forced to grow up before instructors taught courses at COA during the one-month their time. There is little space for dreams and fantasies -- for Winterim term. Steve Alsup of Bar Harbor taught simply being children. In the weeks I spent with them I tried blacksmithing. Self-employed as a blacksmith on Mt. Desert to help them rediscover their own inner creativity and to Island since 1977, Steve has worked for Old Sturbridge appreciate even the simplest aspects of their lives." Village in Massachusetts. John March was the author of seven feature articles in Robert Phipps, also of Bar Harbor, taught a course in the Class of 1956, 25th year reunion issue of the Harvard watercolor painting. Bob has a Masters of Fine Arts degree Business School Bulletin published in October, 1981. John from Boston University and has taught painting and drawing has been living in Boston and working for the Bulletin for the at Harvard College, Marlboro College, Boston University and past year. the University of New Hampshire. A 1981 COA graduate, Rachel Snow, taught a course Craig Kesselheim received his M.Ed. in science at in Women's Strength Training. Rachel is a member of the Bridgewater State College and now teaches junior high school National Women's Lightweight Rowing Team that won gold science in Evanston, Wyoming. medals in 1980 and 1981. Robin DeJong of Gouldsboro, Me., taught a course in In addition to her planning work in southern Maine, Sally fine carpentry. A native of the Netherlands, Robin was taught Morong has started her own business called Downeast the woodworking craft by his father, a Dutch Guild master. Editorial Service which provides proofreading, editing and He has lived in the U.S. since 1976. rewriting services.