College of the Atlantic The College at a glance 1988-89 CONTENTS Academic Program Alumni Achievements Grant Support Campus Facilities Enrollment Data Revenues and Expenditures List of Trustees Faculty Profiles College of the Atlantic Overview A Record of Achievement COA is a private, liberal arts college What can a COA graduate do with a degree offering a unique, interdisciplinary in Human Ecology? program in Human Ecology to a select About 30% go on to graduate programs group of highly motivated students. at universities such as Harvard, Yale, COA's mission is to equip students with MIT, and the University of California at the knowledge, understanding, Berkeley, where they earn advanced degrees enthusiasm, and sensitivity to solve in fields as diverse as law, divinity, botany, complex environmental and social and computer science. problems from a multiple and humanistic Others move directly into the professional perspective. realm, forging careers in education, COA was founded in 1969, and admitted journalism, business, public its first students in 1972. administration, and conservation. Every year since 1982, a COA senior has Academic Program been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to support a full year of travel COA is the only college in the country and study abroad. which grants as its sole degree a B.A. in The record is clear: a thorough grounding r Human Ecology. in the principles of human ecology Human Ecology emphasizes the provides a strong basis for future career interrelationships between people and development. their natural, social, and technological environments. Attracting Major Support Encouraged to move easily between disciplines and across traditional Examples of recent special project grants boundaries, COA students gain the received from private foundations and the resourcefulness and independence needed federal government: to successfully meet the challenges of a The Pew Memorial Trust awarded rapidly changing society. $400,000 to help complete the new arts and COA has no departments. Each student science building. constructs an individualized advising The U.S. Department of Education team and program. Areas of study awarded an $80,000 three-year grant from include: Marine Studies, Environmental the Fund for the Improvement of and Biological Sciences, Public Policy, Postsecondary Education to improve Creative Arts, Environmental Design, COA's teacher education program. Culture and Consciousness, Education, A $591,000, three-year grant under Title and Writing. III of the U.S. Education Act of 1965 was funded to strengthen computer resources, institutional research, and teacher education. Academic Facilities Enrollment The Phoenix Fund, the $6 million campaign 1985/86 86/87 87/88 88/89 to rebuild College of the Atlantic -initiated Total Undergraduates 114 137 168 198 after a devastating fire in 1983 3-has New Students 36 62 68 77 provided the College with extensive new Transfers 23 26 25 24 laboratory, studio, and classroom facilities; Freshmen 13 36 43 53 an enlarged dining hall with modern kitchen Students Receiving facilities; a computer center; community Financial Aid 59% 68% 60% 65% lounge; a language/music listening Graduate Students laboratory; and a new library. (Summer Field Studies by the Sea) 135 148 166 169 COA has laboratories for zoology, botany, taxidermy, and combined chemistry and physics; an herbarium; two greenhouses; several design studios; a photographic Geographic Origin of Students darkroom; a ceramics studio; and a student Maine 18% Massachusetts woodworking shop, all of which are fully 13% Other New England 15% accessible to the physically challenged. New York 14% The Thorndike Library contains 23,000 Other Mid-Atlantic 21% volumes and 376 periodicals. Through the South 7% Mid West NELINET computer system for inter-library 6% West 3% loans, COA students have access to libraries Foreign 3% throughout the United States. TOTAL 100% COA students and faculty have developed a Natural History Museum on campus Alumni featuring displays of Mt. Desert Island flora Graduates since 1972 414 and fauna. Through the creation of exhibits and a regional outreach education program, the museum provides a first-class training Faculty facility for students of natural history and Full time 13 environmental education. Part time 8 Adjunct and visiting 20 COA is home to Allied Whale, a marine Student/Faculty Ratio 9:1 mammal research center which coordinates the North Atlantic Humpback and Finback Staff Whale Catalogues, Mt. Desert Rock Whale Administrative, Support, and Physical Plant & Seabird Observation Station, and Employees 37 cooperates with the New England Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Course Offerings The 26-acre shorefront campus on Mt. 1986-87 Academic year 102 Desert Island allows students to take (Does not include independent studies, group advantage of the abundant natural resources studies, tutorials, internships, and senior projects.) of the Atlantic Ocean and of nearby Acadia National Park. "COA has its roots in the humanistic and scientific traditions which affect the present and help in shaping the future.' -Louis Rabineau, President Operating Budget Stewardship 1985-86 $2,021,376 A highly distinguished Board of Trustees meets 1986-87 $2,478,680 regularly to oversee academic policy, manage 1987-88 $2,623,250 financial resources, and plan for the future. Students 1988-89 $3,120,210 and faculty participate in all facets of decision making and serve on all standing committees. Endowment $1,051,282 Edward McC. Blair, Chairman (Chicago, IL) Senior Partner, William Blair & Co. Trustee, University of Chicago Annual Economic Impact Trustee, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Generated for the local economy $7,800,000 Medical Center Based on a multiplying effect of 2.5 times each Neva Goodwin, Vice Chair (Cambridge, MA) dollar spent directly by the College, not including Research Associate, World Development capital expenditures. Institute, Boston University Trustee, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Trustee, Winrock International Institute for Revenues in % in % Agricultural Development 1987-88 1988-89 Trustee, The International Center for Research on Women Tuition & Fees 46 52 Gifts & Grants 31 27 John Kauffmann, Vice Chair and Secretary (Mt. Desert, ME) Restricted Federal Funds 6 7 Retired National Park Service Planner Summer Programs 7 6 Director, American Rivers Conservation Council Endowment 6 Vice President, Natural Resources 3 Council of Maine Dorms/Food Service 4 5 Leslie C. Brewer, Treasurer (Bar Harbor, ME) TOTAL 100 100 Bar Harbor Businessman Member of the Board, First National Bank Expenditures of Bar Harbor in % in % 1987-88 1988-89 . Personnel 51 47 John 0. Biderman (Duxbury, MA) Student Financial Aid 15 16 COA Alumnus General Administration 8 8 Communications and Micro-Computer Consultant Other Educational Alida Camp (East Bluehill, ME) Costs & Services 11 11 Honorary Life Trustee, Colby College Institutional Advancement 9 9 Vice-President, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Dorms/Food Service 3 4 Director, Maine Community Foundation Debt Service 2 4 H. King Cummings (Stratton, ME) Contingency 1 1 Chair, Maine Community Foundation TOTAL 100 100 Trustee, Maine Maritime Academy Former President and Chair, Sugarloaf Mountain Corp. Former- CEO, Guilford Industries John C. Dreier (Southwest Harbor, ME and Cambridge, MA) The distinctive logo of College of the Former Ambassador to the Organization of Atlantic includes ancient symbols American States derived from The Book of Signs: Former Professor, The John Hopkins University Director, Maine Coast Heritage Bank Samuel A. Eliot (Danville, CA) for trees Head, The Athenian School for humans M Alice Eno (Princeton, NJ) and for oceans Former President, Chapin School The three signs are intertwined in a President of Mercer County Planned Parenthood Association circle symbolizing the earth and the universe. Stanley J. Evans (Portland, ME) Medical Director - Alcohol Institute, Eastern Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital Member, Board of Governors, Association of Peter H. Sellers (Philadelphia, PA) Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Faculty Member, Rockefeller University Board of Directors, Public Broadcasting System Board Member, Nicholas Newlin Foundation William G. Foulke (Philadelphia, PA) Author, numerous mathematical publications Chairman, Blackwood Land Company Clyde E. Shorey, Jr. (Washington, DC) Former Chairman and CEO, Provident Director, People for the American Way National Bank Former Vice President, March of Dimes Robert H. Gardiner (Augusta, ME) Leonard Silk (Montclair, NJ) President, WCBB-TV Economics Columnist, The New York Times Vice Chair, National Wildlife Federation Distinguished Professor of Economics, Rev. James M. Gower (Bucksport, ME) Pace University Pastor, St. Vincent's Parish Board of Visitors, University of Chicago Board of Visitors, Graduate School, City Thomas S. Hall (St. Louis, MO) University of New York Professor Emeritus of Biology and History of Science Donald B. Straus (New York, NY) Former Dean of the College of Arts and Science, President Emeritus, American Arbitration Washington University Association Life Trustee, Missouri Botanical Garden Trustee, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Trustee, Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies John N. Kelly (Yarmouth, ME) Attorney, Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman Robert Suminsby (Northeast Harbor, ME) Member and Past President, Maine Bar Foundation President, The Knowles Company Member and Past President, Maine State Bar Phyllis A. Thompson (Chestnut Hill, MA) Association Trustee, The Park School Member and Past Chairman, New England Bar Trustee, Boston Theological Institute Association Member, Visiting Committee, Department of Edward J. Meade, Jr. (Montclair, NJ) Prints and Drawings, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Chief Program Officer, Ford Foundation Granville Toogood (Darien, CT) Member, Visiting Committee, School of Education, President, Granville Toogood Associates Syracuse University Former Television Producer and Network News Editor William V. P. Newlin (Washington, D.C.) Charles R. Tyson (Ambler, PA) Retired Foreign Service Officer and Author Former Director, Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania Director, Alliance Français Former Director, CPC International Trustee, U.S. Board, University of the Valley, Former Trustee, The Penn Mutual Life Guatemala Insurance Company Louis Rabineau, Ex Officio (Bar Harbor, ME) James H. Wakelin, Jr. (Washington, DC) President, College of the Atlantic Trustee and Member, Committee on Research & Cathy L. Ramsdell (Bangor, ME) Exploration, The National Geographic Society COA Alumna Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Staff Accountant, Loiselle and Beatham, CPAs Research and Development Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maurine Rothschild (New York, NY) Science and Technology Trustee, Radcliffe College Member, Maine Arts Commission Mary Clark Webster (Cape Elizabeth, ME) Member, Maine Humanities Council Member, Maine House of Representatives Director, New York Hall of Science Board Member, Portland YWCA Former Trustee, Westbrook College Elizabeth S. Russell (Mt. Desert, ME) Former Executive Committee Member, Senior Staff Scientist Emeritus, The Jackson Maine Audubon Society Laboratory Member, National Academy of Sciences Robert E. Blum, Life Trustee (Lakeville, CT) Member, Eastern Area Agency on Aging Retired Business Executive Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (Salisbury Cove, ME) Former Chairman, Brooklyn Museum Trustee and Past President of Mount Desert Former head of several cultural, conservation, and Island Biological Laboratory civic organizations Former President of the American Physiological Elizabeth F. Thorndike, Life Trustee (Bar Harbor, ME) Society Trustee, The Jackson Laboratory Former Chairman, Department of Biology, Case Trustee, Robert Abbe Museum Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio Director, Wild Gardens of Acadia Sangamon (IL) State University, 1979. Faculty Course areas: children's literature, government, and legal research. John Anderson B.A. Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Craig Greene 1979; M.A. Ecology and Systematic Biology, San B.S. Biology, State University of New York at Syracuse, Francisco State University, 1982; Ph.D. Biological 1971; M.Sc. Plant Taxonomy, University of Alberta, Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 1987. 1974; Ph.D. Biology, Harvard University, 1980. Course areas: zoology, behavioral ecology, and Course areas: botany, evolution, and plant ecology. anatomy and physiology. Steven Katona Elmer Beal B.A., Ph.D. Biology, Harvard University, 1965, 1971. B.A. Music, Bowdoin College, 1965; M.A. Anthro- Course areas: ecology, zoology, and marine biology. pology, University of Texas at Austin, 1977. Carl Ketchum Course areas: ethonology, anthropological theory, B.S. Mathematics and Physics, Bates College, 1962; and traditional music. M.S. Oceanography, New York University, 1967; Richard Borden Ph.D. Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of B.A. Psychology and Anthropology, University of Technology, 1968. Texas, 1968; Ph.D. Psychology, Kent State University, Course areas: physics, computers, mathematics, and 1972. oceanography. Course areas: environmental psychology, Anne Kozak personality and social development, contemporary A.B. Salve Regina College, 1959; M.A. St. Louis psychology, and philosophy of human ecology. University, 1962. John Buell Course areas: writing. B.A. American Studies, Amherst, 1967; M.A. Susan Lerner American History, Columbia, 1968; Ph.D. Political B.A. English, University of Cincinnati, 1969; Science, University of Massachusetts, 1974. California Institute of the Arts, 1971. Course areas: political theory, political economy, Course areas: literature and women's studies. and history of ethics. Alesia Maltz JoAnne Carpenter B.A. Hampshire College, 1978; M.A., Ph.D. B.A. History, University of Massachusetts, 1962; M.A. History and Philosophy of Science, University of Art and Architectural History, University of Illinois, 1980, 1988. Minnesota, 1970. Course areas: history of science and medicine, Course areas: art, architectural history, and Maine women's studies, oral history, and history. coast history and architecture. Ernest McMullen William Carpenter Art, University of Maryland, Portland Museum School, B.A. English, Dartmouth College, 1962; Ph.D. Portland State University, Oregon, 1965-1970. English, University of Minnesota, 1967. Course areas: ceramics and visual studies. Course areas: literature, creative writing, comparative mythology, and Maine coast history and architecture. Donald Meiklejohn Donald Cass A.B. University of Wisconsin, 1930; Ph.D. Philosophy, Harvard University, 1936. B.A. Chemistry, Carleton College, 1973; Ph.D. Course area: public policy. Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, 1977. Course areas: chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Etta, Mooser Peter Corcoran B.A. Lewis and Clark College, 1966; Ed. M., Ph.D., Philosophy and Education, Teachers College, B.A. Antioch College, 1972; M.Ed. University of Maine Columbia University, 1984, 1987. at Orono, 1980; Ed.D. Science and Environmental Edu- Course area: ecological education. cation, University of Maine at Orono, 1986. Peter Owens Course area: ecological education. B.A. Art and Geography, Middlebury College, 1980; William Drury M.A. Landscape Architecture and Planning, Conway B.A. Biology, Harvard University, 1942; Ph.D. Botany (MA) School of Landscape Design, 1983. and Geology, Harvard University, 1952. Course areas: landscape design and urban planning. Course areas: ecology, botany, ornithology, natural history, and geomorphology. John Visvader B.A. Philosophy, CUNY, 1960; Ph.D. Philosophy, Marcia Dworak University of Minnesota, 1966. B.A. History, M.S. Library Science, California State Course areas: philosophy, philosophy of science, University, Fullerton, 1972, 1973; M.A. Administration, and history of ideas. "College of the Atlantic makes a genuine attempt to have students interweave their fields in a way that is personally and socially meaningful the thing! to do is to make American education look like education at College of the Atlantic. " FRANCIS KEPPEL, FORMER COA TRUSTEE AND FORMER U.S. COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (207) 288-5015 November 1988 Printed on Recycled Paper