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Marius “Matt” A. Gache '60
March 6, 2019, in Pace, Fla., at 81. He joined the Navy in December 1960, served in Vietnam, and became a naval aviator, serving for 22 years and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V, and other military awards. Matt later became a flight simulator instructor at Whiting Field in Florida. He attended the Methodist church, enjoyed reading, and played the trumpet, piano, and bagpipes. His two children, a stepdaughter, and two grandchildren survive him.
Kenneth E. Wilson Jr. '60
Jan. 14, 2019, in Rockland, Maine, at 81. He received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1963 and joined his father’s law practice in Hyannis, Mass. Ken later moved to Maine, where he worked for MBNA in Belfast in sales. He served as chair of Colby’s Alumni Council from 1970 to 1972 and was president of the Alumni Club of Southeastern Massachusetts 1972-74. He loved fly-fishing on the Miramichi River and spending time with his family and friends at his cabin on the St. Croix River in Canada. Survivors include his wife, Betty, two daughters, a son, four grandchildren, and his two brothers, John M. ’63 and Jim ’67.
Anne Larkin Connolly '61
Oct. 16, 2018, in Carlisle, Pa., at 79. She was a flight attendant for Pan American until she married in 1969 and became a military wife. Throughout her family’s many moves domestically and internationally, she mentored and guided officers’ wives groups and volunteered in every community. Her son, Christopher, a granddaughter, and her sister, Ellen Larkin Grisanti ’63, survive her.
Gene Paul Keddy '61
July 3, 2018, in Mountville, Pa., at 78. He earned an M.B.A. from Rutgers University, which fueled his career path from accountant to financial advisor to CPA to a licensed broker. Active with local organizations such as the Rotary Club, Gene also loved tennis, played bridge, and engaged in singing and dancing. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Lourdes Cecelia “Chari,” a daughter, two grandchildren, and three siblings, including James Keddy ’58.
J. Paul Whitehead Jr. '61
Sept. 27, 2018, in Venice, Fla., at 79. He served as a captain in the Air Force 1961-65, earning his pilot wings in 1962. As a civilian, he worked for Delta Airlines as a commercial aircraft pilot. Survivors include his wife, Joan, two children, five grandchildren, and a sister.
Malcolm F. MacLean III '62
Dec. 9, 2018, in Los Angeles, Calif., at 79. After two years with the U.S. Army, he enrolled at the New England School of Law, where he earned his J.D. in 1967. He went on to a 40-year career in law and made partner at a firm in Peabody, Mass. He was active in bar association projects and served as president of the Essex County Bar Association 1994-96. His community benefited from his leadership in educational, medical, and civic organizations, and he was proud to be the 22nd chieftain of the MacLeans of Kingairloch. He loved the ocean and throwing balls to his grandchildren. Malcolm is survived by his wife of 53 years, Deborah, a son, nine grandchildren, and a sister.
Warren P. Balgooyen '63
The forests and fields have lost a loyal steward. Naturalist, activist, and environmental educator Warren P. Balgooyen ’63 died Jan. 11, 2019, in Augusta, Maine. Balgooyen, who left his legacy in trails and nature areas in New York and Maine, was 79.
His childhood in Briarcliff, N.Y., gifted him with self-described Huck Finn experiences along the Pocantico River, setting him up to study biology at Colby, where he belonged to the Outing Club and was a woodsman. He returned to New York after graduation and worked as a technician in the forest pathology lab at Kitchawan Research Laboratory, a field station owned by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. When 200 acres in Teatown, N.Y., were donated to the garden, Balgooyen took up residence in an abandoned barn on the property, converted it to a nature center, and built trails around the lake, thus creating Teatown Lake Reservation. He served as naturalist and founding director of the reservation, oversaw a doubling of its land, and managed its increasing popularity as a respite from encroaching suburbia. His final project before leaving his post after 20 years was establishing a wildflower island in the lake.
In 1982 he moved with his wife and two children to Norridgewock, Maine, and the 180 acres he bought cheap in 1970. He became a freelance naturalist and landscaper, developing and establishing trails, study areas, and parks in Rangeley, Skowhegan, and Norridgewock. He ran a landscaping business, sold maple syrup, and expanded his farm to 390 acres, on which he created an arboretum and increased the diversity of native shrubs and wildflowers. He wrote a nature column for a local paper and in 1999 was recognized for 'excellence in environmental journalism' by the Sierra Club of Maine. Balgooyen lent his extensive knowledge and dedication to the boards of numerous environmental nonprofits, including Maine Audubon Society, Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, and Lands for Maine’s Future, to which he was appointed by Governor Angus King in 1997. “He has been a conservationist all his life in deed as well as in philosophy,” wrote the Somerset Gazette upon his appointment.
Balgooyen was a longtime member of the Somerset Grange, the Norridgewock Historical Society, and the Congregational church, where he sang in the choir. Hiking, canoeing, mowing fields, creating ponds for water lilies and salamanders, and teaching adult ed were other activities to which he brought his thoughtful passion. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Helen (a nurse in Colby’s Health Center), two children, four grandchildren, and two siblings.
Lillian J. Waugh '63
Oct. 8, 2018, in Morgantown, W.V., at 77. A musician, women’s rights advocate, linguist, and yogini, she earned two advanced degrees in history: an M.A. from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She co-founded West Virginia’s first rape and domestic violence crisis shelter and was instrumental in building the University of West Virginia women’s and gender studies program. She won a Mary Catherine Buswell Award for her leadership on the WVU Women’s Centenary project in 1991. A lifelong cellist, she held the first chair with the WVU Community Arts Orchestra, and she practiced yoga faithfully while helping students with theirs. Predeceased by her father, Robert M. Waugh ’27, she is survived by her husband of 46 years, David Yelton, two sisters, including her twin Lucille Waugh ’63, her daughter, and her granddaughter.
Cynthia Smith Whitaker '63
June 28, 2018, in New London, N.H., at 76. She earned a master’s in education from Southern Connecticut State University in 1968, going on to teach primary school in Watertown, Conn. In 1993, she was named Watertown Teacher of the Year. She sang in the Watertown Chorale and was a faithful member of her Methodist church. Summers were spent on Lake Sunapee, N.H., where she partook in boating, early morning swimming, baking, and hosting visitors on the porch. Four children, 12 grandchildren, and two sisters survive her.
Nancy Mitchell Miner '64
Nov. 8, 2018, in Hopkinton, N.H., at 76. She had many interests focused around home and community: gardening-joining garden clubs and working in the garden department for Home Depot for more than 20 years; animals-raising puppies for Guiding Eyes for the Blind and being involved with a pony club; and sewing-creating historically accurate clothing for living history groups. She also belonged to the Hopkinton Historical Society and volunteered for a woman’s club. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Norman Miner ’65, two sons, five grandchildren, two sisters, and extended family, including her niece Rebecca Downing Tynan ’01.
