COA Volume 2 I Number 1 WINTER 2006 The College of the Atlantic Magazine COA VISION LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The faculty, students, trustees, staff, and alumni of College of There is a moment at the end of summer the Atlantic envision a world when, engrossed in a leisurely bike ride, or where people value creativity, a quiet hike, a breath of an autumn breeze intellectual achievement, and comes through. Surprisingly, despite the diversity of nature and human glory of the summer's day, that scent of fall cultures. With respect and com- is so powerful that I find myself wistfully passion, individuals construct longing for autumn's crisp excitement and I meaningful lives for themselves, feel physically torn between the moment and gain appreciation of the relation- the future. ships among all forms of life, and As we say goodbye to one president and safeguard the heritage of future hello to another, I know I'm not alone in feel- generations. ing this odd split. For thirty-three years, for as long as COA has been a college teeming with students, Steven K. Katona has put his heart into this institution, working to shape it as a vibrant community of participa- tory, active, insightful learning. As a teacher, as founder and director of Allied Whale, and as COA's fourth president, leading this institution for COVER: thirteen years, Steve has been integral to COA. Convergent Evolution, Benjamin Nimkin '07 This issue of COA pays tribute to the careers of both Steve and his wife and partner, Susan Lerner, as they prepare to end their formal Created for Biology through the Lens taught by COA connection with the college at the end of June and move on to new video professor Nancy pathways. It's hard to say goodbye. Andrews and vertebrate But saying hello is thrilling. With this issue, we briefly welcome the biology professor Stephen man who will be COA's fifth president, David Hales, who will take office Ressel, Fall 2005. As a means of defense, on July 1. Look for more about him come summer. each of these species- There is one other moment to recall during this intense winter of from invertebrates to warm- change; a moment of stasis between goodbye and hello, a moment blooded hedgehogs to reef-dwelling fish-have when the soul of COA shone, with no president present. On Saturday, developed spikes or spines January 21, the day after the last of three presidential candidates visited or other forms of sharp body the college, the day before the search committee made their decision, parts to prevent predation, the COA community-students, staff, faculty, alumni-were asked to defend territory or threaten rivals. See page 35. share their insights on the three presidential finalists. For four hours, beginning at noon, people stood one at a time, and talked. With much Ben Nimkin '07, is from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is study- eloquence, great humor, strong perceptions and deep thought, the ing film, graphic design community spoke and the search committee listened, furiously writing and ethnography at COA. notes. This moment of democracy, this recognition of community, will While his future plans blaze as a touchstone for the All-College Meeting for years to come. It, include filmmaker, lobster- man, graduate student, too, is human ecology. professional wonderer and Donna Gold film teacher, for the moment he enjoys eating pears. editor, COA BACK COVER: While in Uganda studying the anthropology of develop- ment, Marcin Matuszek '06 took this picture of a woman walking through reservoirs from which salt is extracted. features COA The College of the Atlantic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 WINTER 2006 EDITOR Donna Gold COA's Fifth President - p. 3 EDITORIAL BOARD Noted Environmentalist, David Hales John Anderson Sarah Barrett '08 Richard J. Borden Of Graffiti, Graft & Green Business - p. 14 Nicholas Brazier '06 Jay McNally '84 and the Human Ecology Noreen Hogan '91 of Electronic Discovery Shawn Keeley '00 EDITORIAL CONSULTANT From Undersea Chemistry to COA Presidency - p. 16 Bill Carpenter ALUMNI CONSULTANTS A Personal Look at Steve Katona's Legacy Shawn Keeley '00 by Gregory Stone '82 Jill Barlow-Kelley COPY EDITOR Taking on the Big Picture - p. 26 Jennifer Hughes Allied Whale "Graduates" Move into Environmental Policy DESIGN Mahan Graphics The Colors of Susan Lerner - p. 28 PRINTING BY JS McCarthy Printers, Augusta, Maine A Pause for Reflection A Conversation with Leslie C. Brewer - p. 32 COA ADMINISTRATION Eliot Coleman Steven Katona Kelly Dickson. M.Phil., '97 The Man Who Has Made Things Happen from the Very Beginning President William F. Dohmen Alice Eno Kenneth Hill David H. Fischer Haeckel Project ~ p. 35 Academic Dean, William G. Foulke, Jr. Associate Dean of Timothy Fuller, '03 The Artistry of Nature, the Natural Science of Art Academic Services James M. Gower John Anderson Life Trustee Falling - p. 38 Associate Dean for George B. E. Hambleton Advanced Studies Charles Hewett A Short Story by Becky Buyers-Basso '81 Sherry F. Huber Andrew Campbell John N. Kelly Associate Dean Philip B. Kunhardt III '77 Poetry - p. 43 of Student Life Elizabeth & Peter Loring Poems by Shamsher Virk '07 David Feldman Susan Storey Lyman Associate Dean for Life Trustee Academic Affairs Suzanne Folds McCullagh departments Andrew Griffiths Sarah A. McDaniel '93 Administrative Dean Jay McNally '84 Karen Waldron Stephen G. Milliken Associate Dean of Faculty Philip J. Moriarty Letter from the President p. 2 Phyllis Anina Moriarty BOARD OF TRUSTEES William V.P. Newlin COA Beat p. 4 Samuel M. Hamill, Jr. Daniel Pierce Chairman Helen Porter Class Notes p. 44 Cathy L. Ramsdell '78 Elizabeth D. Hodder John Reeves Vice Chair John Rivers Faculty & Community Notes p. 49 Casey Mallinckrodt Hamilton Robinson, Jr. Vice Chair Walter Robinson, M.D. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. Ronald E. Beard Life Trustee Secretary Remembering - p. 51 Clyde E. Shorey, Jr. Leslie C. Brewer Donald B. Straus Josh Jones, Samuel Hamill, Treasurer Life Trustee Ann F. Sullivan Jesse Tucker, David McGiffert TRUSTEES Edward McC. Blair, Sr. Cody van Heerden Life Trustee John Wilmerding Annual Report - p. 52 Letter from the Board COA is published twice each year for Scenes from a Homecoming - p. 64 the College of the Atlantic community. Please direct correspondence to: Amy Toensing '93 Follows the Colorado Lynx COA Magazine Restoration for National Geographic College of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 Grinning in the Garden - p. 65 Phone: (207) 288-5015 The Human Ecology Essay Revisited email: dgold@coa.edu www.coa.edu * This publication is printed on recycled paper. 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