A look back at UMass through maroon-colored glasses

Mel Yoken ’60, ’72PhD: “I graduated from UMass Amherst in June 1960, and, during the entire time I was there, Dr. Stowell Goding was not only my professor in every French class I took, he was my mentor, advisor, and friend. I am delighted to have the honor and pleasure of remembering a man who enriched and enhanced so many lives, especially mine.”

Bob Ramsay ’65: “This was taken at the 1962 Yankee Conference cross-country championship at University of Vermont on a muddy golf course; I think we won. I’m in the upper right, and future track and cross-country coach [Ken] O’Brien, who was a senior at the time and just retired a couple of years ago, is second from left in back.”

Patricia Amber Chiang ’71: “I must have purchased this flag my freshman year, 1967. It is quite tattered, but it has survived over 50 years! I had it on a bulletin board and added those pins, a sign of the times.”

Lynn Goonin Duncan ’72: “Was the class of ’72 the last class to be given beanies? Our freshman year of 1968–69 was a year of momentous change at the university and in the country.”

John Wiseman ’79: “I lived on floor 13 of John Quincy Adams in Southwest, and for some reason I found out that I fit between the walls and could work my way up them to the ceiling. I got pretty good at it and could make my way down the hall doing this. When I went back for a tour with old dorm-mates 43 years later, I discovered the old skills were still there!”

John E. Hunneman ’80: “This was our first Christmas together, in 1977, living in North Village in married student housing. I was a freshman, just out of the navy. We bought the tree from a Boy Scout troop, strapped it to our little Fiat, and drove it home. The tree took up about half of the apartment. I understand North Village is gone, but we're still together and celebrating our 44th Christmas together.”

Timothy S. Nugent ’88: “This is a photo of when I was in the UMass Minuteman Marching Band [UMMB] during the 1984 and 1985 football seasons. During this game, I was at the front of the band kneeling down while playing my clarinet. Great memories of my time in the UMMB. Go! Fight! Win!”

Maria Sucher ’18: “Picking just one memento was so difficult, but this one most closely captured the opportunities I was offered at UMass. I'm so grateful to have had the experience I had at UMass and look forward to staying connected—UMass, you'll always have a piece of my heart!”