Colleges
Husson University
BANGOR — Lee Speronis of Husson University was elected recently to the board of the Maine Restaurant Association, a private, nonprofit, membership organization whose mission is to represent, promote and educate the foodservice industry in Maine. For information, go to mainrestaurant.com.
MMA Alumni Association meeting
The Penobscot Bay Chapter of the Maine Maritime Academy Alumni Association will hold a dinner meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Trackside Station Restaurant, 4 Union St., Rockland. A social time will be followed by dinner, a business meeting with election of officers and a presentation by Peter Johnson, chief engineer on the Africa Mercy.
A 1964 MMA engineering graduate, Johnson has served as chief engineer with States Marine-Isthmian, went ashore to earn a master’s degree in business and work for Arthur Andersen, and then worked as chief financial officer for Digital Equipment Corporation’s Puerto Rico subsidiary, and as general manager of TradeMark Computers. In retirement Johnson and his wife, Audrey, have volunteered to assist Mercy Ships, a non-governmental organization that operates a fleet of hospital ships providing hope and healing to the world’s most needy. At 16,572 tons, Africa Mercy is the largest civilian hospital ship in the world. For the last 10 years Johnson has served as chief engineer on the Africa Mercy and other vessels.
To download a dinner reservation form, Maine Maritime Academy alumni may visit penbaymma.org.
For information, contact chapter secretary Lindsey Pinkham at 380-4661 or lindsey@midcoastfirstaid.com.
Penobscot Job Corps Academy
BANGOR — At a recent assembly, Mike Brooker, tournament director of the Senior League World Series, presented the Penobscot Job Corps Center Culinary Arts Department a plaque recognizing its contribution to the tournament during the past 10 years. In each of these years Job Corps culinary students and staff have prepared and served 3,000 meals in an eight-day period to players, coaches and volunteers.
The Senior League World Series features the 14- to 16-year-old champions representing six United States teams and four international team winners. Brooker told the assembly that he could honestly say that without the support of the culinary arts students the Senior League World Series would not be the success that it is. Brooker also said, “I am often told by participants who have played at other World Series or at regional sites that they eat better in Bangor than any other tournament run by Little League.”