The Westonian Magazine The Westonian The Trinity Reporter The Trinity The Trinity CELEBRATING CINESTUDIO Reporter The student-founded movie theater marks WINTER 2020 50 years on campus ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: Women at the Summit: 50 Years of Coeducation at Trinity College WINTER 2020 SPRING 2014 CONTENTS FEATURES 10 Women at the Summit: 50 Years of Coeducation at Trinity College Advocates for equality These alumni work to empower women 16 Celebrating Cinestudio The student-founded movie theater marks 50 years on campus 22 Breakthroughs in treating genetic illnesses D. Holmes Morton, M.D., IDP’79 dedicates career to Amish, Mennonite children 26 From student to staff member Young alumni pay it forward as Trinity employees 31 We are the Class of 2023 Catching up with six members of Trinity’s Bicentennial Class 38 The campaign for Trinity athletics Fundraising effort ‘will impact every student and team’ ON THE COVER A new, color-changing neon sign welcomes patrons to Cinestudio, the on-campus independent movie theater celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. PHOTO: HELDER MIRA DEPARTMENTS 03 ALONG THE WALK 06 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT 07 AROUND HARTFORD 08 TRINITY TREASURE 43 CLASS NOTES 74 IN MEMORY 78 ALUMNI EVENTS 80 ENDNOTE THE TRINITY REPORTER Vol. 50, No. 2, Winter 2020 Published by the Office of Communications, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. Postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut, and additional mailing offices. The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends of Trinity College without charge. All publication rights reserved, and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written permission of the editor. Opinions expressed are those of the editor or contributors and do not reflect the official position of Trinity College. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Trinity Reporter, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 The editor welcomes your questions and comments: Sonya Adams, Office of Communications, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106, [email protected], or 860-297-2143. www.trincoll.edu ON THIS PAGE Acclaimed concert organist Christopher Houlihan ’09, right, John Rose College Organist-and-Directorship Distinguished Chair of Chapel Music, performs in the Trinity College Chapel with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra during the opening concert of the 2019 Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival Hartford in September 2019. PHOTO: JOHN WOIKE / Fall 2014 / 3 LETTERS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! The Trinity Reporter welcomes letters related to items published in recent issues. Please send remarks to the editor at [email protected] or Sonya Adams, Office of Communications, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106. MAKING PURPOSEFUL ADMIRATION FOR ALUMNUS BANTAM CONNECTIONS My name is Meaghan Race [’18, M’19]. So excited to read about Joe Catrino’s Still strange to think I’m an alumna groundbreaking work transforming since I’m not too far removed from my Trinity’s Career Development Center time at Trinity. I read the article on (“That Next Step,” spring 2019). Dr. Eric Manheimer in The Reporter Especially impressed with his inte- (“Sharing Patients’ Stories,” fall 2019) gration of design thinking from the and to be frank was overjoyed and Excellence. It was a most interesting set powerful Designing Your Life program impressed to have attended the same of discussions as the realities of going out of Stanford University. Helping college as an individual I have such coed unfolded. I was particularly fond students develop the tools to find more admiration for. I am currently work- of and respected President Lockwood’s meaningful connections between their ing in N.Y.C. at Mount Sinai Hospital leadership not only in guiding the near-term studies and their career while I apply for medical school, and board to the decision but also the tran- path is one way Trinity is setting itself I was unaware that I had a connection sitional controversies that followed. apart. This methodology resonates with Dr. Manheimer. … I simply want to I had planned to attend the celebra- with us alumni as well. As secretary for reach out to thank him. It might sound tion that occurred in San Francisco the Class of 1982, I have been hearing a little corny, but his philosophy on last year marking the start of the many fascinating updates from classmates medicine has played a huge part in events. Unfortunately, I was ill and exploring late-stage career transi- my journey toward pursuing this could not get there. The events planned tions. Whether prompted by personal career path. for the Women at the Summit program passions or triggered by forces beyond Meaghan Race ’18, M’19 this next month sound intriguing and their control, these alumni are forg- New York, New York appropriate. Alas, all are on the East ing new pathways. As someone who Coast, so I won’t be able to join but will has navigated a few career evolutions AT THE TABLE WHEN hope to see the streamed version. myself, I have come to appreciate the TRINITY WENT COED Marv Peterson ’60 help that a supportive circle provides— I may be one of the only living members Aptos, California especially the connections within our of the Board of Trustees at the time this Trinity Bantam Network. The Designing transition [to coeducation] occurred. Your Life program is a refreshing and Perhaps the only living one! I was an MORE WAYS TO CONNECT: illuminating approach. So grateful alumni trustee from 1969 to 1975 in the facebook.com/ Trinity has such an energizing leader period when the transition was taking TrinityCollege paving the way to help our students place. Interestingly, although I was and alumni forge more purposeful con- already nine years out of Trinity (Class nections going forward. of 1960), I was probably 20–25 years twitter.com/ TrinityCollege Thank you for another fascinating younger than the rest of the trustees. feature article. I had previously been president of the Ellin Carpenter Smith ’82 Boston Trinity Alumni Club and later instagram.com/ Windsor, Connecticut received the Trinity Alumni Medal for TrinityCollege PHOTO: NICK CAITO NICK PHOTO: 2 THE TRINITY REPORTER ALONG THE WALK News from the Trinity community Senator speaks on gun reform The Trinity College Democrats welcomed U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Igor Volsky, founder and executive director of Guns Down America, to a Gun Violence Prevention Forum on October 4, 2019, in McCook Auditorium. Murphy, author of The Violence Inside Us, a book about the history of violence in the United States that was set to be published in January, discussed the role he has played in the gun reform move- ment and answered questions on the issue of gun violence in America today. “We need to realize that gun violence is on the radar of politicians, and the Democrats are doing everything in their power to implement strict background checks,” he said. Volsky, whose tweets highlighting the amount of money politicians received from the National Rifle Association (NRA) went viral in 2016 and served as a cata- lyst for his larger gun reform movement, emphasized the difference between action and surface-level empathy exercised by politicians. “Lawmakers are quick to send thoughts and prayers after a shooting, but these lawmakers are the ones taking money from the NRA,” Volsky said. Guns Down America, which aims to move the country toward a future with fewer guns, focuses on driving corporate-based cam- paigns to encourage corporations, such as Walmart, to end sales of assault weapons and to advocate for gun reform. Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Thomas X. Lefebvre expressed appreciation for both speakers’ input. “Volsky’s creative campaign tactics bring a breath of fresh air and optimism to the gun control conversation, which, for far too long, has seemed hopeless in this country,” Lefebvre said. “It was also a rare opportunity for students to listen and exchange with Senator Murphy, one of the loudest voices nationally on the topic.” PHOTO: NICK CAITO NICK PHOTO: ALONG THE WALK THOMAS CHURCH UPDATE The Digital Health CT Digital Health CT, the new digital health (or med- Brownell tech) accelerator run by Startupbootcamp, recently for TEACHING announced its inaugural cohort in Hartford. The 10 EXCELLENCE chosen start-ups exhibit a diverse range of health Prıze care technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), process automation, personalized medicine, Calling on Trinity alumni to honor the and virtual health. professors who made an impact on their lives The teams, selected from hundreds of start-ups by a selection committee that included Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney, relocated to Hartford in Did you have a teacher who changed the way you think? Influenced November for the three-month accelerator program, your career choices? Helped you to wake up intellectually? If so, you which gave them the sup- have a wonderful chance to pay tribute to that teacher. The Thomas port, resources, and industry Church Brownell Prize for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes con- and investor connections sistently outstanding teaching by a senior faculty member, is awarded they need to help grow their annually at Honors Day. All alumni are invited to submit nominations businesses. Along with sup- explaining in 200 to 300 words why they believe a favorite professor port from Startupbootcamp, the teams gained access to deserves this prestigious award. Nominations should be sent to Sylvia an extensive range of part- DeMore via email ([email protected])