The Trinity Reporter WINTER 2018 GAME CHANGERS Alumnae ofer insight into why they coach
CONTENTS
FEATURES
10 Bridging Divides Seeking to defne higher ed’s role in promoting a just society
14 Game changers Alumnae ofer insight into why they coach
18 Turning grief into action With Sandy Hook Promise, Nicole Hockley ’92 seeks to save lives
22 Reaching for new heights Trinity charts a course for the fture
28 Meet Michael Casey New vice president for college advancement aims to help Trinity realize its ambitions
32 Leaving a legacy John Rose retires afer 40 years of Chapel music, memories
36 Fortifying our foundation How the endowment supports students and sustains the college's mission
ON THE COVER Caitlin Hitchcock ’00, M’04, Trinity head sofball coach and associate professor of physical education
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03 ALONG THE WALK
07 AROUND HARTFORD
08 TRINITY TREASURE
41 CLASS NOTES
71 IN MEMORY
78 ALUMNI EVENTS
80 ENDNOTE To see more photos from the Party on Pratt, please visit commons.trincoll. edu/Reporter. THE TRINITY REPORTER Vol. 48, No. 2, Winter 2018
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ON THIS PAGE Frederick Walton Carpenter Scholar Daniel Bauloye ’20, of Thessaloniki, Greece, right, seems to have lost his Bantam head to Trinity Dean of Campus Life and Vice President for Student Afairs Joe DiChristina, known around campus as “Dean Joe.” The two were among those taking part in the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education (HCHE) Party on Pratt—College Night, a September 2017 festival that sought to “re-introduce” college- aged students to the various attractions in downtown Hartford. The event featured giveaways, food tastings, fashion and dance shows, psychic readings, and more. HCHE comprises 11 Hartford area colleges, universities, and seminaries.
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personal the topics of sex and gender still seemed in the early 1990s. She nei- ther asked the few of us to be spokes- men for half the world’s population nor coddled us for any “bravery” we might have harbored for enrolling in the course. On the contrary, Joan Hedrick chal- lenged and encouraged the men in her class the same way she did the women in the room. In other words, she FROM THE EDITOR practiced exactly the equality that she You may have noticed a few changes in preached. this magazine, starting with a new look In so doing, she certainly shaped this for the cover. Trinity recently engaged former student’s view of the world. So in a design “refresh” with Baltimore- much so that I can honestly say, two based frm Fastspot that is refected in and a half decades later, that no other new typefaces, colors, and more. Also, teacher infuenced my latest profes- as you make your way through this sional pursuits as much as Professor issue, you’ll fnd that we’re relying on Hedrick did. I’m not persuaded the our Bantam Sports website and social HEDRICK PRACTICED ideals of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s media accounts to give you the most WHAT SHE PREACHED Herland are wholly desirable, let alone up-to-date information about our ath- Your recognition as the spring 2017 achievable, but I do appreciate the letics teams rather than reporting old issue’s Trinity Treasure is, I hope, one ambition of a society free of violence news in the magazine. We will continue of many accolades to be lavished on and physical domination. And I’m to cover important happenings and Joan Hedrick as she heads into retire- utterly convinced that the fnancial achievements from the realm of Trinity ment in 2018. In your piece, Professor freedom espoused by Virginia Woolf Athletics in Along the Walk (the section Robert Corber noted that Hedrick “tire- in A Room of One’s Own is an essential that starts on the next page) and in lessly dedicated herself to the import- ingredient for both sexes to reach their various related feature stories (please ant task of mentoring young women at potential for fulflling lives. see our cover story on Trinity alumnae Trinity.” I’d like to credit her with men- Trinity has been very fortunate to in coaching on page 14). We hope you toring young men as well. have Joan Hedrick on its faculty for enjoy the changes. Numbering fve in a classroom of the better part of four decades. She about a hundred students in “Women inspired more young women and men ↗ Studies 101,” we males felt the unfamil- than she may realize. And as she did, For more on Trinity iar discomfort of being massively out- she made the college—and the world—a Athletics on the web, please visit commons. numbered. But Professor Hedrick did more hospitable place for all. trincoll.edu/Reporter or nothing to make us self-conscious; no Rick Zednik ’93 www.BantamSports.com. small feat, considering how inherently Brussels, Belgium
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A SUPER COLLECTION Trinity’s Watkinson Library recently received a collection of more than 10,000 comic books, 200 graphic novels, and several comic reference books. The acquisition will be available for public viewing afer it has been organized, cataloged, and archived. Richard Ring, former head curator of the Watkinson, said that the collection was donated to Trinity by Marcus Leab, a collector ↗ from Maple Grove, Minnesota, who lived in Connecticut during For more details his childhood. about the Watkinson and the comic books, This acquisition was the subject of a recent Hartford including Leab’s Courant article, written by Susan Dunne. Ring told Dunne that he account of his was excited to receive the cache and added that he would like collection, please to add to the library’s collection of pop culture items. “This is visit commons. trincoll.edu/Reporter. a nice starter set for us. It’s exciting. We hope it’s the tip of the iceberg,” he said. The comic books, which range in date from the 1950s to the present day, include superhero characters such as Wonder Woman and Doctor Strange, as well as the popu- lar Star Wars and The X-Files franchises. The Watkinson Library, a public research library that houses the rare book and spe- cial collections of the Trinity College Library and the college archives, contains more than 200,000 printed volumes ranging in date from the 15th century to the present. PHOTO: MONICA JORGE MONICA PHOTO: ALONG THE WALK
THOMAS CHURCH The Brownell for TEACHING Prıze EXCELLENCE Calling on Trinity alumni to honor the professors who made an impact on their lives
Did you have a teacher who changed the way you think? Infuenced your career choices? Helped you to wake up intel- lectually? Or in any other way altered your life? If so, you have
a wonderful chance to pay tribute to that teacher. The Thomas ANDREW PHOTO: CONCATELLI J. Church Brownell Prize for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes consistently outstanding teaching by a senior faculty member, is awarded annually at Commencement. All alumni are invited to submit nominations explaining in 200 to 300 words why they CCAN DEBUTS believe a favorite professor deserves this prestigious award. Nominations should be sent to Nan Horton via email (nancy. Trinity’s Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience (CCAN), [email protected]) or postal mail (Ofce of the Dean of the a new 11,000-square-foot building on the south end of Faculty, Williams Memorial 118, Trinity College, 300 Summit campus that opened in fall 2017, embodies the liberal arts Street, Hartford, CT 06106). The nomination deadline by bridging the felds of neuroscience and the arts and If you have questions incorporating gathering spaces to encourage collaboration is Friday, March 9, 2018. about the Brownell and creativity across multiple disciplines. CCAN is the new Prize, please direct Associate professors, full professors, senior lec- them to Sylvia DeMore, home of the interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, which special assistant to the turers, and principal lecturers who have been at the integrates biology, chemistry, philosophy, engineering, and dean of the faculty, at college for at least three years, will not retire prior to sylvia.demore@ psychology. Complementing the research and teaching labs trincoll.edu. June 30, 2018, and have not previously received the of neuroscience, CCAN’s Arts Creativity Corridor features a Brownell Prize are eligible. A complete list of eligible student art gallery with a high, open ceiling; fexible track faculty, as well as a roster of previous winners, appears online at lighting; and uninterrupted white walls. Students played a commons.trincoll.edu/Reporter. key role in designing the building’s Student Common space The Brownell Prize was made possible by a gif from Paul H. by participating in one of three planning committees that Briger ’61, P’87. Robert Stewart (mathematics) was the frst recip- worked closely with architects from the Boston frm of Payette to create a comfortable environment that would accommodate ient, and Sarah Bilston (English) was the 2017 honoree. socializing and studying with friends.
TAKING IT TO #TrinityGood THE FIELDS Trinity has launched a new college pride campaign on The Trinity men’s soccer social media called Trinity Good. We’re asking students, team faces Williams in the faculty, staf, alumni, and parents to share the myriad Bantams’ frst home game stories that demonstrate what it means to do—and to on the new Trinity Soccer be—not just good, but “Trinity Good.” From meeting Field, part of the $6.2 mil- lifelong friends and discovering the most beautiful lion Fields of Excellence study spot in the world, to exploring new areas of schol- project. The Bantams arship and applying bold ideas to the world around us, came up short 1–2 in a good things can be found in the everyday on campus hard-fought game. and in the Trinity community. We welcome you to share these stories on social media by adding #TrinityGood, and we’ll include them on our website at www.trincoll. edu/TrinityGood.
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Rikkyo exchange Four
Rikkyo University new board President Tomoya Yoshioka and Trinity College President members Joanne Berger- Sweeney show the gifts they exchanged President Joanne Berger- during a meeting in Sweeney announced the Tokyo in May 2017. appointment of four new trustees to the Trinity College Board of Trustees. They are:
Lisa G. Bisaccia ’78, of
PHOTO: ANDREW PHOTO: CONCATELLI J. Providence and Narragansett, Rhode Island, executive vice president and chief human resources ofcer as well as a member of the Executive Committee of CVS Health, which comprises the CVS/ Lisa G. Bisaccia pharmacy drugstore chain, the pharmacy beneft manager Lydia Chen ’18 recently became the that language profciency is not required Caremark Pharmacy Services, frst Trinity student to spend a semes- and that Trinity students at Rikkyo take the MinuteClinic health clinic ter studying in Japan through a new courses taught in English in addition to a chain, and the Omnicare long- exchange program with Tokyo’s Rikkyo Japanese language course. term care pharmacy business University. Chen, an international stud- Jefrey Bayliss, Trinity associate pro- ies and urban studies double major and fessor of history, notes that Rikkyo also Michael Gary ’86, of Philadelphia, head of an international student from China, ofers a visiting scholars program, which Michael Gary attended Rikkyo from April through invites Trinity faculty members in a vari- Friends Select School (FSS), July 2017, the Japanese equivalent of a ety of disciplines to participate in the an independent Quaker pre-K through 12 school in spring semester. cultural exchange. “I look forward to Philadelphia Chen began studying the Japanese short-term collaborative work with schol- language during her frst year at Trinity ars at Rikkyo,” Bayliss said. Justin S. Maccarone Jr. ’81, and wanted to learn more about the Jennifer Summerhays, Trinity’s direc- P’19, of Darien, Connecticut, a country’s culture. “The exchange semes- tor of study away, said that the Rikkyo managing director of strategic ter was unforgettable, mostly program joins Trinity’s other exchange development for Tradition Energy, a global energy Justin S. For more because of the amazing peo- programs: the Twelve-College Exchange Maccarone Jr. information about ple I met,” Chen said. Program with domestic colleges and management and advisory the Trinity/Rikkyo A memorandum of under- the Baden-Württemberg Germany frm based in Stamford, Exchange Program, Connecticut please visit standing signed in 2016 by Exchange Program between the State commons.trincoll. Trinity and Rikkyo states that of Connecticut and the German state of edu/Reporter. Craig G. Vought ’82, P’17, of the institutions will exchange Baden-Württemberg. Atherton, California, managing one or two students per academic year; Summerhays said that exchange director and co-founder of Trinity will receive its frst student from programs are intended to cultivate Broadreach Capital Partners, Rikkyo in fall 2018. In May 2017, Trinity diplomacy and to focus on relation- a real estate investment frm Craig G. Vought President Joanne Berger-Sweeney trav- ship building with a sense of reciproc- focused on the development, eled to Tokyo and spoke with Rikkyo of- ity that benefts everyone involved. “I acquisition, and asset cials about the new program. think exchanges are incredibly crucial, management of commercial ↗ and hotel properties For bios of all Rieko Wagoner, principal lecturer in especially in the world we live in today,” current trustees, language and culture studies and inter- she said. “My hope is that this exchange please visit national studies, started the Japanese program can help students and faculty commons.trincoll. edu/Reporter. program at Trinity in 1987 and is coordi- engage in deeper ways on critical topics nating the exchange program. She said that are world relevant.”
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT BY ANDREW FAUGHT
Justin S. Maccarone Jr. ’81, P’19
It wasn’t until his sophomore year that Justin S. Maccarone Jr. ’81, P’19 took his frst airplane fight. But the event was momentous for another reason. Spending a semester abroad at Trinity College’s Rome Campus, Maccarone, the grandson of Italian immigrants who settled in Hartford, discovered the power of studying interna- tional politics in a global setting. “I was a world away from being a small-town kid from Connecticut,” he says. “As a result, I came back and became an international relations major and the president of the World Afairs Club. The light went on afer that trip.” These days Maccarone is managing director of Tradition Energy, an international energy consulting and broker- During his own student days, Maccarone was on the varsity age frm. He’s also the newly elected president of Trinity’s wrestling team, earning rookie-of-the-year accolades in his National Alumni Association (NAA) Executive Committee, frst year. While an injury forced him of the team, he stayed and, through that position, he sits on the college’s Board of busy on the academic front, adding a major in economics. Trustees. “A small liberal arts college turned out to be the perfect In his NAA role, Maccarone promotes a positive image of place for me,” he says. “I was not very much aware of the Trinity and helps to develop programs that strengthen the world before I went to Trinity.” college’s relationship with its 25,000 alumni. His latest role Fresh from graduation, Maccarone went to Wall Street, builds on years of volunteer service, during which he served where he worked as a banker and private equity investor two of his fve years on the NAA as vice president. He also for nearly 30 years. He then turned his attention to manag- previously served as co-chairman of the Career Development ing Tradition Energy, a growing business based in Stamford, Subcommittee. Connecticut. Maccarone, a Darien, Connecticut, resident, has spent Wheaton Hall roommate and longtime friend Steve Dylag the last 15 years advising Trinity students—informally ’81 says it’s no surprise that Maccarone continues to nurture and through the Center for Student Success and Career close ties to his alma mater. Development—on how to forge careers in investment banking “Justin made great friends and had a wonderful experience, and private equity. He also manages Tradition’s recruitment and he got a great education,” says Dylag, principal with program, and he’s helped to hire several Trinity alumni. North Attleboro, Massachusetts-based Keystone Consulting Volunteering comes naturally for Maccarone. He’s doing Group, a commercial real estate appraisal frm. “What else so, in part, to give back. His late father, Justin Maccarone Sr. can someone want from their college education? No wonder ’50, lived right of of Zion Street and was able to attend Trinity he works at staying connected.” thanks to a scholarship; his late mother, Lucia M’51, earned Away from his professional and college duties, Maccarone a master’s degree at the college. Both were frst-generation enjoys golfng and boating. Last year, he piloted his power- Americans and the frst in their families to pursue a higher boat to Maine and back, stopping for visits in Nantucket and education. Representing a third generation of Maccarones, Martha’s Vineyard. But don’t expect him to schedule extra- Justin’s son Michael ’19 is at Trinity, working toward a politi- curricular activities near class reunions; he hasn’t missed one
cal science degree. yet. The reason is simple: “Trinity was a life changer for me.” HAMERMAN DON PHOTO: MIRA HELDER PHOTO:
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STORY AND SOIL COFFEE 387 CAPITOL AVENUE HARTFORD, CT
AROUND HARTFORD
Story and Soil Cofee is a celebration of the Hartford community, locally sourced food, and most importantly, delicious cofee. Pho- tographer Sarah McCoy and her husband, Michael, a former teacher, saw the need for a community cofee shop in the Frog Hollow neighborhood. There they found two newly renovated storefronts in a building that had been untouched for nearly a decade. Sarah was then introduced to Michael Acosta ’13, who shared the McCoys’ goal of impacting the community. Owned and operated by the McCoys and Acosta, the shop keeps “local” in mind. They buy their cofee from nearby specialty roasters and purchase pastries from First & Last Bakery in the South End. While the shop’s interior holds only nine seats, it helps to establish a cozy atmosphere where people can sit shoulder to shoulder and talk over cofee. And as Acosta said, “Cofee has
PHOTO: DON HAMERMAN DON PHOTO: MIRA HELDER PHOTO: the opportunity to do a lot of good. Hartford has a lot of positive momentum.” ALONG THE WALK
TRINITY TREASURE EDITOR’S NOTE “Trinity Treasure” highlights a person, place, or thing on campus that is just what the name implies: a Trinity treasure. Do you have an idea for what to showcase? Please send your suggestions to Trinity [email protected]. College
In the 70 years since Trinity College Hillel was Hillel established, its original mission—to provide religious programming to the Jewish men of the college—has evolved. Today’s organiza- tion, based since 2002 in the Zachs Hillel House made possible through the philanthropy of Henry Zachs ’56 and others including Alan Mendelson ’69, chair of the Trinity Hillel Ad- visory Board, aims to be well integrated into campus life and to provide ongoing creative Shabbat and holiday observances. “We attempt to provide a broadly based program that builds on students’ interests through a Jewish lens,” says Trinity Hillel Director Lisa Kassow. “Some of those interests are particular to Jewish con- cerns and some are more universal … in the realm of social action or tikkun olam (repairing the world) or with a focus on Israeli society and the arts, Holocaust education, Jewish culture, and most recently, mindfulness and yoga.” A programmatic example that brings together social action and Jewish experience is the An- nual Pink Shabbat for Breast Cancer Aware- ness, which just celebrated its 12th year. Among events marking Trinity Hillel’s 70th anniver- sary is a gala for parents, alumni, and friends in New York City and a young alumni gathering with children at the Brooklyn, New York, home of Rabbi Sara ’04 and Isaac Luria ’05. Another is a private screening of Who Will Write Our History?, the documentary based on a book by Samuel Kassow ’66, Charles H. Northam Pro- fessor of History and Kassow’s husband. Kassow notes that Jewish values and ethics drive all interactions at Hillel. “Although we have been engaged in the work of building coalitions for many years, we are now living in a fractured and deeply divisive time,” she says. “It is important to communicate to students, their families, and the Trinity community that we stand by the values of communal responsibility, respectful dialogue, and relationship building. Two thousand years ago, Hillel the Elder, for whom this organization is named, said, ‘Do not Hillel Director Lisa Kassow, second from separate yourself from the community.’ I take left, and Program that to heart.” Manager Amy Zylberman, right, with co-presidents Emily Kaufman ’18
and Sofia Safran ’18 ↗ MARINELLI JOHN PHOTO: For more about Trinity College Hillel, please visit commons.trincoll.edu/Reporter.
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Trinity New director of athletics College Trinity started the new year with a new director of athletics and chair of physical education: Drew Galbraith. Galbraith came to Trinity from Dartmouth College, where he served as senior associate director of athletics and executive director Hillel of Dartmouth Peak Performance, a program that integrates services and resources to help stu- dent-athletes achieve excellence. In an October 2017 announcement RECENT PUBLICATIONS to the Trinity campus community about Galbraith’s appointment, Dean of Campus Life and Vice President for Student Afairs Joe DiChristina and The Politics of New The Singing Ship Immigrant Destinations: Rebecca Winterer ’87 President Joanne Berger-Sweeney noted, Transatlantic Perspectives Del Sol Press, 2017; 210 pages “Drew’s depth of experience, his coach- Edited by Stefanie Chambers, ing and teaching philosophy, and his Professor of Political Science; Stories of Identity among Diana Evans, Professor of Political Black, Middle Class, understanding of and admiration for the Science; Anthony Messina, John R. Second Generation role of athletics at Trinity College made Reitemeyer Professor of Political Caribbeans: We, Too, him a truly exceptional ft.” Science; and Abigail Fisher Williamson, Sing America At Dartmouth, Galbraith helped lead a comprehensive Assistant Professor of Political Science Yndia S. Lorick-Wilmot ’99 and Public Policy and Law Palgrave Macmillan/Springer, 2017; athletics program of 35 varsity teams, 33 club sports, and 24 Temple University Press, 2017; 292 pages intramural sports. He served as sport administrator for the 367 pages Dartmouth Big Green football program, as well as for wom- The Shiny Penny Dispatches Mark L. Barry M’96 en’s rugby and men’s and women’s cross country and track Deyan Ranko Brashich ’62 Guiding Star Books, 2017; 35 pages and feld. Over the years, Galbraith served as sport adminis- New Meridan Arts, 2017; 237 pages trator for 13 other teams at Dartmouth, overseeing coaches Hopes and Expectations: Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, The Origins of the Black and all aspects of their programs. He also served on several Deals, and Hidden Agendas Middle Class in Hartford NCAA committees and as a liaison to health professionals of Nine Political Wives Barbara J. Beeching M’96 who worked with student-athletes. Anne Michaud ’82 SUNY Press, 2017; 270 pages As director of athletics at Trinity, which is a member of Ogunquit Press, 2017; 279 pages NCAA Division III, the New England Small College Athletic Conference, the New England Wrestling Association, and the If you have a recent book, CD, or video that you would like listed in The Trinity Reporter, please submit a copy to Sonya Adams, Office of College Squash Association, Galbraith oversees a compre- Communications, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106. hensive program that encompasses intercollegiate athletics Questions? Email [email protected]. (29 varsity teams), intramurals, club sports, and recreation. “Trinity has a tremendous reputation, and I am humbled and honored by the opportunity to lead the athletics pro- gram and serve the college’s mission,” Galbraith said in October. Galbraith earned both a bachelor’s degree and a law Front Row seats degree from the College of William & Mary. He began his career in media relations and broadcasting at Virginia KAREN SHU ) With the Bantam Sports Front Row mobile Commonwealth University, and he joined Dartmouth in 2004 app, fans can cheer on their favorite team RIGHT as associate director of athletics afer serving in compliance ( as if they were in the front row of the arena. roles in the athletic departments at William & Mary and at Created by PrestoSports in partnership with the University of Nebraska Omaha. Trinity College, Bantam Sports Front Row Galbraith’s appointment followed a national search con-
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TOP and game recaps. Features of the app also in- ( clude schedules, audio and video links when who had served as Trinity’s director of athletics since 2010.
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March 2017, Middlebury College: A controversial speaker Seeking to is shouted of stage; a professor who accompanied him is injured in a violent confrontation with protesters when defne higher trying to leave campus aferward. ed’s role in promoting a August 2017, University of Virginia and Charlottesville: just society Hundreds of torch-bearing white nationalists march through the center of the historic campus; the next day, a
BY ANDREW J. CONCATELLI counterprotester is killed when a car drives into a crowd.
September 2017, University of California, Berkeley: The campus goes on high alert, spending hundreds of thou- sands of dollars on security in anticipation of a controver-
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WINTER 2018 11 URING THE PAST YEAR, “At Trinity we believe that college “I think that’s not just an alternative. institutions of higher educa- is the place to have these dialogues in I think we’re living in a time where tion across the country have informed ways and to engage in deep that’s a moral obligation. That’s what been grappling with conficts conversations in this small, shared it means to be part of a participatory and debates surrounding space,” Lambright says. “Our students democracy that has at its core a right the issues of free speech, are so committed, so engaged. They of free expression.” academic freedom, privilege, diversity, want the knowledge that can help them Marimow, a longtime Philadelphia Dand race. take what they are sensing and feeling Inquirer editor and two-time Pulitzer Trinity College was thrust into the and turn it into informed action.” Prize winner, added, “I think this gath- national spotlight last June when a One highlight of the Bridging Divides ering tonight is a good example of what politically conservative website pub- programming—“The Contours of Free we should be doing around the nation lished a story about the social media Expression on Campus”—showcased a and around the world … an exchange posts of Johnny Eric Williams, Trinity conversation between civil rights scholar of ideas that really elevates everyone’s professor of sociology, resulting in and Phi Beta Kappa Society Secretary understanding and knowledge and threats against the professor and and CEO Frederick M. Lawrence and gives us a chance to discuss poten- the campus. There were calls both Philadelphia Media Network Vice tially infammatory issues in a civilized, for the college to defend his freedom President of Strategic Development thoughtful way.” of speech and to take punitive action William K. Marimow ’69, H’16. The Lambright notes that the initiative against him. A review by the Dean October event, which touched on many ofers opportunities for more under- of the Faculty’s Ofce afrmed that recent events at college campuses standing about varied perspectives Williams’s actions and words were nationwide, was streamed live and rather than simply trying to get everyone protected by academic freedom and recorded for of-campus audiences. to agree. “I do believe that the faculty did not violate Trinity policy. During remarks prior to the conversa- is sensitive to the fact that we’re deal- In response to this incident and tion, President Joanne Berger-Sweeney ing with a very diverse population with to the general climate of political, laid out the college’s goals for Bridging diverse personal and political experi- ideological, and social division per- Divides. “As an institution of higher ences and that our job is to help students meating the country, this fall Trinity learning, it is our responsibility to create develop informed arguments using solid launched a new initiative called and nurture a community that advances research and facts,” she says. “Trinity is Bridging Divides: Higher Education’s understanding through discovery, dis- in a unique position by virtue of being a Role in Advancing Understanding course, and respectful listening,” she liberal arts college in an urban environ- and Promoting a Just Society. said. “This work seems more important ment with strong connections to global Anne Lambright, dean of academic than ever in our deeply divided world.” communities. We are in a unique place afairs and professor of language and Lawrence cautioned the audience to to ofer students who want real, active, culture studies, says that Trinity is work- avoid backing away from dealing with intellectual engagement that can lead to ing to bring together its community in complex or uncomfortable subjects. transformative practices.” creating an environment that invites “That’s the beginning of the end of aca- Before classes even began in the fall, dialogue and promotes understanding demia, when we’re afraid to talk about Division of Student Afairs staf mem- across diferences. Programs through- these things,” he said. He paraphrased bers including RAs and P.R.I.D.E. lead- out the 2017–18 academic year involve former Supreme Court Justice Louis ers went through training on how to discussions of race and racism, aca- Brandeis when he advised that rather facilitate difcult conversations in the demic freedom and freedom of speech, than barring speech with which one residence halls, while frst-year students power and privilege, and the challenges disagrees, the better response is to voice completed an interactive program on inherent in holding productive dialogue one’s own opinion. “The answer to bad racism, sexism, and LGBTQ issues called on such topics. Many of these goals speech is more speech,” Lawrence said. “You. Me. We.” align with the work of Campaign for Community, the student-led initiative launched in 2015. “ As an institution of higher learning, it is our responsibility to create and nurture a community that advances understanding through discovery, discourse, and respectful listening. This work seems more important than ever in our deeply divided world.” TRINITY PRESIDENT JOANNE BERGER-SWEENEY
12 THE TRINITY REPORTER Fall happenings Faculty members also utilized cam- pus forums to deal with sensitive sub- Additional events held as part of Bridging jects. Associate Professor of Philosophy Divides during the fall semester included: Donna-Dale Marcano worked with Art from Archive: Work by Lewis Watts and Lambright to organize two faculty Pablo Delano: This exhibit in the Austin Arts panel discussions that were open to Center’s Widener Gallery provoked viewers to the entire Trinity community: “Race in consider aspects of black and Puerto Rican his- Academia,” which explored the experi- tory within the structural societal framework of ences of faculty of color, and “Authority the United States. in the Classroom: Experiences of Diverse Faculty Members Teaching Politically “The Color of Law”: Author Richard Rothstein, Charged Subjects.” a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and fellow of the Thurgood Marshall Marcano says they decided to hold Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund these panels afer she learned that some and the Haas Institute at the University faculty members did not understand of California, Berkeley, spoke about how what faculty of color or people who work the establishment of the Federal Housing on topics including race and racism have Administration made it difcult for anyone to deal with. “It started with realizing other than white families to move to suburbs that many of our colleagues had not in single-family homes. known that black philosophers had been targeted for a while now; any public “Freedom to Teach in the Classroom”: Joerg Tiede, senior program ofcer in the intellectual was targeted,” she says. “We Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, are in a politically charged environment and Governance at the American Association where there’s a backlash with race and of University Professors, addressed trigger gender. It’s more out in the open now warnings, the relationship between individual than it was. Faculty of color need to be academic freedom in the classroom and the protected, and not just from people out- faculty’s responsibility for the curriculum, and side but the possibility that we are going questions about faculty who introduce into the to have to negotiate certain things with classroom material not related to their subject. some of our students.” Filmmaker, These events were the beginning “An Unfnished Conversation” : educator, and diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah of what Marcano sees as an ongoing led a workshop exploring the complexities of conversation. “We heard from so many inequality and racism in America. He promoted people that they really learned a lot and techniques to reduce a sense of isolation and that they wished there could be more,” alienation among members of the community. Marcano says. “Part of the importance of these panels is recognizing that there “Confict Is Not Abuse”: Novelist, playwright, are many diferent types of people in our historian, and lesbian rights activist Sarah community; we have to respect that peo- Schulman, distinguished professor of the humanities at the College of Staten Island ple come from lots of diferent places.”
JOHN MARINELLI (CSI) and a fellow at the New York Institute for ) Several other Bridging Divides the Humanities, noted during her lecture that events took place in the fall (see list at in recent years society has come to confuse right), and more are planned for the what she calls “normative confict” with unac- spring. “We will continue to work with ceptable forms of abuse. SECOND FROM TOP FROM SECOND ( Campaign for Community, reach out to Top to bottom: Professor of Fine Arts Pablo diverse students groups, and involve our Delano joins Frank Mitchell, executive director “Confonting White Supremacy: Racism of the Amistad Center for Art & Culture; Hilda and Anti-racism in Our Classrooms and NICK CAITO; distinguished faculty,” Lambright says. ) “I don’t think that there are particularly Lloréns, assistant professor of anthropology at Communities”: Crystal Marie Fleming, associ- the University of Rhode Island; and ate professor of sociology and Africana stud- clear-cut answers here, but we certainly photographer Lewis Watts at the opening ies at Stony Brook University, addressed in can’t fx anything that we’re not willing night of Art from Archive: Work by Lewis Watts and Pablo Delano. Students gather during her talk the roots and consequences of white to identify.” Convocation 2017. Phi Beta Kappa Society supremacy and the need to challenge forms Secretary and CEO Frederick M. Lawrence and ↗ Philadelphia Media Network Vice President of of domination and inequality that exist in Strategic Development William K. Marimow TOP, THIRDTOP, FROM BOTTOM TOP, For more about Bridging Divides, classrooms. ( including photos and the video of the ’69, H’16 take part in “The Contours of Free “Free Expression” event, please visit Expression on Campus.” Educator Lee Mun
PHOTOS: PHOTOS: commons.trincoll.edu/Reporter. Wah gets a hug during a workshop.
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14 THE TRINITY REPORTER GAME CHANGERS Alumnae ofer insight into why they coach
X Trinity Head Softball Coach Caitlin Hitchcock ’00, M’04, center, with players Katie X BY MARY HOWARD Haghdan ’18, Fern McHan Duncan Scholar, and Rachael Smith ’18
15 rinity College alumnae who are coaches are teaching their athletes how to hit curveballs, both on and of the feld. “It’s not just about putting wins on the board,” says Caitlin Hitchcock ’00, M’04. “It’s also about helping student- New York (SUNY) Geneseo, requires her players to participate in two leadership athletes fnd their place in the world.” programs each semester. “I’m tough on them,” she says. “I expect them to Now in her 16th season as Trinity’s be well rounded. Homework is not an excuse to miss practice or vice versa.” head sofball coach, Hitchcock says that Drews was an assistant coach at Geneseo, “deep into planning for seeing her players mature—“not only with graduate school in forensic psych- ology,” when the team’s head coach sofball skills but as people, leaders, and lef. “There was no way I couldn’t apply for the job,” says Drews, who teammates”—is the most rewarding aspect double majored in psychology and American studies at Trinity. She of her job. became a driving force behind Geneseo’s resurgence during the 2016 season, as the program made its frst postsea- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX son appearance in fve years. She also helped mentor a pair of rising sopho- She didn’t come to Trinity think- “Coach Hitchcock always pushed us mores to SUNY Athletic Conference ing she would be a collegiate coach. “I physically and mentally on the feld,” All-Star recognition. “I couldn’t leave wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do says Berry, who was named to the 2014 what I had a hand in creating,” she says. back then,” she says. But her time as a New England Small College Athletic Now she’s exactly where she wants student-athlete on the basketball and Conference (NESCAC) All-Sportsmanship to be, she says. “I love it; volleyball all sofball teams “pulled me in. I really Team. “She expanded my capabilities, day, every day.” enjoyed my athletic experience here, and that afects me daily.” However, the 24/7 nature of being which contributed to my choosing to stay Berry drew heavily on those life a head coach can be overwhelming, in athletics.” lessons learned on the diamond as she says Kristen Noone M’07, who served Afer graduation, she took a graduate started her own career. As an assistant as Trinity’s head men’s and women’s assistant position at Trinity, coaching sofball coach at Emmanuel, she also swimming and diving coach from 2000 volleyball and sofball while working on worked three part-time jobs and was to 2014 before taking on administrative her master’s degree in American stud- fnishing her master’s in sports leader- roles, including a stint as interim direc- ies. She also was an assistant basketball ship at Northeastern University. “Now tor of athletics in 2017. coach from 2000 to 2003. I make sure my players push themselves “You better have a passion for it.” Over the years, she has inspired sev- because whether they know it or not, Coaches are responsible for everything eral of her players to go into coaching, they are capable of more than they from recruiting and organizing prac- including Olivia Berry ’14, who was hired can imagine.” tices to counseling student-athletes and in summer 2017 as the head sofball Hunter Drews ’16, head women’s engaging parents, she says, adding that
coach at Emmanuel College in Boston. volleyball coach at State University of most coaches in Division III sports have SPOFFORD SUSAN ATHLETICS; BABSON GENESEO; SUNY WALTERS, KEITH NEWMAN; B. DAVID PHOTOS:
16 THE TRINITY REPORTER Women coaches in action: Trinity Head Softball Coach only one assistant. “This makes every Caitlin Hitchcock ’00, M’04; Hunter Drews ’16, head sport a year-round sport.” “ I HAVE LEARNED HOW women’s volleyball coach at SUNY Geneseo; Michelle Smith ’08, M’11, head women’s lacrosse coach at It was Noone’s passion for athletics Babson College; and Olivia Berry ’14, head softball that led her to ditch a high-powered TO CONNECT WITH coach at Emmanuel College career in the insurance industry to coach collegiate swimming. “It was, by far, PEOPLE, HOW TO DEAL the best decision I’ve made.” Briana Daley ’18, co-captain of the To bring more women into coaching WITH SUCCESS AND Trinity women’s cross country team and and to foster mentoring relationships, a member of the women’s track and feld NESCAC held a Coaching Symposium FAILURE, AND HOW TO team, also plans on a career in athlet- for Women last April in Westford, ics. “I want to be that mentor who helps Massachusetts. The two-day event, BE COMPETITIVE IN A people reach their full potential,” she which Noone helped organize, gave says, adding that being a college athlete female student-athletes from 11 mem- HEALTHY WAY.” has taught her much more than just how ber institutions an opportunity to learn to run. “I have learned how to connect BRIANA DALEY ’18 about coaching and athletic admin- with people, how to deal with success istration. “Coaches at various levels, and failure, and how to be competitive seasoned administrators, and keynote Connecticut, she “fell in love” with the in a healthy way.” speakers shared their experiences and boarding school lifestyle. Daley was one of 200 athletes to provided opportunities to discuss the Having great mentors helps Michelle participate in the National Collegiate challenges women face in the feld,” Smith ’08, M’11, head women’s lacrosse Athletic Association’s Career in she says. coach at Babson College, keep her per- Sports Forum, held last June in Four Bantams were among the attend- spective. “It’s a job with a lot of highs Indianapolis. She says the forum’s ees, including Kelcie Finn ’18. A stand- and lows,” she says. “You need someone speakers impressed upon her “the out athlete on the feld hockey and you can call at a moment’s notice when importance of being open to new women’s ice hockey teams, Finn says something goes wrong.” For her, that experiences, taking advantage of a career in coaching will give her an someone is Parmenter, her feld hockey opportunities, and pursuing your opportunity to give back to the sport. coach at Trinity. “She always makes passions.” An English and educa- She says Head Field Hockey Coach me feel like that next, great win is right tional studies major, she plans to Anne Parmenter is an inspiration. “She around the corner.” pursue a graduate assistant position takes our skill and combines it with her Smith was a two-sport athlete at in track and feld and cross country knowledge of the game but stresses that Trinity, playing lacrosse in addition to afer graduation. it is our commitment to improving that feld hockey. “Those are the frst col- Hitchcock feels that bringing more brings it all together.” lege memories that come back to me,” women into coaching will mean A double major in history and clas- she says. While playing lacrosse, she more resources and mentors for sics with a concentration in Latin, Finn saw the program improve dramatically. young women, like Finn and Daley. “It’s hopes to coach and teach at a board- “We went from having zero postseason good for the sport; it proves to the stu- ing school. While doing a postgraduate games to playing in the NESCAC champi- dent-athletes that they can do what we
PHOTOS: DAVID B. NEWMAN; KEITH WALTERS, SUNY GENESEO; BABSON ATHLETICS; SUSAN SPOFFORD SUSAN ATHLETICS; BABSON GENESEO; SUNY WALTERS, KEITH NEWMAN; B. DAVID PHOTOS: year at Westminster School in Simsbury, onship my senior year.” are doing,” she says.
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18 THE TRINITY REPORTER Turning Grief into Action
With Sandy Hook Promise, Nicole Hockley ’92 seeks to save young lives
BY ANDREW J. CONCATELLI
efore December 14, 2012, Nicole Moretti Hockley ’92 had not intended on dedicating herself to preventing gun-re- lated deaths. But the course of her life was changed for- ever on that day, when her 6-year-old son, Dylan—along with 19 other children and six adults—was killed by a gun- man inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, BConnecticut, in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. “Dylan was the glue for our family. We just called him pure love,” Hockley says of her son. “He was autistic, so he had challenges with communica- Nicole Hockley ’92 holds a photo of son Dylan, who tion and development, but unlike many children on the spectrum, he really was killed in the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook enjoyed deep, frm cuddles. He adored his big brother, Jake, and he played Elementary School in December 2012.
PHOTO: ERIC OGDEN ERIC PHOTO: with the kids in our neighborhood. He was just a very good boy.”
WINTER 2018 19 ockley’s immense grief quickly morphed into action. One month afer the tragedy,
Hockley joined co-founders SHP’s intent is to honor all victims of gun violence by turn- Tim Makris and Mark ing the Sandy Hook tragedy into a moment of transforma- tion by ofering programs that protect young lives. “Dylan’s Barden—whose son Daniel voice is gone, his future is gone, and there’s so much pain, also was killed—and gathered others impacted but there has to be something we can do to create some- H thing positive from this, to create his legacy,” Hockley says. by the violence to form Sandy Hook Promise “When I say the job is 24/7, I’m not exaggerating. … It’s (SHP), a national nonproft organization that incredibly personal to me.” works to prevent gun-related deaths of children SHP ofers a suite of educational programs—with a focus on youth—that teach how to recognize the signs of a person due to crime, suicide, and accidental discharge. who is at risk of hurting themselves or others, as well as “Afer tragedy, people come together, and they how to intervene efectively. “Start with Hello” helps middle and high school students learn the signs of chronic social want to do something that makes a diference. isolation, which Hockley says is a leading sign of someone I felt that this was a platform I could lend my who could commit an act of violence. “Say Something” focuses on teaching teens to recognize at-risk behaviors voice to and make some positive change,” she through the lens of social media and to seek the help of an says. “I didn’t want other families to experience adult. Additional programs emphasize the warning signs of suicide and evaluate whether schools are taking the proper what I had experienced. I didn’t want another steps to prevent violence. mother to lose her child.” “These acts of violence are preventable when you know the signs,” Hockley says. “We’ve trained 2 million kids and adults in all 50 states to know the signs and the tools to report them, we’ve helped to reduce bullying and other forms of victimization, and we’ve gotten hundreds of kids the mental health help they need.” All of SHP’s programs are ofered at no cost. “We don’t want money to ever be a barrier to saving a life,” Hockley says. Instead, the organiza- tion is supported primarily by donors. SHP employs a staf of about 30, mostly based in the Newtown headquarters, with others in California, Ohio, Florida, and Washington, D.C., and a team of “Promise Presenters” who travel the country to deliver the programs in person. As one of SHP’s three managing directors, BRAD SMITH/PBSMITH IMAGING ) Hockley is focused on marketing and communications, pro- gram development, and digital fundraising. She also serves as the media spokesperson and conducts seminars and BOTTOM RIGHT BOTTOM ( speaking engagements. Hockley says that her B.A. in English and theater from Trinity College helped drive her career in marketing and now helps in her work at SHP. “I am able to use my skills by crafing messaging and writing in a way that motivates someone to do something and informs them correctly,” she says. One way to become more informed about the issue of gun violence, Hockley says, is by agreeing to the Sandy DIEGO MENDOZA/CREATIVE LIGHT STUDIOS;
Hook Promise at sandyhookpromise.org and by reading the ) website for ways to get involved. “It’s growing fast, and we need all the help that we can get,” she says. Hockley’s partners say that her passion plays a large role LEFT, TOP RIGHT TOP LEFT, ( in the rapid growth that SHP has experienced. “Nicole’s Nicole Hockley ’92, co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise, speaks at the organization’s
launch in Miami-Dade County (Florida) Public Schools in September 2016. strength, heart, and soul have been poured into creating PHOTOS:
20 THE TRINITY REPORTER The Sandy Hook Promise: “I promise to do all I can to protect children from gun violence by encouraging and supporting solutions that create safer, healthier homes, schools, and communities.”
programs that stop someone before they hurt themselves or others,” Makris says. “By 2026, she will have helped 26 mil- lion youth and adults, truly changing an entire generation.” Makris adds that Hockley is one of the most dedicated individuals he has ever known. “Every time a challenge is in front of her that slows progress, she regroups and fnds a way around, over, or under it,” Makris says. “Grief, trauma, and horror strike too many parents and community mem- bers each and every day. I believe that Nicole is showing that out of tragedy can come transformation, that you can create change that honors those lost and protects those who are here with us today. She is on a mission to create change and to honor her son, Dylan. She inspires all of us to do even more.” BRAD SMITH/PBSMITH IMAGING ) This mission is what Hockley considers to be her life’s work. “This isn’t what I chose to do,” she says. “Obviously I never would have chosen for what happened at Sandy Hook BOTTOM RIGHT BOTTOM ( to happen. But this is what I will be doing for the rest my life: teaching others to prevent tragedies where they live.” For her work, she was honored by Trinity with its 2017 Alumni Achievement Award, with her citation noting her “courage, hard work, and selfessness.” She also was recog- nized in 2016 by People magazine as one of its “25 Women Top: Students at Miami-Dade’s John A. Ferguson Changing the World,” yet that’s not exactly how she sees it. Senior High School take part in the Sandy Hook Promise event. Bottom: Students at Olde Towne Her motivation lies closer to home. Middle School in Ridgeland, Mississippi, DIEGO MENDOZA/CREATIVE LIGHT STUDIOS;
) “I see myself as someone who wants to make a diference, participate in the Sandy Hook Promise “Say Something Week” in October 2017. The event and the reason I do that is because of my son who is no lon- was funded by a mini-grant from the Allstate ger living and my son who is still surviving,” Hockley says. Foundation for the school’s Students Against ↗ “I’m not trying to change the world; I’m just trying to help Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Promise Club. LEFT, TOP RIGHT TOP LEFT, For more about Sandy ( save lives and to make sure other people don’t have to walk Hook Promise, please visit commons.
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Trinity charts a course for the future REACHING FOR NEW HEIGHTS
REACHING FOR NEW HEIGHTS
BY MAURA KING SCULLY PHOTO: MONICA JORGE MONICA PHOTO:
WINTER 2018 23 7 6 3 1 2 ed ve sub- ve er doing focus groups focus groups er doing ed a report, which was then ed a report, was which The new mission statement, Cresswell says, “sets a good a good “sets says, The new mission statement, Cresswell and its f the commission The new mission gave while graduate, to 36 credits requires currently “Trinity already that are things the exciting capture to want “We Known as Summit, in reference to the col- to in reference Known as Summit, committees context for its work. Each of the subcommittees of the subcommittees Each for its work. context committees and dra f researched, surveyed, by the Bicentennial Strategic Planning Strategic Planning by the Bicentennial in approved Commission and formally by the Board of Trustees. October its location on aspirations and a nod to lege’s plan the strategic in Hartford, Street Summit a and involved 18 months in the making was section of members of the college cross broad out a bold vision The plan lays community. see the college that would future for Trinity’s liberal arts as the leading col- its place taking in an urban setting. lege A CLEAR MISSION As the summer of 2017 gave way to fall, to way gave the summer of 2017 As the enthusiasm of another academic year of f rst-year than a new group more brought the energy to Adding Trinity. students to new strategic plan, cra f the college’s was reviewing the plan was One of the f rst tasks in developing f mission statement. “A the college’s decided that our new mission we constituents, with di f erent be both inspirational needed to and aspirational,”statement An ad hoc committee Berger-Sweeney. Joanne President says capture that would of a new statement the creation tackled and Vice Dean of the Faculty Trinity. of today’s the essence and Vernon Cresswell A f airs Tim for Academic President Masino spear- Susan Science of Applied Professor Roosa stakehold- key surveying involved which headed the process, feedback. and soliciting distinct versions, three draers, f ing “Engage. 2016: in October unveiled The new mission was in liberal the preeminent arts college As Connect. Transform. be bold, students to prepares College Trinity an urban setting, lives.” lead transformative who independent thinkers do.” we of what that’s at the core tone AIMING HIGH relevant a distinctive, “Provide Goal 1: liberal that positions Trinity arts education destination for students, as a f rst-choice and sta f .” faculty, mission. One educational Goal 1 is the heart of the college’s to according in this area, developments of the most exciting Charles A. Dana Research member Chris Hager, commission called the “32- being is what’s of English, Professor Associate curriculum.” plus 32,” Hager require colleges most of the other NESCAC Inside and Development and Skill The Learning explains. Hager which Subcommittee, Outside of the Classroom 32 while load to the credit reducing co-chaired, recommends additional experiential activities—includ- two also requiring member, with a faculty research away, study internships, ing learning. or community-based parts them intentional students make and have happening these speci f cs Though he says. careers,” of their college that they will be notes in the short plan, Hager appear don’t as the plan as part of the implementation process explored is for all students Another recommendation forward. moves their four during writing f ective of re an e-portfolio develop to what think about students to encourage “The is to goal years. “The port- it,” doing he says. they’re and why doing they’re in that e f ective easier and more advising folio will also make con- have career—will kinds of advisers—academic, di f erent information.” sistent posted online for community response. Once those reports those reports Once response. online for community posted the strategic plan, distilled into f nalized, they were were overarching brief document that outlines three a relatively that education’s provides, Trinity for the education goals and world, and broader the local community to connections of the college sustainability the f nancial and environmental “The plan is history. 200-year-old as it builds upon a nearly Chair Cornie Board of Trustees says so,” short and deliberately docu- breathing be a living, meant to ’80. “It’s Thornburgh be done.” to what’s not prescribe the way, ment that will guide
24 THE TRINITY REPORTER (3) HELDER MIRA; (1 , 6) JOHN MARINELLI; PHOTOS: PHOTOS: Goal 1 of Summit, Trinity’s new Goal 1 of Summit, Trinity’s strategic plan, envisions the as the taking its place college in an artsleading liberal college the path It outlines urban setting. through to achieving this goal a first-choice making Trinity students, who startdestination for their journey at the annual , faculty, (photo 6) Convocation here, students have Once and staff. the opportunity closely to work with faculty members (2 and 4) part in experiential and to take including the Legislative learning, Internship Program (3) and the . Program (7) Health Fellows to Trinity Summit also calls for relevant provide a distinctive, . artsliberal education (1, 5, and 8) (2) MONICA JORGE; GODLEWSKI (7) STAN 8 5 4 ed ve sub- ve er doing focus groups focus groups er doing ed a report, which was then ed a report, was which The new mission statement, Cresswell says, “sets a good a good “sets says, The new mission statement, Cresswell and its f the commission The new mission gave while graduate, to 36 credits requires currently “Trinity already that are things the exciting capture to want “We Known as Summit, in reference to the col- to in reference Known as Summit, committees context for its work. Each of the subcommittees of the subcommittees Each for its work. context committees and draf researched, surveyed, by the Bicentennial Strategic Planning Strategic Planning by the Bicentennial in approved Commission and formally by the Board of Trustees. October its location on aspirations and a nod to lege’s plan the strategic in Hartford, Street Summit a and involved 18 months in the making was section of members of the college cross broad out a bold vision The plan lays community. see the college that would future for Trinity’s liberal arts as the leading col- its place taking in an urban setting. lege A CLEAR MISSION As the summer of 2017 gave way to fall, to way gave the summer of 2017 As the enthusiasm of another academic year of f rst-year than a new group more brought the energy to Adding Trinity. students to new strategic plan, cra f the college’s was reviewing the plan was One of the f rst tasks in developing f mission statement. “A the college’s decided that our new mission we constituents, with di f erent be both inspirational needed to and aspirational,”statement An ad hoc committee Berger-Sweeney. Joanne President says capture that would of a new statement the creation tackled and Vice Dean of the Faculty Trinity. of today’s the essence and Vernon Cresswell A f airs Tim for Academic President Masino spear- Susan Science of Applied Professor Roosa stakehold- key surveying involved which headed the process, feedback. and soliciting distinct versions, three draers, f ing “Engage. 2016: in October unveiled The new mission was in liberal the preeminent arts college As Connect. Transform. be bold, students to prepares College Trinity an urban setting, lives.” lead transformative who independent thinkers do.” we of what that’s at the core tone AIMING HIGH relevant a distinctive, “Provide Goal 1: liberal that positions Trinity arts education destination for students, as a f rst-choice and sta f .” faculty, mission. One educational Goal 1 is the heart of the college’s to according in this area, developments of the most exciting Charles A. Dana Research member Chris Hager, commission called the “32- being is what’s of English, Professor Associate curriculum.” plus 32,” Hager require colleges most of the other NESCAC Inside and Development and Skill The Learning explains. Hager which Subcommittee, Outside of the Classroom 32 while load to the credit reducing co-chaired, recommends additional experiential activities—includ- two also requiring member, with a faculty research away, study internships, ing learning. or community-based parts them intentional students make and have happening these speci f cs Though he says. careers,” of their college that they will be notes in the short plan, Hager appear don’t as the plan as part of the implementation process explored is for all students Another recommendation forward. moves their four during writing f ective of re an e-portfolio develop to what think about students to encourage “The is to goal years. “The port- it,” doing he says. they’re and why doing they’re in that e f ective easier and more advising folio will also make con- have career—will kinds of advisers—academic, di f erent information.” sistent posted online for community response. Once those reports those reports Once response. online for community posted the strategic plan, distilled into f nalized, they were were overarching brief document that outlines three a relatively that education’s provides, Trinity for the education goals and world, and broader the local community to connections of the college sustainability the f nancial and environmental “The plan is history. 200-year-old as it builds upon a nearly Chair Cornie Board of Trustees says so,” short and deliberately docu- breathing be a living, meant to ’80. “It’s Thornburgh be done.” to what’s not prescribe the way, ment that will guide
WINTER 2018 25 airs airs - —can see see —can erent erent plan.” ve subcommittees subcommittees ve ective of all di f rst such plan under Pres - nal plan is. 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Joanne ident involved it And closing. and introduction plus pages people. of hundreds mission and its f Academic A f President for and Vice the Faculty committee, steering a included These Cresswell. Tim of composed and Berger-Sweeney President by led of each the f the two co-chairs Commission, Planning Strategic Bicentennial the of Nonexempt and Exempt the from representatives Sta f The secretary. faculty the and Association, ernment A Hartford, with Partnering were: subcommittees and Skill Development In - Learning Global College, and Resources, Classroom, the of Outside and side Stability. 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At our bicentennial, I’d like Trinity to to Trinity like I’d our bicentennial, At training. with Hartford and consolidate them into a story a story them into and consolidate with Hartford be seen as a most-valued partner in Hartford to partnerto in Hartford be seen as a most-valued “Our challenge is to take all of the ways we interact we all of the ways take is to challenge “Our address problems that the city is experiencing.” problems address to a good start with the opening of the start with the opening a good is o f to The college small “A do with f nancial sustainability. also has a lot to It out in the months for that e f ort will be mapped Plans allowed process that the planning notes who Thornburgh, nancial aid resources is critical f nancial aid resources the college’s Increasing Constitution Plaza campus in December 2017, according to to according 2017, campus in December Constitution Plaza of ’58, H’95 Professor Jr., Painter, Borden W. Kete, Kathleen “I am committee. a member of the steering History, European its connec- develop to the plans for Trinity about most excited campus and through its downtown through Hartford tions to strengthen might which institutions, partnerships with area community,” and our surrounding both Trinity and serve says. Kete relationships close are there one where liberal arts setting, proposition,” is an expensive and students, faculty between fully and to our f scal integrity ensure “To Thornburgh. says in a comprehensive will be engaging support this plan, we campaign.” ahead. “The a wide implementation phase will present President Vice says of opportunities for investment,” range the cam- Though Casey. Michael Advancement for College “a de f ned, Casey predicts still being parameters are paign’s our endowment. will be building component A stronger major momentum regard- sustain forward endowment allows us to Most important, it enables of the economy. less of the vagaries we decide what us to spe- the college makes what and articulate discover to Trinity must everyone be successful, that for the plan to cial, says through go, as we and change with it.will alter “It engage isn’t work “Our she says. conversation,” constructive good, beginning.” only done. It’s HARTFORD AND BEYOND and the Hartford to Trinity Goal 2: “Connect and individuals empower to beyond world transform the world.” other small, over advantages competitive One of Trinity’s “We’re capital. is its location in a state liberal arts colleges vibrant, medium-sized city. international, in an incredibly Cresswell. our mark,” says make to have we That’s where FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE past to historic Goal 3: “Build on Trinity’s a vibrant,ensure future.” sustainable envi- this one includes the other goals, like broad Purposely under on e f orts already building sustainability, ronmental and fuel cell natural-gas-powered as the college’s such way, carbon neutral. are that new buildings ensure the e f ort to A STRONG START and the f exibility Summit about is excited Berger-Sweeney for the insti- goals sets high-level “It it o f ers for the future. choices us make helping will be a North Star for us, tution. It she says. do,” need to we what about Our approach to a liberal for example, particu- to arts education, Our approach oppor- complementary with its emphasis on providing larly as settings in real-world learning classroom apply tunities to the chal- to relevant plan, is deeply outlined in the strategic they graduate.” when our students will face lenges to ensuring that Trinity attracts and retains talented students attractstalented and retains that Trinity ensuring to for president vice B. Pérez, Angel says the globe, all over from educa- “The of higher price and student success. enrollment the aver- while at a rapid pace, tion in America is increasing we Trinity, stagnant,” remains he said. “At income family age the nation and globe all over students from enroll to aspire institu- a private are While we pay. to of their ability regardless increas- opinion, Trinity In my the public good. serve tion, we it’s do, to thing the right is not just f nancial aid resources ing a moral imperative.”
26 THE TRINITY REPORTER (11) JOHN MARINELLI . The statue of Bishop Brownell (11) Brownell inset) . The statue of Bishop opportunities and numerous study-away abroad (10, MAURO MARGUTTI; ) (10 , INSET PHOTOS: PHOTOS: Trinity, in aiming to follow Summit’s Goal 2—a call for the college to connect to Hartford beyond—offers Pre-Orientation to connect and the world the college Goal 2—a call for Summit’s in aiming to follow Trinity, programs in the capital city (9) historic past to ensure a vibrant, sustainable future.” Goal 3, building on “Trinity’s embodies the plan’s ↗ more about For strategic Trinity’s plan, please visit summit.trincoll.edu. 11 think is the best way to prepare students. students. prepare to think is the best way Latin American studies major [within the Latin American studies major connects Studies Program] International ships to service learning. Our Caribbean and Our Caribbean learning. service ships to creat- students with the local community, diverse learning experiences, from intern- from experiences, learning diverse ing urban global citizens with liberal arts urban global ing that’s well told. Hartford already o f ers some already Hartford told. that’s well training. At our bicentennial, I’d like Trinity to to Trinity like I’d our bicentennial, At training. with Hartford and consolidate them into a story a story them into and consolidate with Hartford be seen as a most-valued partner in Hartford to partnerto in Hartford be seen as a most-valued “Our challenge is to take all of the ways we interact we all of the ways take is to challenge “Our address problems that the city is experiencing.” problems address to a good start with the opening of the start with the opening a good is o f to The college small “A do with f nancial sustainability. also has a lot to It out in the months for that e f ort will be mapped Plans allowed process that the planning notes who Thornburgh, nancial aid resources is critical f nancial aid resources the college’s Increasing Constitution Plaza campus in December 2017, according to to according 2017, campus in December Constitution Plaza of ’58, H’95 Professor Jr., Painter, Borden W. Kete, Kathleen “I am committee. a member of the steering History, European its connec- develop to the plans for Trinity about most excited campus and through its downtown through Hartford tions to strengthen might which institutions, partnerships with area community,” and our surrounding both Trinity and serve says. Kete relationships close are there one where liberal arts setting, proposition,” is an expensive and students, faculty between fully and to our f scal integrity ensure “To Thornburgh. says in a comprehensive will be engaging support this plan, we campaign.” ahead. “The a wide implementation phase will present President Vice says of opportunities for investment,” range the cam- Though Casey. Michael Advancement for College “a de f ned, Casey predicts still being parameters are paign’s our endowment. will be building component A stronger major momentum regard- sustain forward endowment allows us to Most important, it enables of the economy. less of the vagaries we decide what us to spe- the college makes what and articulate discover to Trinity must everyone be successful, that for the plan to cial, says through go, as we and change with it.will alter “It engage isn’t work “Our she says. conversation,” constructive good, beginning.” only done. It’s HARTFORD AND BEYOND and the Hartford to Trinity Goal 2: “Connect and individuals empower to beyond world transform the world.” other small, over advantages competitive One of Trinity’s “We’re capital. is its location in a state liberal arts colleges vibrant, medium-sized city. international, in an incredibly Cresswell. our mark,” says make to have we That’s where FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE past to historic Goal 3: “Build on Trinity’s a vibrant,ensure future.” sustainable envi- this one includes the other goals, like broad Purposely under on e f orts already building sustainability, ronmental and fuel cell natural-gas-powered as the college’s such way, carbon neutral. are that new buildings ensure the e f ort to A STRONG START and the f exibility Summit about is excited Berger-Sweeney for the insti- goals sets high-level “It it o f ers for the future. choices us make helping will be a North Star for us, tution. It she says. do,” need to we what about Our approach to a liberal for example, particu- to arts education, Our approach oppor- complementary with its emphasis on providing larly as settings in real-world learning classroom apply tunities to the chal- to relevant plan, is deeply outlined in the strategic they graduate.” when our students will face lenges to ensuring that Trinity attracts and retains talented students attractstalented and retains that Trinity ensuring to for president vice B. Pérez, Angel says the globe, all over from educa- “The of higher price and student success. enrollment the aver- while at a rapid pace, tion in America is increasing we Trinity, stagnant,” remains he said. “At income family age the nation and globe all over students from enroll to aspire institu- a private are While we pay. to of their ability regardless increas- opinion, Trinity In my the public good. serve tion, we it’s do, to thing the right is not just f nancial aid resources ing a moral imperative.”
WINTER 2018 27 Meet
MICHAELCASEY
New vice president for college advancement aims to help Trinity realize its ambitions
INTERVIEW BY SONYA ADAMS PHOTOS BY STAN GODLEWSKI
28 THE TRINITY REPORTER WINTER 2018 29 became MICHAEL T. CASEY Trinity’s vice president for college advancement in June 2017. He organize our ofce to further the mission comes to Trinity from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, of the college. New York, where he served as the Collyer Vice President for What can alumni and parents do to Advancement. He has spent nearly 30 years in advancement, help Trinity and its students succeed? mostly at liberal arts institutions including Franklin & Many are doing that already. Every gif they make, every hour of time they vol- Marshall College, Wesleyan University, and Skidmore. unteer, every time they cheer for our Casey is a 1981 graduate of Harvard University, where he teams or promote the college to their earned a B.A. in Irish history and literature. At Skidmore, he friends and neighbors, they are making Trinity better and stronger. So a simple was active in community and civic eforts, including serving answer is we need those who are doing as a member of the boards of the Waldorf School of Saratoga these things to continue, and we need others to join them. The more folks we Springs, the Saratoga Regional YMCA, and the Saratoga have pulling together in the same direc- Convention and Tourism Bureau. tion, the further and faster we can move and improve. That can be contributing The following excerpts are from an interview a few months to our fnancial aid program, serving as afer his arrival. a career mentor, or encouraging great high school students to apply. All of these investments contribute in material ways to the experiences of our students. What drew you to Trinity College? sense, then, the work I do and the rea- The opportunity to make a diference. son I have stayed in it so long is to pay How do you plan to increase alumni It seemed to me that this was—and that debt forward. I want to honor the and parent engagement with the col- is—a particularly important moment in gif that I was given by helping to cre- lege? First and foremost, we want to Trinity’s history. I’ve long admired the ate opportunities for others. I also love help people understand the impact of college and its storied commitment to coming into work not always knowing their gifs. When you’re making a gif the liberal arts. It has a superb faculty, a what I need to know to get the job done to Trinity, you’re not making it to some deeply committed board and administra- but having to learn it. One of the great nameless, faceless organization. At the tion, and in [President] Joanne Berger- strengths of a liberal arts education is end of the day, you’re making gifs to Sweeney, an energetic and visionary that it develops your capacity to learn, help real students make real progress in leader. This is a challenging time for and I get to test that every day. realizing their full potential. higher education, but it is in just these moments that institutions with foresight, What do you see as your priorities in What do you feel are the college’s passion, and dedication can do some- this role? First, I need to get to know our greatest strengths? There is a deep, thing quite extraordinary. Who wouldn’t alumni, parents, and friends, to under- abiding passion for Trinity among our want to be part of that? stand what their hopes and dreams are alumni, parents, and friends. We hear for Trinity, and how we can help realize when they are happy with what is hap- How do your experiences in a liberal those dreams. To start, we are planning pening here and, occasionally, when arts setting—both in your own educa- to survey folks this winter to get at those they’re unhappy, but it always comes tion and in your career—afect your questions. What we learn will inform the from a place of deep afection and want- work at Trinity? I frmly believe in the programs we provide, how we commu- ing what’s best for the college. Our his- kind of education we ofer and its abil- nicate with our community, and how we tory also is a strength, knowing that we ity to transform students and prepare can engage folks to further the priorities have been here for 200 years, enduring, them to make an impact as alumni. I’m of the college. We’re also just fnish- surviving, and fourishing in spite of a frst-generation college graduate, and I ing a strategic plan that will chart the wars, recessions, depressions, and all was able to go to college because some- college’s course for the next decade or kinds of natural disasters and calami- one—someone I never knew!—thought more, and we will need partners to invest ties, yet still producing graduates with it was important to provide scholarships in that plan. Finally, I need to learn the the ability and the drive to make posi- to give students like me the opportunity campus—our faculty, our students, and tive change in the world. Trinity College to pursue their dreams. In a personal our staf—and, in turn, how we can best is a public good. The good that we do
30 THE TRINITY REPORTER ultimately plays out in the impact that our students have in the world beyond, and to my mind, that’s the best mea- “When you’re making a gift to Trinity, you’re not making sure of a college’s worth. It is particu- larly important for us to keep our doors it to some nameless, faceless organization. At the end as wide open as possible so that every student who has the ability, desire, and of the day, you’re making gifts to help real students capacity to succeed at Trinity can come to Trinity. Put another way, great stu- make real progress in realizing their full potential.” dents are what make Trinity great. Michael T. Casey, vice president for college advancement
What do you see as Trinity’s big- gest challenges? Many of the greatest What do you see in Trinity’s future? world that we as a community continue challenges and issues of our time are Corny as it sounds, the best is yet to to see the value of Trinity. I think our being played out daily on college cam- come. One of the things I am charged leaning into our location in a capital city puses, including Trinity. I think that’s with is running a campaign. I think it’s is exactly right … there is real opportu- how it should be. But how do we help important to understand that campaigns nity here. Many of the major issues that our students and our larger community are only a means to an end. Certainly, are facing us in the next 20 to 30 years engage with those issues in ways that they create an opportunity for people to are understanding how we make cities will help them—help all of us—grow? invest in what is most important to them these engines of progress, development, That’s the question. Growth only hap- and to the institution at this particu- and opportunity for all in our country, pens when you make students uncom- lar moment in time. But it’s also a time and giving our students the opportunity fortable, when you make them stretch, when we can reafrm to ourselves and to engage with these issues facing cities make them fnd ways to develop in ways others Trinity’s value in the world. The on a regular basis is a really powerful they didn’t believe they could before, all investments certainly have a material one. In many ways, we can see where we while in a context that is safe, physi- impact on the education we can ofer need to go—what we need now are part- cally, emotionally, and otherwise. our students. But they also signal to the ners in helping us get there.
WINTER 2018 31 PHOTO: HELDER MIRA HELDER PHOTO:
32 THE TRINITY REPORTER Leaving a
LeAs farg back as heacy can remember, John Rose John Rose loved the sound of the pipe organ and knew it was the instrument he wanted to play. He retires afer recalls intently watching his church organist 40 years of and listening to her play the postlude. At age Chapel music, 12, when his legs could fnally reach the pedals, memories he began taking lessons from her, putting him on a path that propelled him to his status as a BY FRANKYE REGIS world-renowned organist and to his success- ful, four-decade career teaching generations of Trinity College students and performing at campus events and services. Less than two months ago, on December 31, 2017, Rose retired from Trinity. Afer serving as director of Chapel music for 40 years, he says,
PHOTO: HELDER MIRA HELDER PHOTO: it was the right time to leave the job he loved.
WINTER 2018 33 Left: John Rose, John Rose College Organist-and- Directorship Distinguished Chair of Chapel Music, readies himself for a September 2017 recital honoring his 40 years at Trinity. Center: A packed Chapel enjoys Rose’s concert.
During his time at Trinity, Rose over- saw the music for major college events, including presidential inaugurations and each year’s Reunion, Matriculation, Convocation, and Commencement; for weekly Chapel services; and for memo- rial services, weddings, and baptisms. He also curated the Trinity College Organ Series, made 16 LP or CD recordings, “There is no question that I will miss the wonderful day-to-day activities at the mentored Trinity students, directed the Chapel,” Rose says. “Forty years is a wonderful stretch. It’s time for someone else to Trinity College Choir, and advised The come in and continue the traditions and to create some new ones.” Accidentals and The African Choir. Rose was a music major at Rutgers University, where he also was an organ teacher. In 2016, he was named the frst John At 20, he became organist at the Cathedral Basilica of Sacred Heart in Newark, New Rose College Organist-and-Directorship Jersey, and served there for almost nine years. In 1977, Trinity hired Rose as college Distinguished Chair of Chapel Music, a organist and director of Chapel music. position endowed in his honor by the Rose says he will especially miss his students and colleagues. “When you work with estate of the late Marjorie Van Eenam students to create beautiful music together, it requires work and commitment. You Butcher, professor of mathematics, develop a respect for each other that leads to long-term friendships,” he says. “The emeritus, who was Trinity’s frst female most incredible blessing is the people with whom I work, including Chaplain Allison faculty member. Read, who is amazing and wonderful.” Rose’s retirement, however, did not Read, college chaplain and dean of spiritual and religious life, worked with Rose for mean severing ties with Trinity. He says 10 years, preparing and leading worship services and other occasions in the Chapel. he is devoted to continuing his support “John is committed to the college, to our students, and to our alumni and friends,” of the Chapel and to attending its events. says Read. “He ofered guests beautiful, sacred music, and he’s simply full of grace. He also will continue practicing on the He maintains relationships and creates community. It’s an extraordinary gif to beloved Austin pipe organ. know him and to call him my colleague and friend. As President Berger-Sweeney has “The instrument becomes a part of
said, John Rose is a true Trinity treasure.” your personality,” says Rose. “It would MARINELLI JOHN PHOTOS: T34 THE TRINITY REPORTER More praise “His many accomplishments, especially his work with The Chapel Singers, his “ Under his patient, kind exterior, John performances in this building, and the Rose has a fery passion for music that relationships he has nurtured with stu- has fueled him through a long, ever- dents, alumni, faculty and staf, and the changing career. He has passed that community are amazing to me. I hope passion on to generations of students.” I can live up to the legacy that he has PATRICK GREENE ’07 established.” “ John Rose matches his professionalism Former Chapel Singers member Sidnie with kindness in all of his interactions. White Crawford ’81 is Willa Cather His constant warmth and encourage- Professor of Classics and Religious ment will be sincerely missed by not Studies at the University of Nebraska- only me but all of The Chapel Singers.” Lincoln. She says she met Rose on her KYRA LYONS ’20, ILLINOIS SCHOLAR frst day at the college. “It also was his frst day at Trinity, and “ I met John Rose afer hearing The I was his frst student,” says Crawford, Chapel Singers perform at Lessons and Carols my frst year here. I had noting that working with a music teacher been struggling to fnd my niche on in private lessons is diferent from work- campus, and although I had sung in ing with someone in the classroom. the past, I was really missing music in “John and I met once a week for an hour my life. I contacted John about joining, every week of the semester, playing and he took me under his wing almost together on the magnifcent Austin organ instantly as a sort of musical father in the Chapel. During my four years at fgure, which was really special being Trinity, John was my teacher, my men- so far from home.” tor, and my friend, and we have stayed MAX FURIGAY ’19, JILL G. AND PETER S. KRAUS ’74 PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR friends for these past 40 years. … I can’t imagine Trinity without him.” “ He has made The Chapel Singers Jennifer Bober ’91, also a former what we are today. … He will be member of The Chapel Singers, directs greatly missed but always remem- the Piedmont Chorale of New bered fondly by all the lives he Jersey. She recalls that as she ↗ touched with music.” knocked on the Chapel door For more on John Rose, DIANA ROSE SMITH ’19, MITCHELL N. please visit commons. be difcult not to hear or see it again as a prospective frst-year, trincoll.edu/Reporter. PAPPAS SCHOLAR because music expresses things “I had no idea that the man beyond words. This is an exceptionally “ Watching John work with his students who would open that door beautiful organ. As long as I am able, is inspirational: he is unfailingly would literally change my life. I learned I will play it.” cheerful, supportive, and demanding— quickly that John has a true gif for men- He emphasizes, though, that he all while being a consummate profes- toring young musicians,” she says. “His will practice only when it is conve- sional and expecting the same of his guidance and continued friendship are nient for his successor and protégé, students. The great tradition of music part of the core of confdence that car- Christopher Houlihan ’09, a celebrated at Trinity and the Chapel owes a huge ries me through challenging times and organist in his own right. For the last thanks to John Rose.” leads me to take leaps I otherwise would four years, Houlihan has been an art- LIESL ODENWELLER ’88 not have dared.” ist-in-residence at Trinity. From all accounts, Rose, who has “I am proud and honored to have this performed at venues across the coun- exciting opportunity to be John’s succes- throughout middle school, high school, try, including The Kennedy Center in sor,” says Houlihan. “It’s also very hum- and, ultimately, while a student at Washington, D.C., and the Mormon bling. Trinity College, the Chapel, and Trinity. Afer Houlihan graduated from Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, in addition John have been pivotal elements of my Trinity, he went on to earn a master’s in to numerous venues in Europe, may be life. It’s surreal in many ways.” organ performance from The Juilliard most remembered for the impact he had Trinity was not the frst place their School. While still a graduate student, on the students he taught and the college paths crossed. Many years ago, Houlihan he began his career as a concert organ- he served. attended an organ recital in Springfeld, ist, traveling around the country play- “John Rose is an extraordinary human Massachusetts, where Rose was perform- ing recitals that garnered rave reviews. being, period,” says Read. “His legacy at ing. It was the frst time Houlihan heard Houlihan’s travels will continue as part the college includes generations of stu- concert organ music, and he quickly of his new role at the college. dents who were engaged in learning and knew that he wanted to learn to play. At “John has been a part of this place singing sacred music, playing a remark- age 12—the same age as Rose when he for 40 years. For many alumni, he is able instrument—our college organ— had started playing—Houlihan began a large part of their memories of the and making important contributions to
PHOTOS: JOHN MARINELLI JOHN PHOTOS: taking lessons from Rose and continued Chapel and the college,” says Houlihan. our community.”
WINTER 2018 35 FORTIFYING36 OURTHE TRINITY REPORTER FOUNDATION How the ENDOWMENT supports students and sustains the college’s mission
BY ABE LOOMIS ILLUSTRATION: ADRIENNE GALE GALE ADRIENNE ILLUSTRATION: FORTIFYING OUR FOUNDATIONWINTER 2018 37 ith Trinity’s 200th birthday approaching and a new strate- gic plan just approved, the college is poised at a nexus of past, present, and future: the celebration of a long, ven- erable history and a moment of careful preparation and positioning for the future. Through it all, the endowment helps to sustain every- thing Trinity is and does, including animating the col- lege’s daily operations and long-term vision through fnancial aid for students, endowed positions for profes- sors, and funding for academic and athletic facilities and programs. It connects past gifs to the college with present necessities and visions for the future. “Some portion of every student’s experience is sup- ported by income from the endowment,” says Dan Hitchell, Trinity’s vice president of fnance and chief fnancial ofcer. “It’s almost a physical emblem of the passion of Trinity’s alumni and friends for the school and their intergenera- Wtional desire to see the college go forward and get better over time.”
Hitchell notes that what is commonly referred to as “the endow- ment” is really a set of endowments: the sum of donations made as long-term investments in the college over the years. Some of those gifs are restricted, or earmarked for specifc purposes— such as funding a chaired professorship, supporting a particu- lar athletic team, constructing an academic center, or providing for scholarships. But many are unrestricted, given freely to be used for any purpose, at the college’s discretion. Whatever their specifc intent, however, all contributions to the endowment are meant to be permanent gifs and to generate investment income to support the activities of the college. That income—from stock, bonds, private equity, venture capital, fxed income, and other fnancial instruments—plays a critical role in funding the college’s yearly operations. From a present total endowment of about $577 million, Trinity draws 5 percent of a 36-month moving average to support operations. That amounts to about 15 percent of the college’s annual operat- ing budget. From 2012 to 2017, Trinity’s endowment has grown from $409 million due to gifs and investments returns less spending. While some of Trinity’s New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) peers have among the country’s largest endow- ments, $2 billion or more, most colleges have much smaller
38 THE TRINITY REPORTER endowments. Trinity’s endowment per student of about economics at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth $240,000 ranked in the top 10 percent of 540 similar bac- College, and then spent 22 years in the investment man- calaureate colleges in 2015, the most recent year for which agement industry. Now a professor of fnance and execu- data is available from the U.S. Department of Education’s tive-in-residence at Bryant University, he serves as chair of National Center for Education Statistics. the Investment Subcommittee of Trinity’s Board of Trustees, Vice President for College Advancement Michael Casey helping to shepherd the college’s investments so that the says that knowing that the endowment is there and that it endowment can continue to support Trinity’s mission in is growing has efects that go beyond the day-to-day. The both the short and long term. principal amount, however, must stay intact so the endow- The Investment Subcommittee recently conducted a thor- ment can last forever. “The endowment means Trinity can ough assessment of the external investment landscape and plan for the long term,” Casey says. “Having a substantial recommended moving Trinity’s outsourced endowment endowment gives us the capacity to do that.” management services from Investure to Commonfund. Building a strong endowment is key to supporting the “This was a very well-considered, careful process and ideals that defne Trinity’s mission. According to Casey, a thoughtful deci- “Having an endowment ensures our independence. It sion by the Investment means we can pursue the mission of the college indepen- Subcommittee,” Hitchell dent of the whims of the economy, of public opinion, or of TRINITY’S says, noting that the tran- the idea, for instance, that we need to change our approach sition of services will take because some critics are saying that the liberal arts are no ENDOWMENT place on July 1, 2018. longer relevant, even though we know—and our experience “Our goal is to main- shows—that this continues to be the best way to educate PER STUDENT OF tain the endowment’s leaders for today’s world.” purchasing power over Educating such leaders means attracting and support- ABOUT $240,000 time and to provide ing the very best and brightest students from around the income in support of col- globe, the primary charge of Angel B. Pérez, Trinity’s vice RANKED IN THE lege activities,” Maloney president for enrollment and student success. Pérez over- says. “The number one sees admissions, fnancial aid, student success, and career TOP 10 PERCENT objective is to pick a development. He also is passionate about ensuring that reasonable spending for- every Trinity student gains the tools to lead in a world where OF 540 SIMILAR mula and then invest the relationships between people and institutions are increas- endowment to provide ingly international. BACCALAUREATE long-term growth, main- “I want the student from New York City to sit in the tain purchasing power, classroom next to the students from Iowa and California; COLLEGES. and meet that spending Portland, Oregon; Mumbai; and Botswana,” Pérez says. policy.” Trinity’s spend- “That is what will prepare them for the kind of global NATIONAL CENTER FOR ing rate and formula, he environment that they are going to work in for the rest EDUCATION STATISTICS, 2015, says, are consistent with of their lives.” THE MOST RECENT YEAR FOR peers and industry best WHICH DATA IS AVAILABLE Achieving such a mix on campus, Pérez says, is practices. “What we strive expensive. And geographic diversity is only one piece to do in managing the of the puzzle. endowment is to provide permanent funding to the college “Another thing we talk about at the college—and in higher in support of its mission.” education in general—is that we want to make sure that we It is partly for this reason, CFO Hitchell notes, that have socioeconomic diversity represented in our student alumni, parents, and other friends of the college see body,” Pérez says. “We don’t want to have a community of gifs to Trinity’s endowment as one way to make a lasting students who can all pay full tuition. It’s simple math: The diference in the world. stronger our endowment, the greater the returns are every “Trinity is closing in on 200 years,” Hitchell says. single year, and those returns are what we use to help fund “An investment in the endowment today students every single year.” will have an impact on what this institution Trustee Kevin Maloney ’79 was once such a student. He can do 200 years from now. An investment attended Trinity on a scholarship, majored in economics, in the endowment of Trinity College is an and was a proud Bantam, playing on Trinity’s soccer team. investment forever.” Afer graduation, he earned a doctorate in economics from Washington University in St. Louis, taught fnance and
WINTER 2018 39 In celebration of his 50th Reunion, Jayne and Dave Gordon ’67 wanted to make a diference for Trinity students. They chose to IRA GIFT establish an endowed fund with an IRA Charitable Rollover gif.
WILL HAVE “Our health careers were dedicated to helping individuals overcome challenges in their lives. In our personal and professional experiences, we witnessed dramatic improvement in the intellectual LASTING and emotional growth of others who have had assistance in removing obstacles to achievement of their goals. The Fund for Maximizing Potential is intended for students with learning or IMPACT physical disabilities, to assist with clearing roadblocks along their path to academic success.” If you are 701⁄2 or older, ~ Dave Gordon ’67, B.S. in biology you can make a tax-free charitable contribution of To learn more, go to www.trincoll.edu/Legacy up to $100,000 directly from or contact Linda Minof, director of gif planning, at your IRA to Trinity using [email protected] or 860-297-5353. the IRA Charitable Rollover. The gif counts toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) and reduces your adjusted gross income, which may lower your Medicare premiums. Largo (near Tampa). I will stay there for six months before returning to Rhode Island. The mobile home that I have bought is right across the street from one my daughter lives in. As I say, CLASS NOTES the park is very nice, and it is a short walk away from a public park, which has nine outdoor exer- cise stations (sit-ups, pull-ups, etc.), which I use and then walk around a large pond also located Class Secretary: Henry Hayden, Jerry Hansen is still one of Trinity’s dedicated in the park. I do all of this while listening to 1939 627 Leyden Ln., Claremont, CA leaders. Another seven family members have classical music albums that I have downloaded 91711-4236 followed him, and they, too, are unique in to my iPhone. Also downloaded to my iPhone is themselves as doctors and other professionals a CD by Roy Orbison, a wonderful popular singer From the Alumni Ofce: Ernie who serve society. Their successes are a who died when he was fairly young. It is the 1941 Dickinson called to report that refection on Jerry’s family … and Trinity. soundtrack from a video called Roy Orbison and he keeps busy memorizing poetry and plays, I had a good conversation, as usual, with Friends: A Black and White Night. I favor classical playing his saxophone, and fshing. He and Dave Edwards, another pillar of Trinity music, but the Orbison album is wonderful. I wife Georgia travel as well. support. Dave, too, has his own Trinity family hope that you or some of my classmates are and regularly visits our campus. He is particu- familiar with Orbison’s work. My wife died Trinity Fund Goal: $45,000 larly interested in the arts and theater and rates almost a year ago. It was the saddest day in my 1950 Class Secretary: Robert Tansill, them highly. These people have known each life. We had been married for 62 years. I’ve been 104 Aspen Dr., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-1977 other for years. They have served their country grieving ever since, although it’s getting better.” Class Agents: Robert M. Blum, Esq., John G. with distinction. They have raised families who From Jack Taylor: “At age 87 I don’t have as Grill Jr. have proved themselves, and they have dealt much pep as I used to have when I climbed with difcult politicians and others. Hopefully snow-covered peaks in the Canadian Rockies, so Trinity Fund Goal: $20,000 they will fnd a way to efectively deal with I have to limit myself to three to four miles a day. 1951 Class Secretary: Richard G. today’s unique and dangerous political climate. Then at the end of July, our family, consisting Mecaskey, 2560 N. Moreland Blvd., #203, Shaker Finally, I have another granddaughter getting of our three daughters, three grandsons, one Heights, OH 44120-1369; richard.mecaskey.1951 married next week. She is a terrifc girl, does son-in-law, my wife, and I, spent a week at an @trincoll.edu • Class Agents: David F. Edwards, great work, and is marrying a really nice guy. AMC camp in Acadia National Park. The major Gerald J. Hansen, Richard G. Mecaskey They will live in the Boston area. activities at camp were hiking, swimming, and I have had the pleasure of talking to a cross boating. At the end of camp, Judy and I headed section of classmates and friends who are Trinity Fund Goal: $40,000 for our cottage in Nova Scotia and spent the rest working at Trinity. Dick Garrison wrote a 1952 Class Secretary: The Rev. A. of August there.” brief but telling experience of his children Finley Schaef, 87 Stoll Rd., Saugerties, New York Colonel Ed Morrisey was the frst comman- who are already retiring. But he puts things in 12477-3022; [email protected] dant of the Noncommissioned Ofcer Academy, perspective. His oldest son, afer retirement, Class Agent: John S. Hubbard McGhee Tyson Air National Guard (ANG) Base, heads up his Holy Land Ministry, which supports From Finley Schaef: “Afer 40 years as pastor Tennessee. He was dedicated to the development two Christian churches on the West Bank—an serving Methodist churches in New York City, my of the ANG Leadership School and the newly obviously challenging venue. Another younger wife Nancy and I moved upstate to the town of created Ofcer Preparatory Academy to com- son handles the family business, Remco Saugerties, on the Hudson River and adjoining mission ANG ofcers (later named Academy of Products. I would guess we are the frst the famous Woodstock. We are blessed that my Military Science). He was commandant for all generation to be involved with the business three sons and their families live in this region. three schools until other commandants were and lives of two younger generations. I preach occasionally and recently spoke at selected and he became the frst commander of Ed Taylor sent me an interesting note, which the local Unitarian church; topic: oligarchy! the newly developed I.G. Brown Training and I will let speak for itself. It further reminds us The defnition of oligarchy is a social structure Education Center. He was born in Connecticut of how much our lives have changed. “Joined in which power rests with a small number of and attended Trinity, where he received a B.A. in the Pacemaker Club along with Mac Jacoby in people. These people might be distinguished history and education. In 1952, he was commis- August. Sudden drop in pulse rate to about 30 by wealth or corporate, religious, political, or sioned a 2nd lieutenant in the reserve of the U.S. sent me via ambulance to a local hospital. Now military control. The main characteristics of Air Force. He was on active duty from 1952 to will be good for another 90 years. Have enjoyed this form of organization are domination, greed, 1954 as a weapons controller. When he returned several family events in the last two or three and prejudice. ’Nuf said! I am active with the from Germany in February 1954, he joined the months—attended Vail Music Festival in local Democratic Party. I read a lot, and for a 103rd Aircraf Control and Warning Squadron, Colorado, where my daughter Jacqui has been while, I specialized in ‘the historic Jesus’—what Connecticut ANG, as operations ofcer. He trans- totally involved on the management side for the was the real man like? Now I read a variety of ferred to the 138th Aircraf Control and Warning last eight years. She is enjoying a new lease on publications, including Smithsonian, Biblical Squadron, Colorado ANG, in 1957. He was the life with a liver transplant at the Cleveland Archaeology Review, The New York Review of squadron operations ofcer for 10 years. In Clinic. Jacqui was born with Wilson’s disease, Books, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Christian addition to his regular duties, he was the chief, which is a genetic attack on the liver. Modern Century, and The New York Times every day. I ANG Environment Team, for the U.S. Air Force medicine and the Cleveland Clinic are remark- cherish the memories of our times together at Worldwide Weapons Meet (William Tell) in 1959, able! Just returned from a family wedding in Trinity and wish I could hear from more old 1961, 1963, and 1965. He moved to Houston, Morristown, New Jersey, where another of eight friends and colleagues.” Texas, in 1957 and became executive ofcer of granddaughters joined the ranks of married. Jacques Hopkins: “I am still living in Adams- the 147th Fighter Group, Texas ANG. Ed is a Large family reunion will be held in November ville, Rhode Island, but in a few days, I will go to graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed with over 50 attending. I am blessed with a Florida, where I have bought a very nice mobile Forces, Air Command and Staf College, the wonderful family! Peace be with you!” home in an equally nice mobile home park in Defense Strategy Seminar, and Academic
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Instructor School. football. I attended the annual Scholars that remembers that? Hope you are safe and fully From Peter MacLean: “Living here in Vermont Reception and had a good conversation with recovered from the terrible events that befell for more than 20 years in various stages of him. The Scholarship Committee made a Houston and environs. Best to all.” (Secretary’s retirement has changed my feelings, attitudes, great choice.” note: Thanks, Howard. “We are high and dry,” and loyalties … as new ones have taken hold, but plenty of devastation all around.) older ones have been let go. But when I read the REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 Bill Bernhard wrote: “Hi, Stan. I will not be recent alumni magazine and saw the names of Trinity Fund Goal: $55,000 traveling to Hartford for our Reunion. I cannot Bob O’Brien and Bill Goralski, I felt the twinge of 1953 Class Secretary: Stanley R. in good conscience return to Trinity or donate conscience. Both were my freshman roommates McCandless Jr., 3712 Rice Blvd., Houston, TX to Trinity afer the way the dean and president in Jarvis 13, and up until a few (or more) years 77005-2824; stanley.mccandless.1953@trincoll. handled the issue with one of their professors. I ago, I had kept in touch with them. As of today, edu • Class Agents: Richard T. Lyford Jr., Joseph B. stand for the fag and national anthem and have as I go back over my past, I am still conscious of Wollenberger, Esq. served for 40 years in the Marines, Navy, Air the gifs that Trinity gave me. Because of Bob, Thank you once again for taking time to send a Force, and Army (fve retirements, the last just I changed my major from math, etc. to classi- bit of what you have been doing and/or what has before my 80th birthday). I am disappointed in cal languages, which gave me some learnings been on your mind. I hope all have recovered Trinity’s leadership and their decision-making. I still enjoy. I know that the real meaning of from the various disasters occurring around the I have seen too many soldiers die and be ‘decimate’ is to reduce by 10 percent, while most country, some natural, and unfortunately, others wounded during deployment as we fought to politicians don’t. Because I could read Greek, I man-made. I hope you had time to plan for and defend this great country. In the military, we take was able to read the street signs in Athens and attend our 65th Reunion in 2018. Don’t forget that responsibility for our decisions right or wrong. thank the Greek shoemaker in his own language my email ([email protected]), mailing Trinity’s dean and president have failed what while in seminary in New York City. These are address (3712 Rice Blvd., Houston, TX 77005), was a great college and many great graduates.” very small bits of sand but are part of a larger and phone (713-669-1830) are always at your Dave Longobucco wrote: “Stan, all I can ofer picture of where I have been and what I’ve been service, and it is always a pleasure to hear from is the following: The good life comes with a little doing. As an ordained minister, I have had to you. Our next deadline is February 21, 2018, and excitement here in Madison, Connecticut. I am do a lot of writing, and to this day, I still write the inbox is always available and waiting. still active in several nonprofts, and that keeps multi-paragraph letters and write a sermon as Phil Mallon wrote: “Sold our Vermont 90-acre my mind active and functioning. I am able to though it were a script for a performance, which Shangri-la, which no longer meshed with two get around reasonably well but do sufer the it is. When I write, I am not conscious of Trinity, aging bodies. Loved stewardship of the land but usual aches and pains as the result of aging. We but if I give freedom to my memories, it will grateful to be ocean side in Southeast Florida spend part of the winter at our Stuart, Florida, resurface. The gif that Trinity gave me was a and even more grateful to be sharing life with my condo, where we enjoy seeing our daughter and love of learning and the basic tools for written bride of 63 years. Eileen and I just returned from some longtime friends. We are thankful to be so expression. I still read The New Yorker, and I College Grove, Tennessee, home of daughter blessed.” enjoy writing as I have enjoyed writing this letter Laurie, where four generations of us did a lot of Roger Douglas wrote: “Working on a new book … and I promise to make a gif to the college in hugging. Oldest daughter Linda ’77, executive with a few MDs. Our blog is called Aging Docs, thanksgiving. Best wishes.” director of Ofce of Public Guardian in Concord, Living Well. Still playing lots of golf. My goal is to Art Raybold’s memories: “In 1950, I’d been New Hampshire, continues to undergo medical score below my age; I think I’ll have to live to at living in the James T. Pratt funeral home on treatment needed afer an accident when an least 90.” Asylum Avenue in Hartford because my father errant driver struck her about nine months ago. From Bruce Smith: “Hi, Stan. You are doing had lost his job and could no longer aford Best wishes to my wonderful Trinity friends … a good job as secretary. I am our high school to support me at Trinity College. Happily, Liz memories still alive.” secretary, and we are down below half still living. Cargill, who worked in the Alumni Ofce, found Joe Wollenberger wrote: “We’ll be leaving next I was only an E 50 brother for a short time. I went me a second job as a fling clerk at the Aetna Life Tuesday for Florida, where we will visit with into the Air Force in December. Afer discharge, Insurance Company, also on Asylum Avenue. Ettie’s cousins in Sarasota, then of to Jupiter to I got married, and we both transferred to a coed My duties at the funeral home included older son and his gang. Then it’s of to Miami to school, MSU. Still married with three great sons. answering the phone afer hours in case some- cruise areas not afected by the storms. Although Your E 50 brother.” one needed our services. I would call in one our cars are on automatic pilot for our doctors’ of our apprentices, and we would pick up the ofces, we hope to do this and [this] year’s Trinity Fund Goal: $35,000 deceased at home, in the hospital, or in one of Reunion. Best to all.” 1954 Class Secretary: Gordon A. West, the many old-peoples’ homes. I was making Howard Sloane wrote: “It’s wonderful that 1000 Vicar’s Landing Way, C301, Ponte Vedra enough money to pay my tuition and to feed you’re still doing this for our dwindling group. Beach, FL 32082-3121; gordon.west.1954@ myself. My dormitory was the second foor I take more than vitamins to keep me going now- trincoll.edu of the funeral home. I say dormitory as I was adays. Lots of meds, good docs, and clean living. Two of our classmates reported on how we were seldom alone. There was usually someone in a Well, not so clean but better than what it was in afected by the hurricanes of the last season. casket in the chapel; there was usually some- our college days. Valerie and I are happily retired Rich Marshall wrote: “My wife and I have lived one in the embalming room in the basement. in a comfortable condo in Irvine, California. Just in Bonita Springs, Florida, for many years, and Early on, I had a few sleepless nights, but as a celebrated our 60th anniversary with a small we did get impacted by Irma. However, we did practicing Christian, I believed I was doing God’s party, including our two kids and spouses along not sufer severe structural damage. We lost work—caring for the dead. I missed sleeping in with fve grandchildren who are always a joy. electricity for eight days, but then our A/C was the fraternity house, where I could always fnd Followed that with a couple days at Lake restored. The pool motor was shot, but I replaced someone to discuss my assignments with. I was Arrowhead in a lakeside home we rented with that. Lanai screening will have to be replaced. an English major, and Delta Phi was known as a lots of water stuf for kids. We also play more Eight roof tiles moved causing minor leaks. I feel literary fraternity. More later.” bridge nowadays and recently enjoyed a bridge lucky. However, our golf course sustained major From Phil Trowbridge: “On April 6, the cruise to Hawaii. Maybe more bridge than we damage, and I guess we won’t get to play much Goralski Scholarship was awarded to Josh Brito planned for but still very relaxing. First learned for several months, and we will just have to go to of Wayland, Massachusetts. He is a computer to play bridge between classes at the Brownell the beach. We are both healthy and have traveled science major and plays three sports, including Club with other good pals. Anybody still around a bit.” Hal Butts spent the hurricane season
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in Great Britain in Devon near the coast. “We Philadelphia. His wife also told me that their only received rain and a bit of wind. We do get CONNECT WITH ALUMNI AND granddaughter Sarah just returned from fve increasingly stronger storms and fooding with UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AT weeks in France, visiting a French exchange warming. Government is building food defenses student and his family whom they hosted years all around the country. This is an example of MyTrinNET.edu. ago; she visited Paris, Aix-en-Provence, and forward planning.” Wow! Global warming and Cannes and went sailing in the Mediterranean forward planning by government! and biking in the Alps. drag! Being on a walker; using a cane; pulling Finally, Bruce Macdonald, your class secretary, Trinity Fund Goal: $30,000 up support hose; is really a pain; doing the reports that he is back in the classroom at 1955 Class Secretary: E. Wade Close octogenarian drag!” Maybe we can get Don to Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, Jr., 65 Shoreline Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC do a song-and-dance number at our Florida still teaching his advertising class to young 29928-7139; [email protected]; get-together. cadets; most of them stay awake during his lec- fax: 412-820-7572 From the Alumni Ofce: We regret to inform tures. “My ninth year at VMI, and I still enjoy it.” It is with a sad and heavy heart I am reporting you that Bob Mullaney passed away on October to our classmates the passing of my wife, Carol, 30, 2017. An obituary will appear in an upcoming Trinity Fund Goal: $15,000 on October 1, 2017. I focus on this event for this issue. 1957 Class Secretary: Frederick M. Tobin, issue of our class notes because Trinity and the Esq., 116 Camp Ave., Darien, CT 06820; federick. Class of ’55 became a focal point for both of us. Trinity Fund Goal: $60,000 [email protected] • Class Agents: Neil M. Carol felt she had some strong relationships 1956 Class Secretary: Bruce N. Day, Esq., Samuel Mac D. Stone II within many of our class and their spouses. It Macdonald, Stonehouse Farm, 1036 Zollmans Jim Bradley writes that he and Patty enjoyed her all got started with those two magnetic person- Mill Rd., Rte. 4, Lexington, VA 24450-7265; 60th at Colby a week before his 60th at Trinity. alities, Dick Royston and Joe Reineman. Prior to [email protected] • Class During the summer, they attended the Boston entering Trinity, those two lit up the Pittsburgh Agents: Edward A. Montgomery Jr., David M. Early Music Festival, performed with profession- skies on weekends. Joe actually lived across Taylor, Henry M. Zachs al singers in the Concordia Summer Festival, and the street from Carol. Then when I embarked David Taylor, class president and vigorous fund- spent two weeks in Greece. Then Jim visited his on a management training program with a raiser, reports that “our class agents are happy to youngest son, Michael ’98, and family. Pittsburgh-based steel company, the die was report 52 percent of our class donated last year. Dick and Joan Bradley are decluttering their cast. Actually, the frst time I met Carol was afer That is signifcantly better than 33 percent for place in Philadelphia preparatory to their move graduation at George “Tubby” Kennedy’s engage- all classes. Still there is room for more donors … to an assisted care facility early in 2018. Dick is ment party my frst summer in Pittsburgh. who would be most welcome!” Well done, David, working with Don Pillsbury on their 65th reunion The big Reunions back on campus created op- and well done, classmates. at Episcopal Academy. portunities to share and come together. The chal- John Limpitlaw wrote that he had all of his Bill Morrison says that our Reunion was the lenges that we set for ourselves and the eforts by family for a fve-day reunion on the Cape in highlight for him in the last few years. Otherwise, many made our Reunions total success stories. August. His oldest grandson, who graduated from he had his lef knee replaced. Some think that Spearheaded by the eforts of Don Mountford, Brown two years ago, came from San Francisco, my tongue should be removed and not replaced. our class continuously broke attendance marks. where he is a sofware engineer with Google. His I wonder why? Also, fnancial giving set new school records second grandson came from Portland, Oregon, Bryan Bunch enjoyed short vacations in Costa thanks to David Dimling, Cam Hopper, Bob Welsh, where he graduated this year from Reed College, Rica, the Poconos, and Oregon. His middle Nathaniel Reed, and many others, some who gave and the youngest, a sophomore at Brown, came grandson just started at Pacifc University. anonymously. Carol felt the Trinity ’55ers were from Providence. He also had Bill Gardiner ’55 Mary and Bryan are enjoying their home in the a special group of people. And, more recently, and his wife, Judy, for a small Delta Phi reunion. Mid-Hudson Valley. the Florida mini-reunions have created opportu- Bill’s cousin is Peter Luquer, who designed his Jerry and Mary Channell had an unwelcome nities to generate stronger and more enjoyable beautiful home in East Orleans, noted for its visit from Hurricane Harvey. They are making relationships with solid and faithful classmates. many Trinity alumni. Most concerning, however, their home livable. They wish everyone a joyous Carol and I enjoyed the chance to expand on was watching on TV as Hurricane Irma ap- fall and winter. those opportunities with Jean and Bob Freeman, proached. He and his wife ofered refuge at their Ward Curran wishes to thank all the people Lyn and John Callen, plus Gale and John D’Luhy, home in Naples to friends desperate to escape. He who worked so hard to bring out our classmates as well as new participants, such as Barbara and described it like this: “The night before it made for the Reunion. “We set an example that the Irwin Meiselman, Walter Blake, and Elisabeth landfall, we called friends living closer to the Alumni Ofce can use for future 60th Reunions.” and John Newlin. Carol and I felt approaching 60 Gulf, where fooding of 10 to 14 feet was predict- We enjoyed seeing Paul Cataldo and Don years of marriage was a special time together, ed. With little urging, they took up residence in Stokes at the Williams game at Trinity. and I was curious to see who of our classmates our apartment in Moorings Park, riding out what Carroll and I had the pleasure of joining Tom have been together close to 60 years or more they described as a horrendous storm—the most and Tatiana Doherty for lunch in Gotham City in as we were. It appears Bev and Lou Magelaner, frightening experience of one of my 89-year-old September. having wed in February 1955, are the champs friend’s life.” Well done, John and Susan. In 2017 through September, we have lost Jim of staying together the longest. Sheila and Tom Henry Zachs wrote that he is still very busy Twiname, Terry Frazier, George Kelleher, Joe Bolger got hitched in the summer of ’55, so they playing tennis every day and working with his Spatt, Steve Bowen, and Malcolm MacDonald. may be in second place. Justine and Bill LaPorte son Eric to start a new cell tower business. Henry May they rest in peace. celebrated their 60th this past May, and Tinka reports that he is active on nine nonproft boards REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 and George Lunt will celebrate 60 years in ’18. and says he feels like a 43-year-old rather than 83. The multitalented Don Mountford recently Charlie Stehle and wife Joanne hosted a Trinity Fund Goal: $35,000 shared with me a creative parody that he smaller family reunion in September for Charlie’s 1958 Class Secretary: John L. Thompson, generated, and I am happy to pass on two of four brother and sister and their spouses. Among 1121D Sand Drif Way, West Palm Beach, FL 33411- stanzas he put to the tune of “The Varsity Drag.” other activities, they explored the new Museum 1852; [email protected] • Class “Down on the heels; up on the toes; dotter of the American Revolution in downtown Agents: Gary L. Bogli, Joseph J. Repole Jr., Edward along; that’s how it goes; doing the octogenarian B. Speno
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Well, for those of us in the Southeast, Irma is next is anyone’s guess.” Sandy and their two daughters, Dana and Lisa, gone. She was not a nice lady. Though we fared From Gene Corcoran, “A short note on latest and their families live close by in Old Lyme. much better than Houston and Puerto Rico, a events: On October 28, Joy and I celebrated our Another note on George is that last August he hurricane is cause enough to increase one’s 50th wedding anniversary.” and Charlie Nichols drove in Charlie’s immaculate homeowner’s insurance and get out of town. Tim Parker reported, in glowing terms, of a trip MG-TC to a nearby airfeld to take in an airshow Don’t think Mike Zoob was in Key West when he and Janet took to Yellowstone and the Grand consisting of immaculate World War II aircraf. the storm hit, but his house took a hit. Mike had Tetons. He wrote about the beauty of the Teton These shows are diminishing to the point that decided to sell the house, and the settlement Range and the Yellowstone volcanic activity. He travel distance to see or participate is substantial. was set for September 13. Unfortunately, Irma wrote that while Old Faithful was that, they were With few exceptions, the numerous class decided to check out the house, rearrange the not overly impressed. He urges anyone taking a members expecting to celebrate their 80th big trees in the pool area, and crunch the porch. similar journey to take advantage of the many birthday in 2017 have done so. Butch Lieber’s Mike’s spirit remains strong despite the fact that more interesting aspects of Wyoming. event in Miami also included Tim Horne, and his pocket is a hurricane lighter. The settlement Phil Rogers continues to work with the yours truly attended Bill Abeles’s birthday in was delayed. He still plans to move to Boston international school accrediting association he Hagerstown, Maryland. Doug Frost is in the from the South Shore and is part of the group helped found fve years ago. Primarily, they work process of “downsizing” and “relocating” in the planning our 60th. with Middle Eastern schools. Baltimore area and will celebrate number 80 in Class President Gary Bogli wrote that he Denny Haight reported that they still live in 2018. Bob Spielman likely celebrated number 80 plans to visit family in Florida this winter. He Little River, South Carolina, and plan to attend at 20,000 feet in a glider. is still a big fan of UConn women’s basketball the 60th in June. Unfortunately, again as reported by George and the team’s incredible win streak despite the Yours truly still resides in West Palm Beach, Graham, one of our most stalwart classmates, disappointing end to last season. Last August, he where Shirley and I spend too much time Ted Taylor III, passed away on Sunday, Septem- checked of another bucket-list item by fshing anticipating hurricanes. I continue as a member ber 10. Ted was a member of Trinity’s fve-year Alaska’s Kanektok River, where he caught more of the Board of Trustees of the independent Gulf engineering program and graduated with the than a hundred silver salmon and as many Dolly Stream School and as president of our Breakers Class of 1960. At his father’s invitation, Ted Vardens. In October, he and Bette planned to West HOA. In July, doctors removed a kidney and joined him in opening McDonald’s stores in visit their son Stephen and family in Prague. a large, benign renal tumor. Tedious and painful Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Pete Smith was back on the road, river, and for weeks but totally successful, including my During the next three decades, Ted built the tennis courts following some kidney stone personal plumbing. Having once worked for a McDonald’s business to more than 25 stores issues. He feels that a lot of tennis shook the congressman who was masterful across the aisle, throughout New England. He retired several stones loose! He wrote, “I’m in good shape for I spend a lot of time and thought trying to make years ago and built a lovely home overlooking the shape I’m in.” It did not deter a glorious sense of present-day Washington. As a history the harbor on Nantucket. He is survived by wife Danube trip to Prague, Vienna, and Budapest. major, former congressional staf member, and Sandy and daughters Heather and Kristy. He is looking forward to our Reunion. history teacher, I sometimes wonder what I Tartanbill “Tiny” Crowell has forwarded some Bernie Moran writes that a big excitement would write for the history of this administration. notes concerning his recent trip through the in his life is a “family” cruise on the Crystal From Franklin Kury: “Beth and I are going Northwest Passage from Alaska to New York Serenity. He quickly pointed out that his family to California at the end of October to visit two City. He opens, “Since I have now been to both was not coming with him. However, the cruise sons, daughter-in-law, and grandson Hunter. Antarctica and the Arctic, I have been ofcial- has stops in Boston, where he will see oldest son In the spring, we plan to visit Iran with a group ly designated as bi-polar.” At departure from Eric; Newport, where he will visit with daughter organized by the World Afairs Council of Alaska, the trip was three hours behind central Leslie; Savannah, where he will see youngest son Philadelphia. We are looking forward to the class time. At arrival in Greenland at Ilulissat (his frst David; and New York and his oldest grandson Reunion in June, and I am pleased to be on the stop), he was three hours ahead of central time Jack. That is, indeed, a family cruise. planning committee. In the meanwhile, I am and was scheduled for a harbor boat excur- Ev Elting made up for not writing to the notes working on my third book, this one tentatively sion. However, this would have required a ride for years with some intriguing news. He and wife titled Give a Damn! It’s Our Country: A Guide to to the dock, followed by a bus ride to another Joanne have spent the 22 years since retirement Congressional Redistricting, Gerrymandering, and dock, then a descent down about 30 stairs with doing sports, travel, and charity work. Tennis Dark Money. With some luck, it will be published no handrail to a small boat with no seats for a gave way to golf afer knee replacement. He before the U.S. Supreme Court decides the two-hour standing tour. Bill opted to cancel out, wrote that their travel has been extensive, Wisconsin gerrymandering case, a chapter in wishing he could have taken the trip 15 years and they are getting close to their goal of 100 the book.” ago, but of course 15 years ago, they wouldn’t countries. Their plans called for a January start have been able to get through the ice—such is of a six-month world cruise. His daughter Liz Trinity Fund Goal: $35,000 the efect of global warming. In any case, he then ’87 recently was appointed to the Trinity Board 1959 Class Secretary: Jon A. Reynolds, sailed to his second stop in Greenland, Sisimiut, of Trustees. Ev has authored I Can Always Sleep 8300 Burdette Road, Apt. 451, Bethesda, which was slightly larger than Ilulissat. As they Tomorrow, a collection of short stories, one of Maryland, 20817; jon.reynolds.1959@trincoll. lef Sisimiut, they said goodbye to their icebreak- which took place back in our Trinity days. The edu • Class Agents: Robert D. Coykendall, William er (one of two), the Shackleton. Several Zodiacs book is available on Amazon. H. Pfefer were then launched to escort them out of the Fort Walton Beach, Florida, is where Jim In September, Class President George Graham harbor. The next stop was Nuuk, the ofcial cap- Studley berths his boat these days. He writes, and Sally met for lunch at the Old Lyme Inn ital of Greenland, which is the largest island in “We have given everything to the kids.” Sadly, in Connecticut, with Sandy Thurston, Tony the world and controlled by Denmark. The ship wife Corky is in assisted living dealing with the Thurston’s widow. Tony passed away in February departed for three days at sea on its way to Bar onset of Alzheimer’s. In quintessential Studley 2015 from brain cancer. Afer graduation, he Harbor, Maine, and the good old USA, arriving style, he wrote, “All our friends are passing away, served as an ofcer in the U.S. Navy and then on September 12. Tartan Bill was happy to see and that’s why I’m taking a big cocktail.” spent his entire professional career with Grey the USA again, disappointed only that he never Gus Crombie wrote, “We sold our Manchester, Advertising in New York City, working mostly was able to see the Northern Lights. While these Connecticut, house and are living in North on Procter & Gamble accounts and retiring as a were on display several nights, they are totally Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and where we live senior vice president and account supervisor. unpredictable. The next stops were Boston,
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Newport, and fnally New York. Welcome home, Sicily. Ed reports Sicily was a treasure trove of the lawn. And a good night’s sleep. Did we ever Tartan Bill. ancient and modern history. think that would be so welcome when we were Best regards to you all, Jon Congratulations to great-grandfather Bill young and frisky at college?” deColigny! Bill and Marge welcomed the new It is with sadness that I report the passing of Trinity Fund Goal: $60,000 addition to his family last summer. Bill also re- Jules Worthington on September 11. It was Jules 1960 Class Secretary: Grosvenor ported his oldest grandson was a recent graduate who encouraged me to pole vault with him in H.L.Richardson, 236 Alpine Dr., Rochester, from Appalachian State University. In addition, our frst year. In later years, I enjoyed his artistic NY 14618-3747; grosvenor.richardson.1960@ Bill mentioned they were able to take all the talents and friendship on Martha’s Vineyard. I trincoll.edu • Class Agent: Bruce Stone family on a cruise for Thanksgiving in 2016. Both will miss Jules. “The wheel is ready to turn again. / When you Bill and Marge continue to be active in communi- Keep the Class of 1960 spirit alive! have gone, it will light up, / The shadow of the ty and church afairs. Dave Golas and family had spokes to drown / Your departure where the a grandchildren pool party as a pre-school start. Trinity Fund Goal: $160,000 summer knells.”—John Ashbery Dave and sons planned to make Homecoming 1961 Class Secretary: William Kirtz, The above appeared on the front page of the Weekend last fall. I hope they made it. 26 Wyman St., Waban, MA 02468-1517; william. Martha’s Vineyard Vineyard Gazette, September From time to time, classmates ask me for ad- [email protected]; fax: 617-373-8773 8, 2017, issue and brings to a close our summer dresses, emails, or telephone numbers for fellow Class Agents: George P. Lynch Jr., Vincent R. on the Vineyard. classmates. I am always glad to help with what Stempien, Douglas T. Tansill The summer got of to a good start by our information I have. Also, Julie Cloutier in the As usual, classmates are enjoying a rich variety hosting a Trinity Summer Reception for alumni, Alumni Ofce can assist. She can be contacted of travels and hobbies. parents, and members of the Class of 2021. Forty at [email protected] or 860-297-2403. Guy Dove spent three weeks in Chianti with people, including Assistant Football Coach Geof Please note the information is only as good as 17 family members coming through in June, Rhatican M’12, Assistant Director of Leadership the information on record. Please help to make followed by July in Jackson Hole with the grand- Giving Shannon Malloy M’13, and [former] our records current. Also, we only give out in- kids and August in Yorkshire grouse shooting. Associate Director of Leadership Giving Sean formation with your permission, so please let us “Luckily, we did not have any damage from Meehan ’04, participated in welcoming know your preference. I was happy to help Bob Irma” to his Vero Beach house. Campbell Brown ’21, a third-generation Trinity Larson locate Alan Salmon this summer. Roger MacMillan, his wife, and family spent a family member (mother Sarah Brown ’91 and As recently reported, Chuck Middleton has week in Scotland, seeing castles and museums grandfather Ted Rorer ’65). retired and sold his home on Fripp Island only plus managing to drive cars without an accident. Once again, I missed Bud Anderson at to purchase a condo in the same area. It was a “Despite an earnest attempt, the grandchildren Homecoming Weekend as he lef New England quick sale, and he had to put everything in stor- did not see Nessie. The trip was not hindered by to migrate to Florida. Jere Bacharach also was age. Hopefully by now he and Carol are settled. a drop of rain, probably a record. However, the on the travel circuit with wife Barb Fudge. In Over the summer, Marv Peterson was unable trip reafrmed my suspicion that the MacMillan August, they visited seven ports in Greenland, to go to Big Sky. In June, he had his lef ankle clan clearly is one of the least important in the three in Iceland, and one in the Faroe Islands. re-fused. This was the same one he had injured annals of this noble country.” Last spring, they were on a ship stopping in in high school that prevented him from playing Dick Schnadig is a volunteer corporation coun- Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Madagascar, Réunion, basketball afer his frst year at Trinity. Recovery sel in Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel administration. and Mauritius, and by the end of December, they will be two to three months. Marv’s goal is to at Two of his four children are Trinity graduates, were back in Cairo, Egypt. Jere spends half a year least be able to ski a few runs next season as an and he has 10 grandchildren throughout the in Seattle and the balance in Cairo. Sounds like 80-year-old. Knowing Marv, I am confdent he country. a full life. Without a doubt, Charlie Bergmann will achieve his goal. Warren and Leslie Simmons spent three weeks answers to more names than anyone. As he As a retiree, Barry Royden is very active. He is in France to celebrate their 40th anniversary. says, “Charles, Bergie, Charlie, or Bud. Take busy doing volunteer work teaching citizenship Son Tyler ’07 and wife Devon Lawrence ’07 are your pick.” OK, I’ll settle for “Bud.” He reports to Green Card holders who are applying for full doing well in New York City, and daughter Rollin that he continues to work on his property in citizenship, taking shut-ins shopping and to is the head cantor at Congregation Emanu El in Vermont and in the summer took a trip with medical appointments, working with frst- Houston. Terry to Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, New York, graders who have English as a second language, Peter and Anne Kreisel visited the Simmons’ toured the Amish country around Lancaster, delivering Meals on Wheels, giving an occasional in Martha’s Vineyard and Dale and Barbara Pennsylvania, and spent time at Longwood presentation on the CIA as a guest speaker at Peatman on Cape Cod. He sees a lot of Vin Gardens that were created by Pierre du Pont. local colleges, and playing a lot of doubles ten- Stempien at alumni committee meetings. Peter Bud also spends time doing serious hiking. As an nis. Somehow, Barry and Brenda found time to organized a small gathering for incoming example, a few years ago, he hiked the following take a cruise in the fall from Vancouver to Japan Vermont frst-years in July and notes that seven distances in the Adirondacks: Heart Lake ADK via Alaska. They spent two weeks in Tokyo that Vermonters (equal to or more than the number parking lot to Marcy Dam, about 2.2 miles; Trap included a side trip to Kyoto. enrolling from Vermont during each of the Dam to base of Trap Dike, 3.5 miles; Trap Dike From Clark Phippen: “Louise and I have moved past 10 years) were accepted and are attending and the Slabs to the Mount Golden summit, in the past year to Mystic, Connecticut, ‘for Trinity. 2,000 vertical feet; Mount Golden summit via retirement,’ and Trinity has become a common Curt Turner reports “the happy occasion of Lake Arnold Trail to Marcy Dam, 5.7 miles; Marcy word as we meet new friends, get involved in our daughter Sarah’s wedding to Carl Geneus in Dam to Heart Lake ADK parking lot, 2.2 miles. All community organizations, and enjoy all that Cambridge, Massachusetts, in early July. Sched- done by a 79-year-old with a pacemaker. Way to Mystic has to ofer.” uled to be held outdoors, the ceremony was go, Bud! From Lee Kalcheim: “Enjoyed an overnight seamlessly moved indoors without dampening Mac Costley last September hosted a wicked in the Berkshires with Bob and Faith Johnson the joyous event.” game of croquet on Gibson Island with Ray and Ray and Roberta Beech. We all went to Carl Zimmerman and his wife followed a World and Roberta Beech and Bob and Faith Johnson. Tanglewood to hear the Boston Symphony, but Carillon Federation conference in Barcelona with September also was a good travel month for Ed the highlight was the chamber music concert two weeks of river cruising in the Bordeaux wine Cimilluca and Carol, who traveled with Dick and before listening to the Mozart ‘Clarinet Quintet.’ country and from Paris to the Normandy beaches Barbara Stockton as they took a 10-day trip to It doesn’t get better than that. Then a picnic on of World War II. “Very enjoyable and highly
WINTER 2018 45 CLASS NOTES recommended!” INSPIRING LEADERSHIP GIVING. Foundation as he inspired a generation of young The new Class of 1961 Scholar is Cole Wright All Trinity alumni, parents, people to strive for excellence in the classroom ’20 from Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Cole received and in athletics. In 2014, the African-American Faculty Honors both semesters his frst year at and friends are invited to join Afairs Commission of Connecticut gave John its the college. We’ll have more information about the Long Walk Societies. Lifetime Achievement Award. John is married to him as we prepare our scholar’s notifcation, and Elizabeth Lyra Ross-Norman ’74, the wonderful www.trincoll.edu/GivingToTrinity/LongWalkSoc you can share that more detailed information singer at our 55th Reunion class dinner. John and with the class. Class of 1961 Scholar Jordan Cram Elizabeth live in Collinsville, Connecticut. ’17 graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum sharecroppers in South Carolina, moved to Another success for a classmate is Deyan laude with honors in economics. Hartford. Capable both academically and Brashich’s newly published book, Dispatches, athletically, he played a key role on the re- with illustrations by Daniela Kamiliotis. Deyan’s Trinity Fund Goal: $185,000 nowned Weaver High School basketball team comments also appear in domestic and foreign 1962 Co-Class Secretary: Paul J. that won back-to-back state championships news magazines, as well as literary and art peri- LaRocca, 82 Whiting Rd., East Hartford, CT 06118- in 1956 and 1957 and the 1957 New England odicals. His earlier career as an artist, newspaper 1549; [email protected] • Co-Class High School Championship. At 6-foot-3, center/ publisher, and litigating attorney was marked by Secretary: Frederick M. Pryor, TFC Financial forward John anchored Weaver’s inside game, a years-long appearance before the International Management Inc., 30 Federal St., Boston, MA crashed the boards, made timely jump shots, Criminal Court at The Hague, The Netherlands. 02110-2508; [email protected] and was a deadly foul shooter, sinking 85 percent Deyan lives in New York City. Co-Class Secretary: Judson M. Robert, 968 of his attempts. John then attended Trinity on We also have a note from George Will, who Acapulco St., Laguna Beach, CA 92651-3804; a full scholarship (one of the two African writes, “I am an increasingly—or so it seems— [email protected] • Class Agent: Americans—Kermit being the other—in his class) active grandfather with two grandchildren in The Rev. Charles L. Hofman and starred on the varsity basketball team, Brooklyn and fve in suburban Washington. Greetings! Sad news and then good news: our averaging 17.5 points a game and failing by My work schedule remains brisk—100 columns classmate Kermit Mitchell passed away in Texas only two points to break Trinity’s single-game and 80 or so television appearances a year, plus on July 31, 2017. Kermit interrupted his Trinity scoring record. In his senior year, he was elected speaking engagements around the country, and career to enlist in the U.S. Air Force, becoming captain of the team, the frst African American a book to be fnished in time for publication in a pilot and an ofcer. He returned to Trinity so honored. He scored 803 points in a career cut the spring of 2019. I propose to fle a column— to graduate in 1970 and went on to Harvard short by a serious knee injury that year. John was approximately my 7,000th—on my 90th birthday, Business School and earned an M.B.A. Remain- elected to the Trinity College Basketball Hall of then go to a ball game and give a thought, my ing in the Boston area and becoming a venture Fame and, later, president of our alumni class. frst, to slowing down.” capitalist, Kermit founded AirSpeed, the frst frm Afer graduating from Trinity with a major in From the Alumni Ofce: Louis A. Renza has to fy checks between Federal Reserve ofces. history and a minor in Spanish, John found em- published a book on Bob Dylan’s lyrics: Dylan’s He then moved to Dallas, pursuing his business ployment at Travelers Insurance as a casualty/ Autobiography of a Vocation: A Reading of career. Having received an M.Div. from Harvard property underwriter, the frst African American the Lyrics 1965–67. The book, published by Divinity School, he also served as an assistant to hold such a position in the company. John Bloomsbury, was released in October 2017. minister at a Boston church and again in Dallas. then earned a master’s degree in political science Your secretaries look forward to hearing Kermit married, but his frst wife predeceased and a Ph.D. in professional higher education from you! him. He then married Ann, who accompanied administration at the University of Connecticut. REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 him to last year’s 55th Reunion, where they won He became the frst director of the Connecticut the “farthest distance traveled” award. Kermit Pre-College Enrichment Program (ConnPEP) in Trinity Fund Goal: $150,000 and Ann had known each other when they were 1966, aiming to recruit academically promising 1963 Class Secretary: Michael A. both in the Air Force and reconnected when they low-income students from many ethnic back- Schulenberg, 89 Judson St., Canton, NY 13617; were in Boston, where she was a school adminis- grounds throughout Connecticut. He developed [email protected] • Class trator. Kermit had three children, a boy and two Outward Bound and student support programs Agents: William C. Howland, Scott W. Reynolds girls. He also remained close friends with John at UConn and provided academic and personal Dear friends, here are some notes sharing the Norman and Vin Foster ’70, the source of much counseling. A trailblazing college educator recent interests and activities of some of our of this material. Trinity thus always featured in and administrator at several institutions across classmates. Enjoy! knitting Kermit’s life. the nation, he was vice president at Florida From Pete Sherin: “I continue to have the Another classmate who died this year was Memorial University. While at Northeastern pleasure of periodically breaking bread with Robert “Bob” Brandenberger, of Newington, University, John conceptualized the Ralph Tim Lenicheck and getting indigestion discuss- Connecticut. At Trinity, 6-foot-6 Bob was a Bunche Scholars Program, designed to attract ing the politics of the moment. He always has a member of the Brownell Club, forming a Mutt and academically talented students from tradition- stream of interesting periodicals and books to Jef pair with me. He enjoyed having me put my ally underrepresented ethnic backgrounds to recommend. I enjoy these get-togethers as much shoe-clad foot into his shoe, with plenty of room serve as role models, peer tutors, and mentors as the ones I have with his son, Jonathan, who is to spare. Bob also played on the Trinity varsity in the educational opportunities programs special assistant to Congressman Capuano. The basketball team for three years (along with John oversaw. Summarizing his philosophy of fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.” John Norman) and afer graduation worked as a life, John quotes Muhammad Ali: “Service to From Will Files: “Here is some additional systems engineer with IBM for 36 years, retiring others is the rent you pay for your room here on information about the Rotary program some in 2001. He was an avid golfer and liked playing earth.” Thus, John has used his success both colleagues and I started … in Russia! Begun in poker. He wintered in Palmetto, Florida. Bob had academically and athletically as an example for 1999, a disease-prevention program (begun as a four daughters; sadly, two predeceased him. today’s youth. John has received multiple awards health-fair concept) grew in 10 years to operating Happier news, too: Michael Copeland and for his achievements in education and served in 17 major Russian cities, including Moscow, Howard Greenblatt have written a book, Oh What on the Board of Directors of the Urban League St. Petersburg, Khabarovsk (in the Russian Far a Move: Profles of Hartford Basketball Players of Greater Hartford, the Hartford Foundation East), and Vladivostok, to name a few. The pro- 1954–1984. Among the 50 athletes profled is for Giving, and the Doc Hurley Scholarship gram also was introduced into areas of Mexico, John Norman, whose career began as his family, Fiji, Myanmar, and, most recently, China. The
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primary principle was/is to showcase local med- Smith ’65 and Frank Kirkpatrick ’64 about the sometimes comes away from those matters ical resources; for many rural folks, this was the death of Dick Chang. Dick was much admired and with renewed faith in the legal profession. frst time they had seen medical professionals.” beloved. The Reynoldses and the Changs were Equally interesting has been experience with a Rick Ashworth took the following 3½-week neighbors in Montclair when Dick worked in the microlending program that provides no-interest, experience of of his bucket list: “I wanted to see Episcopal Church’s national ofce in New York.” no-fee loans to individuals and small businesses the real last frontier so chose the wilds of the And fnally, I have heard from Bob Booth in inner-city Baltimore through his church. To Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories of and Fe afer the hurricane that hit Florida (they date, each of the 10 loans has been repaid in Canada and did a solo drive of some 6,000 miles are all right; we hope all of our classmates got accordance with its terms, and his church has round trip from my home in Idaho in my camp- through all the hurricanes OK), have seen Bob been able to invest more than twice the funds er-van. Only two roads in North America cross Kraut and Pat up here at our home in northern originally authorized back into the community. the Arctic Circle: one to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, New York, and hopefully will see the Howlands, For him this experience has proven again and and the Dempster Highway to Inuvik, NWT. It the Calabreses, and the Raymonds when Trinity again that, even in the most challenged neigh- took me 2,900 miles, including 300 unpaved, to plays Middlebury at the end of October. And, borhoods, there are many remarkable people get to the Dempster, then, as far as the eye can hopefully, there will be a grand and great working every day to improve the lives of their see, I found endless boreal forest and tundra; turnout of ’63ers for Homecoming at Trinity in neighbors and others in their community. 1,000 miles of it and no people. Drove 100 miles November. It has been a privilege to be able to ofer a small at 35 mph on rough gravel roads without seeing Blessings to you all. Keep in touch. measure of assistance to these individuals. a soul … intimidating yet exhilarating. My van Peter Kinzler wrote that he has been doing took a beating; it was a lonely time for me and Trinity Fund Goal: $80,000 some writing about life afer 70 and sent me sometimes depressing when you could see the 1964 Class Secretary: Christopher J. the frst piece. I found it to be a humorous, empty road stretching out of sight. But, that is McNeill, M.D., 406 Cooper Lake Dr., Georgetown, tongue-in-cheek introspective look at himself what I wanted to experience. Some other experi- TX 78633-5356; christopher.mcneill.1964@ as a 70-something-year-old who is still having ences of the trip: driving through lots of smoke in trincoll.edu fun despite an aging body that ofen disappoints British Columbia with the headlights on at 2:00 Tony Milbank writes that while he spent only him. As we are all in the same boat, it is an inter- in the afernoon; having to change a bearing of two years at Trinity, he still values his associa- esting read. To see the full article, email Peter at some kind in the drive shaf in a village shop and tion with the college since Messrs. Cooper and [email protected]. fnding that the battery also was near ‘dead’ (had Bankwitz were kind enough to write his letters of Richard DeMone, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, all this happened a day earlier when I was miles recommendation to graduate school. Most of his reports that he survived Hurricane Irma with and miles from nowhere, it would have really professional life was spent at Salomon Brothers minimal damage. He plays the organ at Grace challenged me). All in all, it was a trip well worth running international sales out of New York. He Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach and it but also fts squarely in the ‘been there, done spearheaded the frm’s relationships with central composes music; some of his compositions can that’ box.” banks around the world and with the several be seen on YouTube, under his name, or on his On the fip side, this from Eli Karson: “As pre- supranational organizations that put him in website, christianchoralmusic.com. viously mentioned, we did complete our 28-day contact with some of the best and brightest For me, this is my swan song as your class road trip in mid-July—6,800 miles and 15 states! minds in the global investing community. As a secretary. I have truly enjoyed hearing from Next time, it will be an airline/rental car event! consequence, he is on eight investment commit- many of you during the nearly 15 years that I I got the cross-country itch out of my system.” tees and assists the global investment process of have served. My wife and I are taking a 113-day And from Alan Lippitt: “I am now retired 10 the largest Chilean pension fund. He chairs the world cruise beginning in January 2018 where years and enjoying the change from medicine. board of a public health policy organization. He we expect to see parts of the world on our bucket My son, Danny, lives in Barcelona and is a sits on the board of the Scholar Rescue Fund, a list that we have yet to visit. We plan to continue musician. If you are interested, his albums of part of the Institute of International Education traveling (especially cruising) as long as our recorded songs can be heard either on YouTube that takes academics out of locations where bodies cooperate. or Spotify. Look up Danny-the-lip to fnd him. they are personally at risk and places them in The class secretary position for the Class of Enjoy! Regards to all!” host universities around the world. He recently 1964 will be vacant afer this issue. If you would Brent Davis writes, “My wife, Terrie, and I joined a confict-resolution organization based like to serve as class secretary, please contact went on our fourth Viking River Cruise in in Helsinki, which has operatives in the South Julie Cloutier in the Alumni Ofce at 860-297- June. This one was from Amsterdam to Basil, Sudan and Eastern Ukraine. In his spare time, 2403 or [email protected]. Switzerland. We spent three days in Amsterdam he was treasurer and then president of the Union prior to the cruise and at the end rented a car Club for an 11-year stint. He is still married to the Trinity Fund Goal: $70,000 and drove back to Germany and France for a few mother of his two children and grandmother to 1965 Class Secretary: Thomas A. Garson, days. We especially liked our stay in Tübingen, a their fve grandchildren. To top it of, he has a 4345 Embassy Park Dr. NW, Washington, D.C. quaint medieval city. 2018 ofers only short local golf handicap that makes him very attractive in 20016-3625; [email protected] trips here in California.” member-guest tournaments (lots of strokes Class Agent: Brewster B. Perkins Scott Reynolds writes, “Last June, we had I guess!). Roland Carlson writes, “Spring training this year a gathering of Theta Xi members on campus Bill Bowie is an itinerant chemistry professor was held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with to dedicate two plaques commemorating the since his retirement from running the analytical four former Torrington High School classmates locations and experiences of the fraternity on labs for the City of Milford, Connecticut, waste- and their wives. Two of them have homes there Vernon Street (got the idea from Crow House’s water treatment plants. Since relocation to Elkins and served as our hosts. It was a blast, and the plaque of a few years ago). We also raised some Park, Pennsylvania, he has become very busy golf was great! In July, Rosemary and I celebrat- funds to help repair the house at 79 Vernon that as an adjunct professor at Temple University, ed our 50th anniversary with our four children, is now used by The Mill, a student group with in- Jeferson University, and Manor College. Although their spouses, and our four grandchildren at terests in the arts. I also attended the wonderful he is on home peritoneal dialysis for his failing Acadia National Park, Maine. We rented a house celebration held for John Rose, retired afer 40 kidneys, he is able to continue his active lifestyle. in Southwest Harbor. Family members traveled years as organist, director of The Chapel Singers, Snowden Stanley continues to enjoy practice there from Denver, Providence, New York City, and teacher/mentor to many students. While as arbitrator and mediator in construction and and Moscow, Idaho. This area in Maine was a at the event, I shared conversations with Drew commercial disputes in Maryland and D.C. and favorite vacation spot for the children during
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their growing up years and was chosen by the viding exposure assessments for environmental impoverished children in Kenya. As you may kids as the ‘destination of choice’ to celebrate health studies. I am now an adjunct professor in recall, they were featured in a Trinity Reporter Mom and Dad’s special anniversary. We were the Department of Public Health Sciences of the article in 2014. As of this writing, they have married in the Friendship Chapel in the Trinity University of Rochester School of Medicine and had a two-week cruise on their sailboat in the College Chapel by the Rev. Alan Tull on March Dentistry in the Division of Epidemiology.” Penobscot Bay on the Maine coast with only one 18, 1967. Later in the summer, we attended the Vincent Lombardo writes, “We snowbird with a day of rain. Rod says that is a record in those wedding in Finland of a former Rotary exchange Florida residence in Clermont. We only lost one parts. They are leading a group of 20 American student whom we hosted at our home several 60-foot palm tree to Hurricane Irma. This year, sponsors of the program to Kenya to celebrate years ago. Afer that event, we spent four weeks my wife, Lina, and I celebrate our 50th wedding their frst class of 45 EFAC graduates. And to traveling to St. Petersburg; Tallinn, Estonia; anniversary. Last year, I was privileged to be the rest up from all this activity, they will return Berlin; Krakow and Auschwitz/Birkenau, Poland; grand marshal of the Hartford Columbus Day home via Spain for a one-week bicycle tour. I am and Prague. Our visit in Germany included a Parade and passed on the top hat from our class exhausted just reading about it. visit to Eckernförde to see another former to the incoming class joining the Half-Century His buddy and fraternity brother, Scott Rotary exchange student and her family. Life is Club. Until Florida, I was busy donating my time Sutherland, whose goings-on you have read about good. Traveling is fun. Work is interesting and to handle the fnances of nonprofts. My feld was here before, let me know what he and Terry were rewarding when we do it according to our own computers and fnance, retiring from Travelers up to. He writes, “We sold our 34-foot Sea Ray, desires and time frames. For more information, Insurance and the state.” which has been the focus of our summers for the check out my website: www.rolandcarlson.com.” Riess Potterveld wrote that he announced his last 18 years—just felt it was time to move on to Dick Gann ofers that his next project is a new retirement for June 30, 2018. “We just received other things. So there has been a lot more golf in edition of his textbook, Principles of Fire Behav- the largest gif in the history of the Graduate the picture, and we took a wonderful three-week ior and Combustion, which has sold more than Theological Union—$5,700,000—for scholar- trip to Scotland. Visited the Sutherland family 6,000 copies worldwide. Dick and wife Debbie ships. My spouse, Tara, just published her castle (Dunrobin) in northern Scotland, which is live in suburban Maryland. His older son, Eric, second book for sign language interpreters, now a beautiful museum with fantastic gardens, and wife Jessie live fve miles away, easy for fre- focusing on interpreting in legal contexts. I tag played a little golf at St Andrews, experienced quent impromptu get-togethers. Dick’s younger along on these projects as the proofreader. Afer the Isle of Skye, and really enjoyed the friendly son, Mike, wife Marjie, and grandchildren Ben, retirement, besides happy work with seven people and great scenery. The narrow roads, Edy, and Sam live in Roanoke. The family spent grandchildren, cello, reading, exercise, art, combined with driving on the wrong side, made a great long weekend together in Williamsburg and more, I have so many interests that I can’t for a good challenge, but we did manage to get and at the Jamestown Settlement. imagine ever feeling bored.” the rental car back in one piece. Shortly headed Tom Garson writes, “My wife, Nancy, and I Jon Simonian sent in three tidbits: “1) Talked of for an upland game-hunting trip in northern celebrated our 25th anniversary in September. As recently to David Hornfscher. At Trinity 53 years Maine with Ray Egan.” a second marriage, we thought such a milestone ago, I remember Dave’s ideal job was to be the We did not have our Cape Cod reunion this should be celebrated, so, between frequent-fier play-by-play broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox. year because, because … we are too old to miles, hotel points, credit cards, and currency, Today, he’s gotten close with his own weekly organize ourselves? Maybe next year, when we we traveled for fve weeks (one for every fve local sports TV program in Framingham, are older. In any event, I heard from one of the years). Included in the places visited were Massachusetts; 2) This summer, our son Jon Cape Cod crew, Bill Carlson. Bill has shown us Portugal, Marbella, Switzerland, Italy, Israel, and Simonian Jr. ’07 married a beautiful Armenian just how adaptable we Trin types are in new Paris. Among the highlights were sharing our girl whom he met at church in New York settings. His post: “Well, Lonni and I survived anniversary with 15 friends on a hotel roof near City. What a wonderful thing to happen! 3) And another summer of Cape Cod trafc, mostly by the Spanish Steps in Rome, visiting the Vatican speaking of Armenia, Charlene and I were there sheltering in place. We now have a third horse, Library, meeting newly found cousins (from this summer and were proud to be honored by a Charly, a Missouri Fox Trotter mare, who is Nancy’s excellent genealogy research) in both small village on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, fnding integrating into the ‘herd’ a bit of a chal- Italy and Israel, and bringing my mother’s ashes where we and three other families have helped lenge. Hooves occasionally fy. Lonni is working back to the United States from Marbella for an the village to rebuild homes, a school, a nursery, on a new stained glass window; I’m playing at October burial in a family plot. (There is more to a health center, and a herd of chickens and pigs St. Mary’s in P’town and singing in two choral that story, but space does not permit details.) that were lost in border tensions in the region.” groups. Gardening, grandchildren, and mod- The highlight of our return was the October Merrill Yavinsky and Cindy welcomed their 13th est environmental activism also keep us from wedding of son Michael to Jessi Rapoport. Both grandchild! Simon Frank Yavinsky was born on focusing on the alarming passage of time. Sorry are lawyers, and they live in Virginia. Certainly, July 19. (Does anyone have more grandchildren that there was no ’66 gathering on the Cape this October had its emotional lows and highs!” than Merrill and Cindy?) summer; maybe next.” Tom Henry writes, “It’s hard to believe, but Ellis Ratner followed up on his lunch with Nancy and I have been living in Florida for 23 Trinity Fund Goal: $50,000 Ron Diner and Rich Rothbard in New York City years and have experienced seven hurricanes. 1966 Class Secretary: David C. this past summer. As Ellis relayed back to Brian Irma was the ‘big one.’ Fortunately, we were Charlesworth, 5 Kittanset Rd., Bedford, NH 03110- Grimes, “Both Ron and Rich remembered your in Harbor Springs, Michigan, when it hit. 4508; [email protected] vintage Jaguar sports car; that you were from Harbor Springs is in the northern tip of the Class Agent: Joseph A. Hourihan, Esq. Rhode Island, unlike the rest of the world; that Lower Peninsula. So we were fne. We had some It has been a quiet time the last four months or you had a fondness for gin and tonics and lef minor damage to the roof and a lot of debris. It so. Not much new to report. Haven’t heard from Ron one night hugging the toilet; and that you certainly could have been worse!” major sectors of the country or our expats. I will took Rich to a Yale football game where he met Phil Hopke expanded on what he sent in for probably have to travel and meet you all per- girls with names like ‘Muggsy’ and ‘Mufn’ the last issue: “Although we enjoyed our 28 years sonally to catch up, but some segments of New wearing fur coats and he was a bit intimidated in Potsdam, Eleanor and I decided we needed England have kept me posted. although appreciated the experience.” Brian’s some other location that would be closer to an Rod Van Sciver and wife Nancy have been very response was pitch perfect, “Looks as if you airport, an interstate, and better medical care, busy in retired life operating and fundraising for guys had a lot of fun at lunch. Was it under four so we have moved to Rochester, New York. I had Education For All Children (EFAC), a nonproft hours with all the lies and dreams you told? been working with the university since 2001, pro- they started to fnance education for bright but I wish that I could have been there to defend
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myself. I will not argue that gin and tonics were Virginia, especially the time to spend with our on my preferred list, but Ron was on his own GIVING DAY IS COMING! grandchildren in Newton, Massachusetts, as well with the plumbing. As for Rich, he was only in APRIL 26, 2018 as with friends near and far.” Hartford for about six weeks before he went of As for me, ever the contrarian, I avoided the to med school, but 55 years can elaborate one’s Support the Trinity College Fund. temptation to get pneumonia. Just doesn’t sound memory. If we did go to Yale, at least he had a like that much fun. Jane and I are celebrating her good time.” www.trincoll.edu/GivingToTrinity “big” birthday by taking our sons and daughter- Frank Vincent reminded me that his wife, Joan, in-law to Australia for Christmas and New Year’s. an award-winning author, has a new children’s Some class business: We are in need of a book out, The Legend of the Lost Lilies, and is from Japan, I sat owl shifs on an experiment at webmaster for the Class of 1967 website. If waiting for us to buy it for our grandchildren. TRIUMF for the frst half of July (I really am too any of you has an interest in designing and Finally, once again, Joe Hourihan and yours old for that stuf). No sooner had I recovered maintaining the class website, please contact truly reconvened at the Farmington Woods from that than I few of to Zurich for another Charlie Kurz or me. Country Club in Avon to personally underwrite experiment at PSI! When I got back from The leadership team for the 55th Reunion of the whole varsity baseball program. That is, if Switzerland, I came down with a brutal case the Class of 1967 is asking for nominations for its the value of our contribution was proportional of ‘walking pneumonia’ (so they called it) that Trin-Man Award, to be presented to a member to the number of strokes we took. We were ably knocked me for a loop; I lost 12 pounds in of our class at the next Reunion in June of 2022. helped by Joe’s son Garrett, who could actually fve days and was feeble as a kitten for weeks Although the tangible evidence of this award hit the ball, and Joe’s friend Les, whose bad back aferward. I barely rallied enough for my second will be the Trin-Man 1967 Connecticut license kept him from swinging too hard resulting in and last competition of the season at the BC 55+ plate that was the basis for our 50th Reunion consistently good strikes down the fairway. Of Games, where I managed to defend my title in the class pin, the award itself is a completely serious course, Joe was complaining about his sore back short hurdles but did poorly in everything else.” one and is intended to recognize and honor one from carrying us in this tournament. Of note, for Gil Campbell checked in. “I was in the hospital of our classmates for “signifcant and mean- the frst time, we actually had a couple of birdies. for 11 days in October with pneumonia. The ingful service to one or more of the following: Didn’t help. doctors said I could have died. But I didn’t be- Trinity College and/or higher education in For those of you who are retired and don’t lieve them, so here I am today, fully healed and general or the recipient’s local community, know what to do next and who want to go to a energetic. Our triplet grandsons turned 10. Their state, or nation.” The recipient also should have foreign country that speaks English, that you mother thinks they are candidates for Mensa, a history of meaningful monetary contributions can drive to, and that has friendly customs, but I am not sure. But they can beat Grandpa at to Trinity within (at least) the most recent 10 you should consider the trip that Jane and I chess. Recently, I stepped on a sharp, stif piece years. Nominations for this award may be made completed in September to British Columbia and of beach glass on our beach. It went in about an by any member of our class (or the widow or Alberta. We few to Vancouver, took the Rocky inch, and my foot became infected with some child of any deceased class member) and should Mountaineer tourist train to Banf, picked up strange bacteria that traveled across the Atlantic be directed to Rob Boas at [email protected]. a car in Banf, and drove back to Vancouver by to the Hilton Head beach. That necessitated fve The nomination period will remain open until way of Lake Louise, Jasper, Yoho, Revelstoke, days of antibiotic drip in the hospital. I sure December 31 of the year before the next Reunion Whistler, and Victoria. Great fun and not at all hate hospitals. In October, we are traveling to (i.e., until December 31, 2021, for the 55th inexpensive. Paraguay and Argentina to visit a friend of our Reunion of the Class of ’67). The members of In closing, I want to share words that Brian daughter Emily (an exchange student living with the leadership team for the upcoming Reunion wrote to Ellis, “And yes, we were/are all good Emily during the past school year). In December, will review the nominations and will act as a friends. Hopefully, it will not take another 50ish we are going scuba diving in Grand Cayman. It committee to select the recipient. It would be years to see each other in person.” Until next was one of the few islands spared by Hurricane our hope to present this award to a deserving time, be well. Irma and Jose. Next summer, we are going on a classmate at each subsequent fve-year Reunion, cruise up the east coast of England and Scotland starting with the 55th. Trinity Fund Goal: $165,000 and over to Norway and up to the Arctic Circle.” 1967 Class Secretary: James L. O’Connor, Robin Tassinari dropped a quick note that REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 675 West End Ave., Apt. 15B, New York, NY 10025- “daughter number fve” had a baby during the 50th Reunion Goal: $5,000,000 7380; [email protected] • Class summer. Robin is the grandfather of 12—10 girls 1968 Class Secretary: Daniel L. Agent: James H. Oliver and two boys. Goldberg, 53 Beacon St., #1, Boston, MA 02108- Afer sending out what David Downes calls David Downes did, in fact, answer my “begging 3531; [email protected] my “begging letter,” I did hear from some of letter.” “Since Reunion, I have visited some Excitement continues to build for our 50th you. There was one alarming theme in almost of our TX brothers who could not attend. In Reunion. More information concerning the everyone’s notes: pneumonia, walking, or mid-September, I took the ferry to Martha’s schedule of events appears on our Reunion regular. Alan Weinstein and his wife traveled to Vineyard and had a delightful lunch with Geof website, www.Trinity1968.org. Also, although Scandinavia during the summer, and as soon as White and his lovely wife, Eleanor Hubbard, at the announced deadline for adding your profle they returned, Alan was diagnosed with walking their home. I also had a tour of the studio of the information has passed, late flers are still en- pneumonia. The dry desert heat of Las Vegas Institute Voleu (of which Eleanor is director), couraged to fll out the forms on the website, and baked it out of him, and when I spoke to him which had sufered, but had recovered from, a we will see if the production schedule for our recently, he sounded very healthy. massive food. Geof is making progress on his Reunion book will be able to accommodate our Jesse Brewer wrote: “I must be getting old … book, whose working title is Clients from Hell. tardy classmates. this year seemed way too busy! In May, I visited Later in September, I had the chance to visit John Stu Bluestone forwarded some wonderful pho- a dying high school classmate in California and O’Neal and his lovely wife, Deborah (whom John tos of a golf outing that he and some of his fellow ran my frst ofcial decathlon ever (that 1,500 at fondly refers to as Mrs. O’Neal), for several days AXP fraternity brothers enjoyed. Rich Coyle, still the end is brutal). In June, I came back to Trinity at their comfy home in Ventura, California. They glowing from a recent hole-in-one at his home- for our 50th Reunion, where I saw my frst wife proved to be very gracious hosts and amazingly town Savannah, Georgia, course, initiated plans again for the frst time in decades, then few of to well-informed and delightful tour guides. Willa for this fraternal reunion. Bob King served as host Sapporo for a muSR conference. When I got back and I are enjoying our retirement in Fairfax, in the centrally located Louisville, Kentucky,
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Kupka, visiting the Vietnam with their own voice when private free speech War Memorial where his difers from institutional values. name is inscribed. Ralph and From Vic Levine: “A group of Delta Phi Katherine Oser hosted this brothers and spouses got together for a long ensemble for a barbecue weekend at the end of September at Ed and dinner at their home, where Donna Doyle’s in Martha’s Vineyard. Mike and we were joined by Joe Perta Kathleen Carius, Geof and Caroline Mandly, and Steve Rorke ’69. All the Susan Watts W’69, Gene and Mufy Paquette, and guests lef before midnight, Vic and Judy Levine had a great time reminiscing, leaving open the question of eating, and drinking and, in general, had a great who was going to take care time together. We made plans to attend the 50th of swabbing the beer of the Reunion in 2019. The Paquettes and Levines had fraternity foor in the Sunday just returned from a two-week trip to Scotland morning fraternity tradition. and Ireland, so the reunion in Martha’s Vineyard I was sad to learn that one was the icing on a wonderful few weeks.” of my frst-year roommates, Our 50th Reunion will be June 2019, and CariClub Peter Hofman, passed away. you will be hearing from Mike Michigami and Classmates will remember Nat Prentice, who are co-chairing the planning CariClub, a networking platform culture and philanthropy. Those at that connects young professionals the event included Sid Dabral ’04; Peter for, among other things, committee. to nonprofits, welcomes Trinity Meyer; Al Smith ’12; Trinity Trustee his extraordinarily talented I invite you all to check out arthartford.org, College alumni at its first quarterly Christine Elia ’96, who serves as playing of the organ at the a new responsive website that I have created networking event at the Gramercy CariClub’s board chair; Andrew Trinity Chapel. We will based on courses I give at Trinity on public art. Park Hotel in New York City on Koris ’12; Monrose; Raether; Steve remember all of our departed The website provides tours and a catalog of September 26, 2017. CariClub Lari ’94; Dill Ayres ’12; and Trinity classmates at what will prove signifcant works of art in public places (that CEO and founder Rhoden Monrose Trustee Ling Kwok ’94. CariClub has to be a moving memorial means whatever you can see for free) and also ’09, seated in center, joins former plenty of Bantams involved, including Trinity Board of Trustees Chair Paul former Trinity Trustee Sophie Bell service at the Chapel during lists important architecture and historic places Raether ’68, H’14, P’93, ’96, ’01, Ayres ’77, P’12, a longtime member of our 50th Reunion in June. Bill in 27 towns in the Greater Hartford area of fourth from right, and Trinity the organization’s Board of Advisers, Spigener has volunteered to Connecticut. When you are next visiting, you Trustee Danny Meyer ’80, P’20, and Todd Dagres ’82, who invested organize that service, and I can use the site on a mobile device to design second from left, who were the in 2016’s seed funding round, which encourage you to think about your own tour of the Trinity campus or of works evening’s two guest speakers; they was led in part by Raether. Please see whatever memories of our de- in themed tours on topics that interest you. It addressed the themes of corporate page 66 for more on Monrose. parted classmates you would has responsive maps that will tell you what art like to share. See you in June! is near you when you are out touring. I will be area, ftting in the rounds of golf between his building out the site in the future. ongoing full-time job atop higher education Trinity Fund Goal: $120,000 administration in the state. (Stu reports that 1969 Class Secretary: Alden R. Gordon, Trinity Fund Goal: $90,000 Bob’s wife, Karen, was smart enough to leave Fine Arts Department, Hallden 09, Trinity College, 1970 Class Secretary: John L. Bonee III, town so that Bob could host his fraternity 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106-3100; alden. Esq., 19 Scarsdale Rd., West Hartford, CT 06107- brothers in standard Crow style.) Bill Walsh [email protected] • Class Agent: Nathaniel S. 3339; [email protected]; fax: 860- provided golfng hats from his Ponte Vedra Prentice 522-6049 • Class Agents: Joseph A. Barkley III, Beach, Florida, resort, and Mike Center, recently Barry Richardson’s band, The Backyard Birds, Esq., Ernest J. Mattei, Esq. retired from decades working for the same has undergone a couple of personnel changes I enjoyed cheering Trinity on to a signifcant company, squeezed the outing in between his but continues to thrive around Long Island. victory against Hamilton on a balmy, humid son’s wedding and a dream trip to Italy. Albert Barry writes: “I’m still band leader and lead October day that almost made one think about Entwistle, at Trinity from ’64 to ’66, also lives singer. We’ve played cofeehouses, bistros, the weather in Hawaii enjoyed by Bevo Biven in Louisville and joined the motley crew, as did bowling alleys, street fairs, church fairs, and, and Steve Smith! It was especially fun to sit with Butch McDonald from the Class of ’69. Hopefully, of course, bars. Bill Green ’70 has come to see Ernie Mattei and his two adorable grandsons, these lions of the links will reassemble for the us several times.” Maybe The Backyard Birds Everett, 3, and James Ernie, 5, sons of Chris, Thursday golf outing that kicks of our Reunion should have a gig at our next Reunion. who is exploring a run for governor, plus trading Weekend so they can continue to embellish their Witt Barlow and wife Maria are looking barbs with Warren Kalbacker and Bill Reynolds golf scores and life histories. forward to spending time at Trinity over the next from the Class of 1971, i.e., who was really Another fraternity reunion took place in fall four years with our son Sam ’21, who is enjoying responsible for the big football win in 1970, our 2017 when Theta Xi alums got together for a his frst year and is already enmeshed in the class or their class? We all missed the rest of long weekend in Washington, D.C. Joined by drama program as co-director of the fall musical. the student body, other than the football team, our better halves (who undertook the planning Witt says, “I’ve seen many positive changes at because most students were away for the long for this year’s group sojourn), your secretary, our alma mater—in the physical plant, curricu- weekend, resulting in a quiet game with subdued Joe McKeigue, Kim Miles, Ben Jafee, Joe Saginor, lum, and diversifed student body.” cheering. A couple of groups managed to scrape George Fosque, John Vail, Ralph Oser, and Rod Classmate Bill Marimow was on campus and bang on some tin cans, which caused one Cook spent a long weekend together. We rented on October 3 to moderate an interview with of Ernie’s grandsons to block his ears. I truly a home between the Russian Embassy and the Frederick Lawrence, the very thoughtful former identifed with him and could not help but National Cathedral so we could collude and president of Brandeis University, on “The hark back to the “the good ole days” when our pray for redemption. We visited Congress, the Contours of Free Expression on Campus.” The classmate Steve Hamilton led the cheering squad Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, and exchange is archived on YouTube and is very before us at games. I can still see him in his the various war and presidents’ memorials. well worth hearing for their insight on free white letter sweater, won from rowing thousands Do not miss the MLK and FDR memorials. Most speech, academic freedom, and the strategic of miles on the Connecticut River, with his poignantly, we paid our respects to Buddy need for institutions of higher learning to speak old-fashioned megaphone, broad shoulders,
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and big smile, shouting out one of our beloved Mike James and Bill Belisle each have previous fght songs. My memory is the following: “We’re commitments but will do their best to join us. gonna win, hey! We’re gonna win, hey! We’re John Stevenson has worked hard to rally the gonna win the—people cri-i-ied. We’re gonna troops and will be returning with teammates win, hey, we’re gonna win, hey, T-r-i-n-i-i-t-e-y-i!” Sheldon Crosby, Clif McFeely, Peter Miller, and Those songs so resonated with the crowd, almost perhaps more. like We Gather Together does in a stalwart Con- Other notes: Bill Richards returned to the East gregational church at Thanksgiving. Those days Coast for the frst time in about 10 years to attend are gone forever, but perhaps when the students his 50th reunion at Trinity-Pawling (joined by return, they can get a little school spirit and fnd T-P and Trin classmate David Sample). Bill lives some members of the band to play a bugle or a in Novato, California, where he is a consultant to bagpipe to get us pumped at Homecoming. There buyers of shopping centers. In his spare time, he is nothing like indigenous enthusiasm at a foot- enjoys spending time at his ranch. ball game. It sure beats the 30-second blasts of Philip Khoury was awarded the Distinguished catchy dance tunes played from the loudspeaker Alumni Award at his 50th reunion at Sidwell Norden Gilbert ’71 and Ben Thomas, partners for 24 years, system with the new wide-screen TV on the were married on July 10, 2016, in Sycamore, Illinois. Those Friends School in Washington, D.C., on May 6, scoreboard showing a replay. in attendance included Rusty Page ’71 (who ofciated the 2017. This was not a surprise to Philip’s Trinity Steve Hamilton, by the way, is still at it. He ceremony), Norden Gilbert ’71, Thom McGrath ’71, Ben classmates … we know he is distinguished. told me at our last reunion two years ago that Thomas, David Bargman ’73, Jim Montgomery ’71, and Tom Congratulations, Philip! Weiner ’71. he rowed extensively on the Connecticut River David Sample writes: “While conducting an Saturday morning of our Reunion. He looks as Entrepreneurship Workshop for Scientists in strong and ft as ever, an inspiration to us all. Trinity Fund Goal: $150,000 Mexico City, I experienced the recent 7.2 earth- The press afermath of the spontaneous 1971 Class Secretary: David M. Sample, quake, just a short time afer experiencing Irma! eruption in song by the football team of The 401 Ocean Grove Circle, St. Augustine, FL 32080- We were not allowed to re-enter the buildings at Star-Spangled Banner was truly fantastic. With 8722; [email protected] • Class the university, but the hotel we were staying at the musical accompaniment dysfunctional Agent: Howard B. Greenblatt was able to set up conference rooms and meals or missing, the team burst into the anthem of The big news for the fall is the 50th Reunion of for the 45-plus individuals so we could fnish the its own accord in wild baritone abandon. All the undefeated freshman football season for workshop. It was very successful, and one that manner of press (TV, radio, and newspaper) in the Class of ’71. Our captains, Jon Miller and Jim all of the attendees will never forget!” Connecticut picked up on it, with compliments. Graves, along with Howie Weinberg, Clif Cutler, From the Alumni Ofce: Norden Gilbert and A sincere and heartfelt public relations coup on Bob Benjamin, Tom DiBenedetto, and the Alumni his partner of 24 years, Ben Thomas, were the part of the team for Trinity. Ofce, have put together what should be a fun married in a ceremony ofciated by classmate Alex Belida was most thoughtful to write to event. On Saturday of Homecoming Weekend Rusty Page on July 10, 2016, in Sycamore, Illinois. me with the news of the passing of classmate (November 11), we will have a special breakfast In attendance were Tom Weiner and son Stefan, Bill Newbury afer having had a wonderful on campus before the Trinity-Wesleyan game. Tom McGrath and wife Mimi, Jim Montgomery, meeting with Bill and wife Priscilla at their Along with exchanging memories of the season, and David Bargman ’73 and wife Susan Ladner. Andover 50th reunion. Alex wrote from the team will be shown the flm from the Coast Norden reports that he retired as university coun- Maryland, where all is well with him. He said Guard game from the fall of ’67. There were 44 sel of Northern Illinois University fve years ago. that Bill was co-captain of the Trinity crew members of the team, and we hope to get at least He remains active as head of the local American and the two of them competed at Henley. Afer 20 to come back. Youth Soccer Organization region, as a member Yale Forestry, he worked for environmental Jim Graves has spoken with many from our of the DeKalb Human Relations Commission, on organizations in the Boston area, moved to class and ofers the following: “I enjoyed talking the board of a community chorus, on the Illinois Brooklyn in 1981, and went to business school to David Sarasohn, who is living in Portland. State Bar Association LGBT committee, and as a in the New York City area. Afer graduation, he David said he would buy Oregon wine for anyone precinct committeeman. Norden, Ben, and their joined TIAA-CREF as a stock research analyst who comes to see him from the Trinity freshman springer spaniel Cooper live in DeKalb and also and later became a portfolio manager. In the football team. I also talked to David Kiarsis, who have a condo near Wrigley Field in Chicago. He reunion book, Bill noted that he and his wife had comfortably survived the hurricane in Florida. says life is good. celebrated their 42nd anniversary in 2016, that He also reports a 24 handicap, playing golf three they have three fabulous daughters, and that he or four times per week. Finally, it was great to Trinity Fund Goal: $75,000 had made a propitious change in his professional exchange emails with Scott Phillips, who is still a 1972 Class Secretary: John R. Nelson, career midlife and he found great success. practicing architect in New York and working Southern New England Technical Stafng, 60 He noted that he had been diagnosed with MS on several interesting commercial projects. Evergreen Ave., Hartford, CT 06105-3149; john. some 20 years ago, but he was able to have a I’m involved in private equity and living in [email protected] wonderful life with only minimal adjustments. Dallas.” Hi, everybody. By now most of you have (hope- For further information, contact Priscilla at Henry Smith writes: “I wish I could be at Trin fully) spent countless hours on our Class of ’72 [email protected]. for Homecoming, but I will be in Africa visiting Facebook page in a blissful reverie of days long From Ernie Mattei: “In August 2017, the folks my daughter. Best regards and memories to the past reconnecting with dear friends long lost from my wedding party visited Mickey and me team!” and have fnally self-actualized, as Professor in Weekapaug, Rhode Island. We spent the George Matava writes: “The timing for the Langhorne so ardently wished for us so long ago. weekend together reliving fond Trinity mem- 50th freshman football reunion is not looking And perhaps you’ve uploaded numerous photos ories. George Munkwitz came from Wisconsin, good. I have three weeks of depositions in late of your accomplished lives, exotic vacations, and and Andrew Shaw came from New Jersey. Bob October through mid-November in Colorado and perfect children for the beneft and to the envy of Broatch, my best man, came from New Jersey, New Jersey, and I told my son I would help him us all. And maybe you’ve even found new ways but I see him regularly because he has a house in move on the 11th. I’ll let you know how things to utilize the site by promoting your businesses, Stonington, Connecticut. I have invited the same shake out. I would like to make it. If I don’t, soliciting for your favorite cause, or enlightening crew to get together for Homecoming.” please give my best to all!” us with your political views. Thankfully, our
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class exists in perfect harmony, universal posts/1878908785458059?pnref=story. relevance, and cosmic oneness. Yes? No? Our prayers, Mike. Anyway, if you haven’t yet, do check it out From the Alumni Ofce: Dennis Lalli (www.facebook.com/groups/473084476372885). has been included in the 2017 New York I’m writing this in mid-October, so I’m not sure Metro Super Lawyers list in the feld of how it will be working out by now. Or then. Or employment and labor. whatever. You may have to open a FB account and if uncertain on how to, or about privacy, or REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 how not to be profled, tracked, or trolled, email Trinity Fund Goal: me and I’ll give you the ins and outs of 21st- $100,000 • Co-Class century communications. I’ll also post a tutorial 1973 Secretary: Diane Fierri Brown, 62 on our site. Regardless, do join, share, go down Westwood Rd., West Hartford, CT 06117; memory lane, and reconnect with old friends. [email protected] Also, please update your contact information in Co-Class Secretary: Robert P. Haf, 8 the Trinity directory. Riverbend Rd., Old Lyme, CT 06371- A few gratifying responses to my desperate 1428 • Class Agent: Patti Mantell-Broad pleading for news (thanks, guys): Tom Robinson Patricia Fargnoli’s ffh book of poetry, writes: “Sorry I couldn’t make it to the Reunion, David Schirmer ’73, Stephen Hoffman ’73, and Scott Fitzpatrick ’73, Hallowed: New and Selected Poems, has but my daughter was graduating from Mount all wearing Trinity ties, attend the Spencer Lecture at University just been published by Tupelo Press Holyoke. I plan to show up at the 50th and am School in Cleveland. Hoffman spoke at this year’s event, which and is available from the press or on working on my Ed Sullivan impression on the of annually honors George “Twig” Spencer ’73, who was killed on 9/11. Amazon. Patricia, an award-winning chance I get to introduce The Outerspace Band. The three were roommates of Spencer at Trinity. poet, is a former New Hampshire poet I hope you will all be there, too. This summer, laureate and a MacDowell Fellow. Her my 16-year-old son was on the frst U.S. lacrosse the fne art of exquisite wooden bowl turning. work has been published widely. team to play exhibition games in Russia. He may Check it out at www.mikesooley.com. Paul Dumont reports, “I continue to enjoy my wind up on a NESCAC team before long. I am Since 2004, Mike, Al Winrow (Weymouth, retirement in Myrtle Beach, despite hurricane retired but busy. My wife, Carla Murray, is even Massachusetts), and Irv Price (Littleton, scares. My part-time DJ work goes on apace, with busier as the head of operations in the western Colorado) have been taking annual seven-to- occasional forays into karaoke. Visited the world- United States for Marriott Hotels. We live on 10-day motorcycle jaunts, the longest being to class Brookgreen Gardens again, a destination Mercer Island, near Seattle, but try to get away to Jasper, Canada, and to Gaspe, Canada (2,800 I highly recommend for South Carolina visitors. our home in Sun Valley, Idaho, when we are not miles, with Lew Payne). Sometimes they’ll ship As for Halloween, I plan to go dressed as a vague chasing kids or traveling elsewhere.” (Secre- their bikes and fy to the starting point, but ofen rumor.” tary’s note: Among Tom’s accomplishments is they’ll bike. All have biked cross-country, Al sev- Scott Fitzpatrick writes, “Every year since 9/11, co-founding eProNet.com, a top 50 university eral times. He attained Iron Butt certifcation for there has been the Spencer Lecture at University recruiting website that was bought by www. riding 1,050 miles from North Carolina, arriving School in Cleveland in honor of George ‘Twig’ experience.com, the premier university career home at 4:00 a.m. Al’s longest trip: he rode more Spencer, who was tragically taken from us on management website.) than 8,000 miles in three weeks in 2010. Al also that fateful day. This year, the lecture was given From Jay Goodwin: “I am still waiting for my likes to pass Mike and Irv doing 120-plus mph! by Stephen Hofman, one of Twig’s roommates. trust fund check to arrive in Telluride, and, in Yours truly is semiretired from a career of Dave Schirmer and I were his other two room- the meantime, am overseeing large construction (mostly) being a headhunter and a landlord mates, and we were both there.” projects and teaching skiing full time. I was in Hartford. In 2015, I took a break and joined From the Alumni Ofce: Murtha Cullina deeply moved recently by the Novick/Burns a mental health agency as an employment LLP Attorney Burt Cohen has been named a 10-part series The Vietnam War, as it brought specialist helping people with mental illnesses “Distinguished Leader” by the Connecticut Law me right back to Trinity in those controversial attain and retain jobs. It was by far the most Tribune. He was selected for this honor for his times. I have retired as a volunteer frefghter/ interesting, rewarding, and exhausting job commitment to promoting diversity and the ad- EMT, which is really a young guy’s/girl’s world. I ever had. Fun, too! By coincidence, our vancement and retention of minority attorneys. I enjoy hiking to remote streams and fshing for previous—and modest—class secretary, John Our 45th Reunion will take place at Trinity trout. Thanks, Jack, for keeping the info stream Matulis, recently had served as chairman of June 7–10, 2018. We hope you will attend! going. Let me know if this works, and get out this large (350 employees) and essential social Stay tuned in the coming months for more here, soon! Beach” (Note: Current project: www. services agency (www.cmhacc.org). The past information. telluridearts.org/warehouse. Jay has been in year, I’ve been volunteering on the coolest Viking “Be careful about reading health books. You Telluride since the mid-’70s and has been a ship in 1,000 years (www.drakenexpedition- may die of a misprint.”—Mark Twain serious climber and backcountry skier, which america.com), berthed at Mystic Seaport. I’ve he helped pioneer.) been doing maintenance, giving deck tours, and Trinity Fund Goal: $200,000 Being class secretary prompted a call to Mike doing some development and hopefully will Class Secretary: Rebecca G. Adams, Sooley yesterday, October 10. The raging Sonoma crew on Draken’s East Coast tour in 2018. 1974 5503 Westfeld Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410-9226; fres forced Julie and him to evacuate their home So please, any news either post to Facebook [email protected] at 2:30 a.m. and to spend the rest of the night at a or email me for inclusion in the spring Reporter. Keep the news coming between requests. No Santa Rosa community center and then the next With Facebook and LinkedIn, I’ve been able to reason to wait. few days at the home of Mark DeMeulenaere ’73. research some of our class, and I see many of you Margie Huoppi sent this report last spring, Fortunately, their house was spared, but he and have led very interesting and altruistic careers and I missed it in my email: “Rich ’75 and I Julie had to sweat out a near miss, horrible air and lives, which I will endeavor to motivate you are still happily living at our small farm in quality, and the losses of friends’ homes. Afer to share with us. Thanks, all. Jack Nelson; jack. Pomfret, Connecticut, with two horses, two a successful CTO career (thanks to the Trinity [email protected]; 860-309-9518 collies, and three Papillons. I have worked in Engineering Department), Mike is happily retired P.S.: As I approach the Reporter deadline, Mike marketing and communications at Quinebaug in Santa Rosa, California, where he has mastered just posted this: www.facebook.com/mike.sooley/
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Valley Community College for more than 20 and wine were spectacular. Your other scribe, workshops and seminars conducted by the years and continue my involvement in town Chris Mooney, had the privilege of attending and Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, government (member of the Board of Finance was named most enthusiastic old guy on the Resistance, and Abolition at Yale. I enjoy and treasurer of the Democratic Town dance foor by the groom, Jordan, and his fellow spending time with my family and friends, as Committee), Pomfret Horse & Trail Association, Cornell alumni hockey players. Note that they well as travel and going to the theater and jazz and two purebred dog clubs. If I’m not horseback did not say skillful or graceful. Soon afer the concerts with my wife, Sandra. riding, I’m training and competing with my dogs wedding, Steve proudly reported on the birth in agility. Becoming grandparents eight years of his frst grandchild to his eldest daughter, Trinity Fund Goal: $100,000 ago brought a whole new and amazing dimen- Lindsay. Chris notes that Steve was one of the 1977 Class Secretary: Mary Desmond sion to our lives. We are fortunate our son Peter, frst people he met outside Mather in early fall of Pinkowish, 15 Lafayette Rd., Larchmont, NY wife Jennifer, and their two kids (Mason and 1971, so the friendships from Trinity days can run 10538-1920; [email protected] Anna) live only 45 minutes south of us in Quaker long and deep. Bill Gadsden writes: “On the night before our Hill, Connecticut. Our Trinity son David ’04 Other news from our class came in from Ann 40th Reunion, John and Elly McKenna hosted a and wife Hannah were married last summer Tulcin Kates, who, while ducking hurricanes, group of very special friends at their house in in Exeter, New Hampshire. David is a math chimed in as follows: “Hi, Steve! Hope you and Fairfeld, Connecticut. It was a wonderful reprise instructor and lacrosse coach at Phillips Exeter your family are well. Here is an update on us. of an earlier evening at the McKennas’ the night Academy. We enjoy spending time as a family My family—daughter and family, son and family, before our 25th Reunion. This group was reliving —four generations—at our summer home in mom, my husband and I, and our four pups—all many, many great memories from TC and includ- Biddeford Pool, Maine. We recently rebuilt the relocated to Southwest Florida to Estero, located ed John McKenna, Tim Ghriskey, Bill Gadsden, small guest house on our property, which can between Naples and Fort Myers, this summer. Mike Carter, Ted Judson, Paul Reinhardt, Donna now accommodate more friends and family.” We all love our new homes and communities and Clarke Stroud, and Morris Stroud.” And Richard Norden also sent a nice update: have fortunately all just survived Hurricane Irma! And from Polly Freeman Lyman: “I moved to “I am the frst ophthalmologist in New Jersey to Looking forward to enjoying retirement from Raleigh, North Carolina, in July 2017 to take a perform SMILE laser vision correction using the four-plus decades in education and our children; position as senior development ofcer at the Zeiss VisuMax laser, a minimally invasive pro- four grandchildren, ages 4–7; dogs; and my North Carolina Museum of Art. This is one of the cedure to correct nearsightedness. Great vision elderly, healthy mom! Best to everyone!” greatest museums in the Southeast! A fabulous the next day, full resumption of all activities art collection and a 164-acre park. And the including wearing eye makeup or kickboxing the Trinity Fund Goal: $315,000 Triangle is a booming, thriving cultural area. very next day! Perfect for those who play contact 1976 Class Secretary: Robert A. Gibson, Y’all come visit! In September, I caught up with sports, frefghters, police, military, etc. Tiny 84 Colony Rd., New Haven, CT 06511-2812; Sandy Weedon, who was in town visiting his incision the width of a pencil; eyes are complete- [email protected] • Class Agent: father. And lucky me (ever the Francophile), ly comfortable and white afer a few hours. Great Terry Michel Gumz Raleigh has direct daily fights to Paris.” for those who have been told that their eyes are Greetings to the members of the Class of 1976 Julianne Miller De Rivera also was in touch and too dry for LASIK. Also we’re the frst in Bergen around the nation and around the world! I writes: “I have been working these past 27 years County, New Jersey, to introduce the Raindrop hope you have been faring well since our last as a community psychiatrist for UMass Memorial corneal inlay designed to eliminate the need for communication. 2017 has swifly come to a close, Community Healthlink in Worcester. Hubby is reading glasses. We were winner of the National and I wish for you all a healthy, happy, and entertaining himself as an engineering consul- Doctors’ Choice Award in Ophthalmology in 2015 prosperous 2018! I have only received reports tant, and all 2.5 kids (stepdaughter and two sons) and 2016.” from two members of our class since the last have been educated, launched, and are working I also heard from Clare Payne: “I’m pleased edition of The Trinity Reporter. … whew.” So great to hear from you, Julianne! to report that afer 37 years with my law frm, I Arlene Kanter notes that during her sabbatical It also was terrifc to catch up with my lovely retired at the end of December 2016. I feel like I year as professor of law at Syracuse University roommate and friend Barbara Cooperman: “In am busier than ever spending time with my chil- College of Law, she was a visiting scholar at college, Charlie Spicer’s mother, Patsy, talked dren and grandchild, riding my horse, and fnally Harvard Law School during the fall semester and to me about careers for women, and I took her fnding the time to read lots of books again.” will be a Lady Davis Fellow at the law school of great advice and began my career in retailing. I have two bits of news myself. My daughter, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem during the A few years later, I got my M.B.A. at Harvard Hadley Adams Ilif, was married over Memorial spring semester. Congratulations to Arlene! Business School and returned to New York City, Day weekend to Justin Nolan. They reside in Elaine Patterson informs us that she continues shifing to marketing. The frst half of my career Durham, North Carolina, not too far from to work three days a week in human resources was in consumer marketing, culminating with Greensboro. The other bit of news I suspect I and organizational development for Breitburn running all the fragrances for Revlon. Along the share with many of the rest of you—I am now a Energy in Los Angeles. She is considering retiring way, I ran Bain de Soleil sun care and launched proud new holder of a Medicare card. May we this year so that she and husband Gregg can the Dynasty fragrances (Forever Krystle and need to use them infrequently! travel overseas for extended periods. They have Carrington). It’s funny; both of those brands traveled to the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, are now time warps! There is no millennial who Trinity Fund Goal: $265,000 and Vietnam. Afer a long absence from the would know those once-dominant brands. The 1975 Co-Class Secretary: Steven E. Trinity campus, Elaine hopes to visit in the spring second half of my career has been in marketing Hirsch, 11 Ricky Beth Ln., Old Greenwich, CT to see all the new buildings and athletic felds. to businesses and professionals. I was global 06870-1013; [email protected] Your secretary, Robert Gibson, is semiretired chief marketing ofcer (CMO) at Elsevier, the Co-Class Secretary: Christopher G. Mooney, 303 as he continues to work part time for the New largest publisher in science, technology, and Compass Point Dr., #202, Bradenton, FL 34209; Haven Public Schools as the district coordinator medicine, and then global CMO of LexisNexis, [email protected] of the New Haven high school student councils. which serves the legal community. I’m currently One of your scribes, Steve Hirsch, and wife I co-chaired the successful reelection campaign global CMO at Kroll and enjoying it—the frm is Beje had a busy September with the fabulous of my former high school history teacher who ran the leader in sectors like cybersecurity, fraud wedding of their youngest, Jillian, held in Napa for a seat on the New Haven Board of Education. and corruption investigations, compliance risk, on September 9, thankfully well before the I love to write political commentary online and and so on. Our CEO, David Fontaine ’86, also is horrible fres broke out. The setting, music, food, in local newspapers. I participate in teacher a Trinity grad! I’ve traveled all over the world,
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Q+A David King ’80
What do you enjoy most about your work? I enjoy working independently as an artist and a crafsman and meeting and engaging with clients who share a love of beautiful handmade furniture. A surprise for me has been the emotional aspect of woodworking, in carefully crafing and restoring pieces of antique furni- ture; there is a visceral connection when working closely with such historic pieces. Their history, including their maker, their place of origin, the selected wood, and the present owners combine to produce a rich fabric and fascinating story. That my space, and the creative arts. In 1998, I DEGREE: B.S. in psychology clients select me to work on such pieces is started my own custom woodworking a constant joy, and I always approach my business while living in a historic neigh- JOB TITLE: Owner and operator of Bristol work with reverence, respect, and deep borhood in downtown Baltimore. I de- Woodworks, a custom woodworking shop in Bristol, Vermont appreciation for the original makers. As to cided to specialize in architectural entry my clients, their interest for fnely crafed doors, moldings, paneling, etc. and FAVORITE TRINITY MEMORY: My junior furniture inspires me, and their love and branched out to serving some well-known year abroad in Vienna was a grand adventure devotion for a precious family heirloom historic churches. Soon I realized that for me, as I experienced a foreign culture for always humbles me; that I am entrusted the restoration of antique furniture was a the first time in my life. My instructors were top-notch, and the rich history of central with their beloved rocking chairs, dining natural extension of my own keen interest tables, etc., to restore these pieces for the Europe was illuminated for me through the and appreciation of history, woodworking, amazing architecture of Vienna. next generation is a very gratifying and and the fne arts in general. rewarding experience. Was there a professor who was particularly How did you get started in your feld? infuential? I especially remember a How did your experience at Trinity help Upon graduating from Trinity, I was survey of contemporary literature class sure that I wanted a career in child prepare you for what you do now? My with Professor Hugh Ogden. He prodded career as a woodworker and furniture psychology. During a brief stint in special us to think critically and taught us education, I took an evening class in restorer owes much to my years at Trinity, that careful reading was a necessary where I learned about critical thinking, furniture design at the Maryland Institute prerequisite to a better appreciation of College of Art in Baltimore. Something listening carefully, and being open to new all novels. We all greatly sharpened our ideas and concepts. I believe that my clicked, and I discovered how much I reading skills under his tutelage. I also enjoyed designing and building furniture. liberal arts education encouraged me took several classes with Professor to look diferently at our world. More I worked for a variety of diferent custom Randy Lee in the Psychology Department. woodworking businesses over the next and more, I see my career as a further His passion for psychology was evident extension of my Trinity years, in that I decade until I fnally wound up as a wood in how he brought alive the theories of crafer at the National Gallery of Art in continue to search for meaning and Freud, Jung, Adler, Fromm, and more. beauty in an ever-changing world. To Washington, D.C., building furnishings My senior seminar involved volunteer and casework for art collections. This led quote an old woodworking adage, “The work at Hartford’s Institute of Living, life is so short, the craf so long to learn!” to a position as an exhibit specialist at the where I received a good dose of practical, Smithsonian Institution, where I worked I feel so fortunate and blessed to live the hands-on experience in working with life of a crafsman and to do what I do. with scientists, curators, and design staf patients. This class broadened my under- in fashioning one-of-a-kind display cases standing of the healing arts, as Professor and dioramas. I became more profcient Lee skillfully blended his lectures with and skilled in working with a wide what we were learning in the feld. variety of building materials, and I learned a great deal more about design,
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visiting more countries than I can count, and Glanville, who hopped the Atlantic to Wilson, Lynne Bachofner, and Holly Singer-Eland this has been one of my great pleasures in life. Connecticut for his mother’s 90th. celebrating turning 30 times 2 with a fabulous I have a house in the Berkshires to balance the Manya Boutenef is an educational research- week in the Azores flled with adventures! Great constant exhilaration of New York City. And I see er and consultant focusing on boosting the hiking and exploring, dining and wining, lots several Trinity friends very ofen—Lisa Alberti, achievement of traditionally underperforming of laughs and memories shared, and especially Conrad Meyer, and Charlie Spicer.” (Secretary’s demographic groups in New York state public wonderful lifetime friends. note: Barbara and I wrote a restaurant review schools. This work brings to bear her 17 years Gary Savadove touched base with Jim Cropsey for The Trinity Tripod, a scheme by which we of teaching and 18 years of leadership at the to say, “Meredith and I sailed the Dalmatian obtained free meals from local establishments school, district, and regional levels. The research coast in Croatia this summer with some friends. and in turn wrote almost-glowing reviews for and the consulting are interesting and fulflling. We loved the islands, crystal-clear waters, histor- Trinity students to peruse. But neither Barb nor I Manya invites you to check out www.betterout- ic towns, and delicious food and wine. Afer that, can remember the nom de plume we used. Does comes-llc.com. we spent a couple of weeks exploring Poland, a anyone else? No, I didn’t think so.) Your humble secretary, Jory Lockwood, con- fascinating, underrated country albeit with a sad Didi Docal Burns checked in on behalf of tinues as the permanent apprentice for Canine history, and, before we know it, ski season will herself and husband Greg Burns: “Greg and I Training and Behavior Services (did you think be here.” Jim asked Gary if they were headed to still live in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Our three I was kidding about the permanent part?) and the Polish Tatras to ski. Gary said the Austrian children are now married. Our youngest gets to work with a variety of dogs and puppies. Alps are their destination, but he would check daughter got married in June. We are truly loving Dear Class of ’78, I always want to hear from you, out the Polish Tatras. being grandparents to a 9-month-old baby boy and I invite you to submit news, updates, and Gus Reynolds said he found some old pictures and a 5-month-old little girl. A third grandchild ponderings whenever you have the time. If you of the rugby team from 1979; I don’t know if I is on the way in February. We feel blessed.” submit them “early,” I will save them for the next can name most of the players! Gus is holding the Mark Strickland recently started a new position issue of The Reporter. ball. Jim found Fred Bufm (they were room- as clinical social worker in integrated behavioral Our Reunion is in June 2018. Please consider mates) and Kim Burns. Jim and Ken Crowe met health in primary care at Boston Medical Center. attending even if you have never attended up on Long Island’s North Fork. They avoided Congratulations, Mark. before—particularly if you have never attended the wineries and went to a new cider mill to Mike Diefenbach checks in from Middletown, before. renew their acquaintance with fresh hard cider. New York, celebrating the September wedding We used to drink it at the Rathskeller at night of his daughter, Heather, in Alexandria, Virginia. Trinity Fund Goal: $160,000 in Mather Dining Hall. Jim and Ken timed their He is still smiling from having palled around 1979 Co-Class Secretary: James M.G. get-together for afer Ken’s return from France. with Rob Bufm, Sophie Bell Ayers, Bill Ferguson, Cropsey, 376 Sanborn Rd., Tilton, NH 03276- Ken and youngest nephew Troy Hattler, a fresh- John Kitchen, and Sandy Weedon at our 40th 5729; [email protected] • Co- man at Northwestern University, visited the Reunion this June. He even snuck in an ABC Class Secretary: Kenneth C. Crowe II, 395 State Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and the nearby Pizza “grinder run” with John Cliford ’76! These St., Apt. 4F, Albany, NY 12210-1214; kenneth. site of the World War I Battle of the River Ourcq. days, Dief is helping execs and teams become [email protected] • Co-Class Secretary: Their great-uncle and great-great-uncle, Sgt. more efective, more comfortable, and more Diane Molleson, 4375 Kimberly St., Richland, WA Charles A. Connolly of the 165th Infantry (69th confdent speakers, leading lively training events 99352-8477; [email protected] New York), was killed in action on July 28, 1918, and coaching folks on public speaking and Class Agent: Jane Terry Abraham in the battle and is buried in the cemetery. presenting. Travel abroad and into the past brought many They’re the third and fourth generations of the And saving the very best for last here: classmates together and provided new experi- family to visit. Ken is researching the battle. Ken David Booth Beers and Marian Kuhn Browning ences. drove and Troy translated since he’s fuent in exemplify why it’s essential to attend your Judy Feinberg McGhee and Jean Blackmar French. They also visited other sites associated Trinity Reunions. You read that correctly. David Adams were up in the world when they climbed with the regiment’s service in Champagne and reports that Marian said, “Sure, why not” to a to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s Alsace-Lorraine before heading to Normandy. request for “just cofee sometime” while they highest mountain. As Judy wrote, “Jean and I One thing about the class notes is it can were watching Outerspace Band at Mather on decided to make the climb in celebration of our be a learning experience. Did you know that June 10, 2017. And … David followed up with, 60th birthdays in late August. It was a fantastic Eagle Scouts can reach new heights in the Boy “Will you marry me?” on August 5. The wedding experience in an extraordinary country Scout ranks? Eric Fossum few higher; he is a date is TBD next summer. David says, “I agree it’s (Tanzania). We were fortunate enough to spend Distinguished Eagle Scout. Eric became an Eagle the best story ever, and guess what? 44 years and fve days following the climb on safari at the Scout at 14. In August 2017, the Pine Tree Council now four months, I still love her something aw- Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengti, as well.” in Maine presented Eric with his newest scouting ful! We are so bummed we won’t be able to go to When not in Africa, Judy’s been living in distinction. The Distinguished Eagle Scout Homecoming together! We are going to Sarasota, Montclair, New Jersey, since 1993. She has two Award is presented to Eagle Scouts who earned Florida, to visit with Leslie Butterfeld, who also daughters: Kat, a professional equestrian in their rank at least 25 years ago and have received was in our class (but lef during sophomore year) Gladstone, New Jersey, and Julia ’13, who works national recognition in their feld. Eric even and with whom Marian has remained friends.” for a real estate tech start-up in New York City. surpassed that when he received international Thanks to all our correspondents! Cheers! Judy reports that Jean also is a mother of two: honors with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Mary George, an attorney in San Francisco, and Kate, Engineering. All the pictures we take with our just married and a very recent transplant to cell phones are due to Eric’s engineering. REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 San Francisco. Jean has been working in New Trinity Fund Goal: $325,000 York City real estate at Brown Harris Stevens for Trinity Fund Goal: $460,000 1978 Class Secretary: Jory F. Lockwood, many years. She said she’s in contact with Susie 1980 Class Secretary: Peter S. 67 Scarlet Oak Dr., Wilton, CT 06897-1014; jory. Saltonstall and David Duncan, Anne Fairbanks Jongbloed, 536 Boston Post Rd., Madison, CT [email protected] • Class Agent: Childers, and Cindy Achar. 06443-2930; [email protected] Andrew S. Terhune Jane Terry Abraham took a unique trip overseas Class Agents: John Alexandrov, Scott A. Lessne, Tina Orsi-Lirot and class agent Andrew Terhune to mark that landmark birthday many of us Esq., Harry J. Levenstein got together in Darien in August with Charles shared in 2017. Jane said she joined Lynne Bagdis For the past two years, Richard E. “Nick” Noble
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(who also earned his master’s at Trinity in 1982) most recent 35th Reunion have been uploaded. because they don’t do the things they’re told to has been very busy. His seventh book was pub- We also have shared the formal class dinner do, but it’s really a lot more complicated than lished—The Echo of Their Voices: 150 Years of St. photo. Each member of the class will be sent an that. I wish there were a way to say all of that in Mark’s School (750 pages, 267 photographs). He invitation to join this private Trinity College one crisp, clean sentence! The best I can come also has continued to host his radio show—The Class of 1982 Facebook group. Once you are up with is that ‘helping people not fall through Folk Revival—on Worcester Public Radio (WICN), connected, please feel free to share your updates the cracks’ part.” She and husband Ken love Thursday evenings from 7:00–11:00 (streaming and candids from this Reunion and/or other living in Seattle (especially in the summer when live online at wicn.org). In 2015, Nick won the get-togethers with fellow Trinity alumni. the sun comes out). And following in the wake Pulse Magazine Worcester Music Award as best Now for some recent random updates received of The Boys in the Boat, she’s been rowing with a DJ in Central Massachusetts (he has, to date, from near and far: Scott Cassie shared that he, local masters club and has enjoyed even getting been nominated seven times). On October 12, Sara Klocke Scarfone, and Chip Lake ’84 met back into racing. 2017, he celebrated his 500th show with a four- in New York City for a catch-up dinner while Carl Rapp chimed in to say that he dropped his hour-plus live broadcast before a studio audience Sara was in town. She wished she could have oldest of at Northeastern a few weeks ago and featuring two dozen local New England artists. made our Reunion and heard it went well. They experienced that moment where you become Nick also enjoys performing with his “faux enjoyed getting updates on kids and Trin friends, acutely aware that the hour hand of life is band”—Wolfpen—at a variety of venues and accompanied by lots of laughs. moving. “We also started the college search working at various folk festivals. He is manager, Sarah Glynn Peters sent along an update with our youngest—a junior—this past summer. editor, and school historian at St. Mark’s School from her new home in Germany. We had seen That led us to a tour at Trinity on a warm in Southborough, Massachusetts. Nick can best each other last year at Cinestudio right before quiet Saturday afernoon in September, where be reached at [email protected] or nickno- she lef the country to start this adventure—the amongst the elms, new dorms, and young [email protected]. fulfllment of a longtime dream of living in Bantams, we found several hundred students Europe. She and daughter Julia moved to Berlin packed onto AD’s patio, balancing Solo cups Trinity Fund Goal: $150,000 in July 2016. “We’re living in the very popular and grooving to the musical descendants of Run 1981 Co-Class Secretary: Susan Walsh neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg. I’m working at DMC. The campus looked beautiful, and Trinity Ober, 130 Skyline Dr., Millington, NJ 07946; Berlin Brandenburg International School as the is now on our daughter’s list.” [email protected] • Co-Class PYP Librarian (primary). We’re taking full advan- In fall 2017, my husband, Matt Smith, was Secretary: Tabitha N. Zane, 1620 Kersley Cir., tage of our European locale to visit other nearby invited to teach a graduate course in digital Lake Mary, FL 32746-1923; tabitha.zane.1981@ cities and countries and will spend Christmas marketing at the New York University School trincoll.edu • Class Agent: Peter J. Whalen in London for the second year in a row. If any of Professional Development. Thankfully, it From Jim Shapiro: “Recently got to refer a case classmates are visiting Berlin, please look me up. is one night a week, and he’s usually able to to and work with Bob Aiello in New York. My My email is [email protected].” combine it with business meetings in the metro client needed a criminal defense attorney with For the thespians in our class, you might New York area. He is loving the challenge of an a connection to the Queens DA’s Ofce, and Bob be amazed to hear that Gerry Moshell is still internationally diverse classroom. As he is busy was obviously the perfect choice. The client was active on the Trinity theater scene. Last year he prepping for class, I am preparing to head to extremely happy with him. I got a chance to meet celebrated 40 years with a new production of the center of the interior design universe, High Bob at his ofce in Maspeth recently, and it was a one of his favorites, Company. But, in a recent Point Market in North Carolina, to learn new veritable religious experience.” NPR interview, he shared that he will be retiring ways of marketing high-end home furnishings Peter Whalen writes that he is still in at the end of the year. Alice H. Ronconi let us to millennials. Here’s to new adventures in the Northampton, Massachusetts, running know that she joined in his fnal concert and spirit of lifelong learning. Whalen Insurance, his insurance and real estate retirement bash this past September. “So great to One fnal “thank you” to my best friend, business. His youngest son is a freshman at see so many returning to honor his 40-plus years Victoria Lenkeit Scanlon, who has ofered the Union College, where his daughter, a junior, also at Trinity.” She also shared that she spent two perfect spot in which to write these class notes. attends. Peter hosted a golf weekend in October weeks in Rome visiting her husband’s family and We are enjoying a gorgeous Columbus Day at his place in Southern Vermont with a bunch had the opportunity to revisit the Aventine Hill weekend at her beautiful home on the Cape in of our fellow classmates, including Tom Roche, and walk by the Barbieri Center. Falmouth. It seems only ftting since our precious Ken Savino, Rich Kermond, Peter Pfster, and Ward Classen checked in with his best wishes. friendship is one of many wonderful gifs that Roger Knight. Faraj Saghri and Bob Aiello couldn’t Also heard from Bill Talbot with some exciting has come from of our Trinity years. attend, but he sees them ofen. Peter celebrated news to share: “My 15-year-old daughter, Hope, Gerry Moshell’s retirement from Trinity, where tells me that she scored two tickets to the Gilm- REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 he saw Eleanor Wenner Kerr, Madison Riley and ore Girls Fan Fest and that she and I will Trinity Fund Goal: $250,000 wife Laura ’82, Tom Carouso, and Scott Collishaw. be attending in October, in Kent, Connecticut. Co-Class Secretary: Lauralyn Last spring, Peter stayed with Scott Growney in I will have to watch at least one episode before 1983 Fredrickson, 444 Central Park W., #11F, New York, the Philadelphia area while visiting colleges with I go. Wish me luck.” NY 10025-4358; lauralyn.fedrickson.1983@ his son. While there, he played golf with Alan We shared in our last update that Karen Miller trincoll.edu • Co-Class Secretary: Lisa Nebbia Schifman and Bill Miller. He recently saw Ellen Boudreau was settling into her new position Lindquist, 1868 Hubbell Dr., Mount Pleasant, SC Gould Baber and also is in touch with Alex Kirk, at Providence St. Joseph Health in Seattle, 29466-9212; [email protected] Tony Docal, and Bob Williams. He hopes the rest Washington. As our country faces the challenge Co-Class Secretary: Alfed B. Strickler III, of the Class of ’81 is doing well. of how to “fx” our health care system, her work Strickler Medical, Inc., 503 Libbie Ave., Ste. 2C, is paving the way. “Caring for the poor and Richmond, VA 23226-2660; alfed.strickler. Trinity Fund Goal: $150,000 vulnerable is core to our mission. We are [email protected] • Class Agents: Todd C. Beati, Class Secretary: Ellin Carpenter thinking a lot about the really big challenges 1982 Timothy D. Clarke, Lauren Grifen Niclas, Smith, 932 Windsor Ave., Windsor, CT 06095- that face our patients and get in the way of Christopher J. Sullivan 3422; [email protected] taking good care of themselves: the impacts of Greetings, Class of ’83. Please mark your To kick of this new year, we have created a poverty, housing and food insecurity, anxiety calendars for Reunion 2018 (June 7–10, 2018). Facebook page for our class to share news in and depression, trauma, and substance abuse. This is our 35th (clearly impossible), and we need between ofcial events. Candid photos from our It’s easy to think that people aren’t well simply
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to again show that we can regress better than of Michigan. We continue to live in and enjoy anyone. It’s time to storm the quad, descend to West Hartford, and I continue to work at Cigna.” fraternity basements, and relive the ebullience REUNION Nick Deppen: “I had a wonderful visit with of our youth. Gather your friends, and plan to JUNE 7–10, 2018 William Wubbenhorst ’83 and wife Alfreda when motivate! With the tribulations afecting us all on they came through Seattle this summer.” a nearly daily basis, a lapse into immaturity has SAVE THE DATES! Amy Snyder Forman: “Somehow, Dale Sindell been well earned. Tejera (in from Madrid), Linda Kapnek Brown (in While Mother Nature has been doing her best from Los Angeles), Nancy Katz Aresu, Michele to shake us of this earth, many of us have been “hotel school” and appears to be a foodie, much Rosner Saunders, Lorraine Saunders White, Katie continuing our daily grind. A few updates from like Wendy Tayer’s highly engaging son, Jason. Van Wagenen Sperry, and I (in from the Boston the ranks: My son, David Itzkowitz, graduated from The area) managed to pull of a dinner together in Al Strickler writes, “I now have two children Bronx High School of Science and has started New York City this past September! While the in college: Olivia, a senior at TCU (Go Frogs!), at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. My food was delicious, the best part was just being and Harrison, a freshman at Randolph Macon daughter, Lizzy Itzkowitz, is a college senior at together. As Nancy said, it was just like senior College in Virginia. Tenth-grader Maggie is the School of Visual Arts. In an attempt to relive year! We all feel so blessed by the many friend- making a New England swing this fall to include my youth, I spend my days training medical ships we made at Trinity. As for me, I have a part- Trinity. Leslie (spouse) is doing great things with students and resident psychiatrists at Mount time position at an immigration law frm. I am meditation/mindfulness in businesses. Medical Sinai St. Luke’s in New York City while running delighted that I have been able to fnd a way to equipment technology business is thriving while the inpatient psych unit there. Every day remains return in a small way to the law afer 25 years of tennis and bike riding keep the body active. an adventure. not practicing. I am also enjoying the sweet spot Beginning conversations with class representa- As your class scribes, Al and I urge you to join between being an empty nester and doing fun tives about Reunion 2018. If you have any strong us for Reunion and to join Reunion planning! things with my husband and our friends, while suggestions for activities, themes, etc., please let We send love to all in the Class of ’83 and wishes still having my three kids return home every now us know.” for happiness and success. And may we all stay and then. Life is good!” Todd Beati continues to represent. He writes, strong! Best, Laurie Fredrickson Another reunion occurred in mid-October at “Very excited that our Reunion is coming up this hostess extraordinaire Cathy McDonald’s lake year. The Class of ’83 has had stellar participa- Trinity Fund Goal: $100,000 house in Spencer, Massachusetts, where Alison tion at each Reunion, and I know that this year 1984 Class Secretary: Susan M. Greene, Limpitlaw Light, Cathy Marona Shrestha (in from will be no exception! On a personal note, my 89 Staniford St., Apt. 3, Auburndale, MA 02466- D.C.), Susan Manlove Partridge (from Moscow), eldest child, Samantha, graduated from Trinity 1128; [email protected] • Class Laura Ledbetter Baird, and your secretary this year with a B.S. in psychology. She is work- Agents: Amy Waugh Curry, Robert F. Flynn, Erin M. gathered for our wonderful yearly weekend of ing for the Boston Red Sox and living in Boston. Poskocil talking, eating, and more talking. My little guy, Max, is doing a postgrad year at Looks like it’s been a slow year for our class, as And fnally, from Todd Brilliant: “Our son, Phillips Andover. He is playing football and our word-count limit wasn’t threatened at all. Thatcher (‘borrowing’ the name from G. Thacher basketball. My thanks to Laurie and Al for their Remember, you don’t have to wait for my ofcial Storm, unbeknownst to him), just graduated continued great efort as co-class secretaries!” pleas; you can send your words or pictures kindergarten from the Montessori School of Beth Pruett Herbert, also in Boston, notes her anytime. Manhattan Beach; not to boast, but his use of daughter Vivian has started at Harvard afer a Amy Curry: “All is well with me and my kids. paste has been called ‘revolutionary.’ Thatcher successful gap year with City Year Boston. Twins My daughter Sarah, a St. Lawrence grad, is will be attending frst grade at Hermosa View Prescott and Kingston, 16, are continuing at working at JLL in commercial real estate in (Go Dolphins!) in the fall.” Although I verifed Boston Latin. The next Boston political dynasty Boston. She is doing really well. My 195-pound, that those schools do exist, I did not attempt to is taking form. 6-foot-2 son—not sure where he came from—is fact-check the artistic claim. Marissa Ocasio, still immersed in her wine captain of the Roanoke lacrosse team, and once career, is transitioning to writing full time. She he graduates, I will be free. I’m still doing real Trinity Fund Goal: $185,000 fnally has made David Murray an honest man; estate in Fairfeld County. Can’t believe it’s 1985 Class Secretary: Stephen J. Norton, they married in February 2017 in Connecticut. been 20 years in the business. So, if any of my 9 Ninth St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003-1333; Also jumping the broom this year, Brian Dorman classmates have millennials or wonderful baby [email protected] • Class Agents: and Gwen Tarbox wed in August 2017 in boomers or parents looking to move, I’d be Annette M. Boelhouwer, Esq., William F. Detwiler, Narragansett, Rhode Island, surrounded by happy to help. Always working! With some Suzanne Rittenbrg Dyer, Ann K. Lazarus-Barnes, classmates including Ander (and Lisa) Wensberg, time to play, this past summer I went kayaking Stephen J. Norton Kevin O’Callaghan, Tony Scavongelli, Todd Beati, and camping in the lower Saranac Islands. Hello, everyone. I must start on a sad note. Mike McCarthy, and Mike Brigham. Stunningly beautiful! Hope all is well with my Our classmate Scott Poole died last August I’ve had the pleasure of seeing many class- friends out there.” afer battling ALS for 11 years with uncommon mates this year. I reconnected with Terry Lignelli, Susan Lawrence Lebow: “I don’t have a ton of strength and kindness. I am sure you will all The Aronson Senior Conservator of Paintings updates, but we did go on a fabulous vacation read his obituary and refect his was too full a life at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, over beers in August, spending over a week in Paris and to end so early. Outside of his professional life, at Homecoming. I had a great time hanging out then a week in London. We packed our days Scott gave back to his community with a passion with Dr. Wendy Gorlin Tayer while in San Diego full and had a wonderful time. Two of our three that I hope inspires each of us to either keep up for a conference in May. I again joined Pat and kids were able to join us for at least part of the or ramp up our own good works. Given Scott’s the Sclafani crowd at their annual Connecticut time. We loved the vacation and hope to do more love for hiking throughout the country, ALS Challenge beach party and reconnected with traveling now that the nest is usually empty! As was a particularly cruel fate. I learned of Scott’s Doug and Amy Kuzmicki, host Bob Pigue, Kevin far as my kids, I’ve got one in the second year of death from Ted Coxe, who refected, “I stayed Sullivan, Kevin Slattery, and new team member law school at Harvard, one in the Army Corps of in touch with Scott afer college and visited Mike Isko. I see Dr. Mark Bronsky (as his patient), Engineers stationed in Savannah (Fort Stewart), him a few times at his house in Lancaster, whose son Jack graduated from Rye Country Day and my ‘baby’ in her senior year at the University Pennsylvania, afer ALS set in. For the last this spring. Jack has matriculated at Cornell’s several years, he was only able to communicate
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by blinking his eyes, but somehow he managed, to have a balanced perspective with all of the school there and head back to the United States among other things, to throw a surprise anniver- ongoing advances in AI and machine learning,” for college. I have just fnished 22 years of teach- sary party for his parents at a club in Lancaster! she wrote. Another empty nester, she said it has ing and am looking to switch gears for a while. Scott was brave, considerate of others, tena- been really gratifying to see their daughter of on We are happy to host any and all who come our cious, and, ultimately, at peace with his fate.” her own and doing well. way! We currently are in Nantucket, and I have Amen and rest in peace, Scott. Bill Detwiler’s oldest son is a frst-year— caught up with Kris Kinsley. Who knows where On a happier note, Ted was looking forward Class of 2021—and his youngest is a junior at we’ll be at the time of printing.” to a retirement bash for Professor of Music Gerry Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut. I frequently run into Molly Schnorr-Dunne here Moshell. Among our classmates he was hoping He and his boys celebrated his birthday with in Boston—either at the University Club or at to see were Tom Baker, Mike Connelly, Kenny Miles Esty and wife Kimberly ’87 over dinner in various youth squash tournaments. As ever, Doroshow, Chris Elliott, Gretchen Schoppert Hartford. Bill recently had dinner with Cathy Molly is at the center of the local Trinity social Fountain, Floyd Higgins, Steve Kish, Diann Lewis Beaudoin in New York City. scene. She writes, “I was with Kate Simmonds Chamberlain Levin, Michael McCormac, Matt Your class secretary (and erstwhile aspiring McKee and Jen Brewster ’88 at a Women’s Moore, Micah Nutt, Marc Pinto, Paul Renaud, and politician) continues to avoid news and political Leadership Council meeting last week at Dave Rodney. Anyone who performed under commentary as much as possible. (The occasion- Marilyn Weiss’s house in Needham.” Gerry’s baton was enriched. His passion for al lapse on Facebook or watching news channels Gina Francis sent me a quick update from Stravinsky and courage in getting 20-year-olds at night leads to hypertension and rants that do Wellesley, Massachusetts. “I wanted to pass to take on Schoenberg or Hindemith opened no one any good.) The alternative distractions along some Trinity Class of 1986 news from us. countless ears (and hearts) to music’s unlimited include music. In addition to new discoveries Our daughter Julia is a frst-year at Trinity, Class splendor. His eccentricities made the musical such as Kings of Leon, I am enjoying rediscover- of 2021! She is loving Trinity so far, and we are journey all the more fun. Best wishes, Gerry. ing music from the great ’80s, especially when so happy to have her there. Doug and I live in I prevailed upon Alison Berlinger Holland to listening to entire albums (collections of songs Wellesley, and our younger daughter Olivia is a send a few lines about her three boys’ passage to by particular artists on a round, fat object). sophomore at Wellesley High School. Doug is a manhood. Her youngest started at Auburn this Making my playlist great again, Steve fund manager at Grantham Mayo (GMO). We also year. All three “… are happily nearby so we avoid recently saw Lisa Phillips Harrington and Dawn thinking about our lives separately from theirs,” Trinity Fund Goal: $100,000 Grigsby Baker at the wedding of Lisa Gallone she said (maybe with a tear in her eye). That 1986 Class Secretary: Jefey J. Burton, Harrington’s daughter Kyla in Rye, New York. It included taking their 21-year-old out for his frst 57 Chestnut St., Boston, MA 02108-3506; jefey. was a great time!” legal adult beverage—a Manhattan. Alison and [email protected] • Class Agents: Thomas Dave have obviously done a fne job! My contact M. Madden, Esq., Molly Schnorr-Dunne, Philip S. Trinity Fund Goal: $130,000 coincided with her birthday and that of long- Wellman 1987 Class Secretary: Michael G. time pal Shawn Laree O’Neil. “We chatted this Hello, ’86ers. Thanks to all of you who have sent Donovan, Esq., 94 Bowman St., Westborough, MA afernoon and revisited the seeming impossibil- along news and notes. I had the good fortune to 01581-3102; [email protected] ity that it is 36 years since we frst met,” Alison host a get-together of my three roommates (Jim Class Agents: Robert M. Edmunds, Bryant S. Zanko wrote. DiLorenzo, Anthony Lazzara, and Bill Villari) and Phoebe McBride Madden had the joy of returning Jef Kise reported that 2017 has been a their families on the Cape over Columbus Day to campus to celebrate Professor Gerald “watershed” year. I would say accent on “water.” weekend. It was a rare gathering of the “Funston Moshell’s retirement at a bash connecting His sailing passion included racing on a Moore Four,” and it was wonderful to look back upon almost 300 music-loving students spanning four 24 and a J/80 in Monterey and an Express 37 in our post-Trinity lives and forward to the next decades. She was reunited with her beloved San Francisco, where his boat recently had come chapter. Jim and wife Eve live in Sag Harbor, Trinity roommates Kimberly DiTallo Gentile, in second in the Nationals. 2018 is set to include New York, with their two talented children. Jim Sharon Larson Schmidt, and Alexandra Beers the California Coastal Cup from San Francisco continues his work as a “fntech” entrepreneur, ’88. The evening culminated in a wonderful to San Diego. Two kids fnishing college and the while his wife enjoys teaching in the local school concert introduced by Phoebe and ending with last one just starting college have given him a systems. Their children enjoy acting and are a chorus of more than 250 singing together little more time on the water. Between sails, successful young thespians. Anthony (Tony to with an orchestra with the beloved Gerry at the he continues to manage the fnances for a those of us who knew him when) lives in Darien, piano. Phoebe notes that if you wish to donate, municipal stafng and consulting business. Connecticut, with wife Cynthia and their two there is a fund in his name (The Moshell Musical “Life on the Monterey Peninsula is good. I hope teenage boys, Forrest and Hudson. Forrest is Theater Fund). anyone visiting the area will let me know (I can in the thick of the college application process, Trinity pals Jen Nahas and Marc Rashba got probably get us a tee time on Pebble Beach). while Hudson is enjoying 10th grade. Anthony together this past August in Boston for the frst Cheers,” he wrote. works as a fnancial adviser at Morgan Stanley, time in years. Jen is living in Cambridge afer Cathy Wallert Spence continues to work at Intel and Cynthia is developing a personal training having seen her kids of to college and is starting as a principal engineer specializing in cloud and ski-instructing practice. Finally, Bill is living a new corporate job at REI. Marc was in town computing and commercial PC products. “There in Atlanta with wife Jordan and three young from the Los Angeles area, where he lives with is always something new and exciting to learn children ages 4 to 9. As if that were not enough his wife and three kids (two of whom are in and explore at Intel, even afer 20 years,” she to keep him busy, Bill serves as president and college), and he reports that he has joined a new wrote. She recently attended the Grace Hopper CEO of the successful premium fnance company team within Sony Pictures Entertainment as vice Celebration of Women in Computing in Orlando he founded and tries to run a real estate empire president of digital partnerships and develop- and happily reported a record-breaking 18,000 on the side. It may be a cliché to say, but as we ment. Marc also recently caught up with another attendees. Despite this encouraging sign that get older, connecting with the bedrock relation- former freshman Jarvis dorm neighbor, Maureen talented women are taking up the tech feld and ships of our youth becomes more and more Neylon, a Chicago empty nester. even with Intel’s diversity initiatives, Cathy said important. Tracy Killoren Chadwell checked in to let she is ofen the only woman in the room at many Mimi Rodgers wrote, “We just fnished 10 years everyone know that she is excitedly anticipating meetings. “We need more women in computing of living in Abu Dhabi and plan to stay a bit Themis Klarides’s run for governor of to create future products that better represent longer. It is an amazing city, and our two kids Connecticut. Tracy lives in Greenwich with her our customer base, and it is super important will most likely graduate from the American two teenage boys and is the founding partner of
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1843 Capital, an early stage venture capital fund, Kirk and Laura Ulrich Brett ’88, and Sue Granger Tommy is recovering well from a lung transplant. and she sees JP Bruynes and Scott Sherwood Tyler ’85. We are all excited for his new lease on life! ofen. From the Alumni Ofce: S. Peter Voudouris Wendy Goldstein Pierce’s friends and family We’ve found Cynthia Phelps Chaplin. She has been named to the list of The Best Lawyers in hosted a super fun dinner for her at her lovely did not simply disappear, rather she moved to America for 2018. home in Brookline. She, like me, has lef her Europe in 1990. Since then, she has lived in role at a PR frm and is following her spark to a Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, and England REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 new chapter. Her son Jack spent a high school and has been back in a small town outside Trinity Fund Goal: $250,000 semester in Israel. Her daughter Elizabeth is Rome for the past fve years. She is married 1988 Co-Class Secretary: Nancy E. getting ready to move on to high school. Of with four daughters and two stepsons, with Barry, 166 E. 61st St., #8C, New York, NY 10065- course, none of us look a day over 30! We all only her youngest daughter still at home. The 8518; [email protected] • Co-Class have a lot to celebrate and hope you have youngest is a senior at the American Overseas Secretary: Thomas P. Chapman, 61 Copper Beech been celebrating, too! I feel as optimistic and School of Rome, where Cynthia is on the Board Dr., Rocky Hill, CT 06067-1836; thomas.chapman. energized as I did graduating Trinity and wish of Trustees. Cynthia is a professional sommelier [email protected] • Class Agents: Constantine G. the same for all of you. Happy birthday!” with the Fondazione Italiana di Sommelier and a Andrews, Arthur F. Muldoon Jr. Please be sure to check out the Class of ’88 professor of Italian wine and culture at Lorenzo Your diligent class secretaries are missing the Facebook page and sign up for our 30th Reunion. de’ Medici International Institute. She and her warm days of summer right about now but want We hope to see you all there. photographer husband run a small bespoke to thank everyone who has written to us over the From the Alumni Ofce: Alexander Y. “Sandy” travel company called Exquisite Italy in English. past fve years. Our 30th Reunion is coming up in Thomas has been re-elected as global managing She indicates it’s been hectic and crazy but June 2018, and we will be handing the reins over partner of Reed Smith LLP. Sandy ran for always fascinating and fun. Her dream is to to a new class secretary. reelection unopposed, and the frm’s partners open a permanent Italian wine school in Our thanks to Lisa Godek, who has written the elected him to a new four-year term through July English, with a quality bistro/cooking school following update: “The year of 50 has been F-U-N 31, 2020. Sandy is only the 11th managing partner alongside … all fnancial backers are welcome! and has brought a lot of new beginnings! In in the global law frm’s storied 140-year history, She has remained in touch with Megan birth order, I’d like to share some highlights. Liz and he leads more than 1,700 lawyers in 27 Woolley Roth, Sandra Greiner Gibbs, and Susan Cahn Goodman completed her doctorate in public ofces worldwide. Ogrodnik Smith ’86. She is hoping to do a health from UNC, became an empty nester, driving tour across the United States in the fall moved to Boston, and took on a career-changing Trinity Fund Goal: $50,000 of 2018, including a stroll down the Long Walk switch. She is chief of long-term services and 1989 Class Secretary: Juliana Lowry, for old times’ sake. supports at MassHealth. She and Adam maintain 2275 Cocalico Rd., Birdsboro, PA 19508-8222; Robin Scullin, Bill Manger, Debbie Liang- a residence in Florida, where he lives part time. [email protected] Fenton, and Ellen Garrity have reconnected and He took a role as a fellow at Tufs and comes to started to meet for dinner about once a month in Boston regularly. Liz’s daughter Alex works at Trinity Fund Goal: $50,000 the Washington, D.C., area. the Brookings Institution in D.C., and her son 1990 Class Secretary: Beth Cliford, Lastly, some sad news to pass along. Our Jimmy is a freshman at USC. Karen Tufankjian 9912 Academy Knolls Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM classmate Elizabeth “Betsy” Bishop Smith died on Aharonian also became an empty nester afer 87111-1733; [email protected] June 10 of ovarian cancer. An old New Englander her son Kirk elected to attend the University of Class Agent: Peter L. Denious at heart, Betsy was born in Boston. Her grand- Oklahoma. Her daughter Alyssa moved back to Hello, Class of ’90! That year is sounding more father, Professor Sterling Smith, was chair of the Boston afer graduating from Elon University. and more distant, but news from classmates Chemistry Department at Trinity; more distant She works in sales and marketing and lives with makes 1990 alive and vibrant again. So, here ancestors were passengers on the Mayfower. friends in the North End. Karen took a dream trip goes: The later part of Betsy’s childhood was spent to Italy with her daughter and best friend Melissa Courtney Zanelli writes: “My oldest son, Bart, in Philadelphia, where she was the frst female during the summer to celebrate her birthday. is a senior (and AD brother) at Trinity. The four graduate of The Episcopal Academy. She went on She served as the docent on their museum tours; years have truly fown by, and it’s been so much to Trinity, embodying the “work hard, play hard” all of those hours creating mnemonics for art fun for me to have the shared experience of going ethic during her time there. She earned a B.A. in history exams came in handy! John Burke turned to the same school with him. He has had a great economics and went into the fnance industry as 50 against his wishes but had a great time doing experience at Trinity, and in addition to a terrifc an analyst. In 1994, she married another analyst, it! His older daughter, Alexandra, had her choice education, he’s made some lifelong friends. My Steven Hash, and moved to Rye, New York, to of colleges and ultimately chose UConn, which next son, Jack, is a sophomore at Colgate. My raise a family of four children. Betsy was a world wooed her heavily. Trinity will miss her. His third son, Brett, is a freshman at UVA, and my traveler but also loved being at home in Rye or at younger daughter, Isabelle, will enter Kingswood youngest, Hugh, has just started his sophomore her beloved beach house in Amagansett. News Oxford as a freshman this fall. I took a full week year at Choate. I keep telling myself that I’m of her death came in the middle of the Class of with my sister Gwenn Godek ’93 to soak in the too young to be an empty nester, and the house 1987’s 30th Reunion, and Trinity classmates had glory of my 50 cents that culminated in a fabu- is way too quiet. Luckily, my kitchen design the unusual opportunity to do some of their frst lous dinner party in the Seaport of Boston. Afer business and a fall that’s flled with Parents grieving together. We remember her for her deep 16 years, I lef Pfzer. TBD on the next chapter, Weekends keep me busy! I’ll be at Homecoming afection as a friend, her truth telling, her keen but I’m working on fnding a spark. In the inter- this year, and I’m hopeful that I’ll run into Trinity mindedness, the standards she held us up to im, I’ve accepted a part-time faculty role in the friends I haven’t seen in a while.” as friends, her plucky fearlessness, her infec- applied analytics master’s program at Columbia. Karen Gelormino McCormick writes: “Hello tious laugh, and her overall joie de vivre. At the I don’t know how it happened, but my daughter from Santa Cruz, California! Jonathan memorial service, Jamie Harper and Doug Kim Chloe turned 12 and started middle school. Holly McCormick ’92 and I have been living here for delivered eulogies that captured Betsy’s spirit, Davoren hosted an all-out rage at her favorite the past 10 years afer stints in San Francisco, and Bob Flanagan ’85 was the ofciant. Also in club in Milford. Her son Bobby completed his St. Louis, and Tahoe. We love it for the ocean, attendance were Tracy Killoren, Robin Scullin, undergrad in criminal justice and is studying to mountains, and outdoor lifestyle. The proximity and Bill Pratt, as well as Mei-Wa Cheng ’86, Craig become a state police ofcer. Her younger son to Silicon Valley makes it convenient for Easterbrook ’89, John ’89 and Sally Simkiss ’88, Jonathan’s commute to work. He is COO at a
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company in Mountain View. Afer being ‘retired’ Corey, you gotta make it! from teaching for the past 15 years, I am em- ADMISSIONS 101 Aurelia Fasano Brogan delivers some news: barking on a new career by way of the UCLA Navigating the Selective College “I hope to be at the Reunion if I can swing an College Counseling program. My area of focus Admissions Process East Coast trip in June! Life is good and busy. is highly motivated but fnancially challenged FEBRUARY 25–26, 2018 My oldest son started high school this year, is students. Jonathan and I have two boys: Gunner, www.trincoll.edu/Alumni on track to be an Eagle Scout this winter, and who’s a sophomore at a boarding school in keeps busy with marching and jazz band. My Pebble Beach, and Rider, who’s in seventh grade. youngest son just started middle school and is I was fortunate to get to see Olivia Swaak-Goldman still loving soccer and basketball and playing and her family as they traveled up California Tavern in Hopewell, New Jersey, which my the saxophone in band. I am working as the Highway 1 this summer. Her three very tall boys husband and I opened in 2015. It was so much executive director of the Claremont Community and my two got a chance to go surfng together. fun to catch up with these ladies! Jon and I are Foundation, and my husband, Jim, is working Jonathan and I headed up to San Francisco in still tweaking the farm-to-market-to-restaurant and traveling as always.” She hopes to get to a August to help Bill Macartney celebrate his 50th closed-loop system and have over 2,500 animals, Trinity L.A. event soon. birthday. We had tickets to see Tom Petty at the 100 employees, 800 acres of land, a market, From Greg Creamer, “Yes, I’ll be at Reunion. Greek Theatre in Berkeley, but he canceled his a restaurant, and a burger place. It all seems Should be a blast.” Brief and to the point! show a few days before. Who would’ve known doable until you throw in the never-ending trips A rare note from Robert Stempien, “I met that we were not ever going to get to see him to hockey and lacrosse practices, games, and up with fellow Bantam and Class of ’92er Tad again? RIP. At the end of September, Jonathan tournaments. But it is fun to run into Trinity Hazelton in Hong Kong. It was fun. Picture on hosted some AD fraternity brothers at our house alums, like Rick Campbell and Rick Stockton, Facebook.” for a weekend of surfng and mountain biking at these events. Our older son, Finn, is applying Not a ton of reports, but I am not worried. (and beer pong!). Grant Washburn, Dan Fishman to college for [this] year with his sights on I know you all are resting up for our 25th. We ’91, Stevie Lowe ’91, and Joe Stein ’94 all came. I mechanical engineering. Liberal arts are not in already have started the planning and would hope this fnds everyone happy and healthy!” the cards for this one. However, I did pay a visit love to have more people jump on board the Finally, Malcolm Miller relates that afer to Trinity in mid-September with our younger committee; it is never too late, and the more decades of no reports, he and his wife had a long son, Drew, on a break during a hockey tourney we have, the more fun we will have. visit with Toby Bates this past July in Portland, in Connecticut. It was a gorgeous day to be on Oregon—the frst visit in 20 years! campus, and he got a real taste of Trinity life Trinity Fund Goal: $80,000 Melissa Gold writes: “I am leaving JP Morgan listening to a group of students watching a 1994 Class Secretary: Charles C. Fuller Chase’s legal department afer 25 years for a new soccer game, Solo cups in hand, heckling the IV, 75 Cabrini Blvd., Apt. 46, New York, NY 10033- and exciting opportunity. I will head the employ- opposing team’s goalie. Plus more than a few 5404; [email protected] • Class ment law group for the Americas at BNY Mellon parties were happening, which set the kind Agents: Maureen A. McEleney, Deborah Watts in New York City starting in December. I never of tone most kids want to see when visiting Povinelli expected to be at one company for so long, and it colleges.” All the notes that are ft to print! Let’s dive in: is certainly bittersweet as I will miss the compa- Current and esteemed Class President Ashley ny, and most importantly, my amazing team and Trinity Fund Goal: $100,000 Altschuler was part of a big Alpha Delta Phi colleagues, but I am also excited about taking on 1992 Class Secretary: Jennifer Murphy reunion that gathered in Boulder, Colorado, something new and diferent. Hoping to do some Cattier, 40 E. 84th St., Apt. 11C, New York, NY last September. “Keil Merrick was in charge and sort of yoga retreat or something rejuvenating in 10028-1105; [email protected] planned an epic weekend in the mountains. Also the short time that I have between roles! Also, attending: Sanji Fernando, Joe Stein, Rob Weber, my daughter Sophie, who is 16½, started driving, REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 Carter McNabb, Steve Lari, Michael Robinson, and which I know many of our classmates have Trinity Fund Goal: $75,000 Peter Lease.” already experienced. It is certainly liberating and 1993 Class Secretary: James M. Hazelton, Getting the band back together was a popular scary at the same time!” 215 N. Plymouth Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004; activity. From Steve Marcus: “Time does get Courtney raises a good point that for those of [email protected] • Class Agents: blurry! I forget what came frst at this point— us with children, their experiences and accom- Gregory M. Creamer, Elissa A. Raether Kovas, dorming with the one and only Chris Duskin plishments tend to fll our stories of “what’s Domenico Zaino Jr. freshman year or getting married and having new?” So true. For me, my news is that I am I spent a couple of weeks on the East Coast in kids! Last spring, a small group of us met in New taking college classes for the frst time in 27 July and got a group together in Boston for a York City for a couple of days. Josh Martin, years. It is fun, while the technical aspect is cer- happy hour. I rounded up Dan O’Neil, Jef Aaron White, and Jim DeMichele ’95 came down tainly challenging. My daughter, herself two Hagopian ’92, Matt Dufy ’92, Clay Siegert ’96, from Massachusetts. Jason Wilkins few in from years from college, likes to compare our English Mark Kastrud ’94, Prescott D. Stewart, and Chris Nashville, and Eric Synn came in from the Seattle papers. She thinks mine are better. Well, thank Walsh ’07. Really great laughs. Jef and Matt told area. It was great seeing these guys, and we goodness for that. us how much fun they just had at their 25th, so hadn’t skipped a beat even though a few of us looking forward to ours! hadn’t seen each other in years.” Trinity Fund Goal: $75,000 Corey Corrick checked in. “Life has been very It was lovely hearing from Ling Kwok, who, in 1991 Class Secretary: Heather Watkins busy the last few months, in a good way. My wife case you weren’t aware, was appointed to the Walsh, 9740 Pleasant Gate Ln., Potomac, MD and I had our 10th child on August 16, Julia Joy Trinity College Board of Trustees in 2015! He and 20854-5494; heather.walsh.1991@trincoll. Corrick. Also, our oldest got his driver’s license his family live in New York City, and he wrote to edu • Class Agents: Brooke Rorer Brown, Brook this summer, which has been nice; less parent mention that he saw several Trinity graduates, McWhirter McNulty, Stephanie Vaughn Rosseau taxi work. We are going to take our frst family including Steve Lari, at a recent CariClub event. From Robin Cook McConaughy: “Last April, some trip up to the Northeast this fall. We are headed Sanji Fernando also chimed in separately to Trinity girls (Barrett Lamothe Ladd, Libby Sting to Hershey, Pennsylvania, for a week to have account for his family as well as Mark Kastrud and Miller, Fran Schwartz Paradine, and Katherine a relaxing vacation … not sure about the 25th Janet York Kastrud. Their respective families are Hewitt Cherian) came down to New Jersey for Reunion yet, but I am considering it.” Come on very close and their respective sons even closer— the weekend. We had dinner at the Brick Farm both are juniors in high school, continuing the
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theme of “where does the time go?” Cardiothoracic Surgery.” REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 Another generational milestone from Jordan In publishing news: Matt Simpson’s review Trinity Fund Goal: $40,000 Polvere: “The family and I are headed back to of The Loyal Son by Daniel Mark Epstein, a new Class Secretary: Jessica Lockhart Trinity with my high-school-aged son Jack to tour book about Ben Franklin and his son William, 1998 Vincent, 8 Arborlea Ave., Yardley, PA 19067- the college. It’s been about 20 years since step- was in the July edition of New Republic. Both 7406; [email protected] • Class ping foot on the campus, so I’m looking forward pieces sound like required reading! Agents: Levi D. Litman, Geofey R. Zampiello to it, too. My daughter Alexis is excited to see a Foodies rejoice: Adam Kreisel was featured Greetings, classmates! Afer a few light submis- women’s soccer game as well.” on the Whole Foods global video grilling series sions, I am happy to say that there is quite a bit Tracey Turner Brown is living just outside of sharing a favorite summer recipe: grilled of news to share this month. Boston with her family (husband Jim and four swordfsh with peach and sweet corn salad. Rebecca Cole Trump reported that in daughters). Tracey runs her own law practice (I now want to make this for dinner.) I do hope September, she “joined Isabel Corte-Real but has taken most of this past year of to spend it’s a seasonal option at his Chaia Cucina Almeida, Lisa Davis Tranquillo, Amie Duf more time with her family. She’s still in touch Catering business in Salt Lake City! Sanborn, Matt Morse, Ryan Moore, and 200-plus with Jen Dromgoole all the time, and they both John Viener is ofcially bicoastal: he recently other alumni back at Trinity for a retirement din- promise to get to the next Reunion! threw a housewarming party at his new New ner and concert for Professor Gerry Moshell. It With these remembrances of days past, York City pied-à-terre! Also present were Ethan was an incredibly fun weekend and such a great present, and future, it’s as good a time as any to Mason and Eli Lake (engaged in intense discus- opportunity to celebrate a man who has inspired remind you that it’s only two short years until sions all night). so many Trinity students over his 40-plus-year our 25th Reunion! In other summer fun, I spent a lovely vacation career. Aferwards, it was fun to be literally the This dispatch from former class agents Anne in Vancouver, British Columbia. Other getaway only people at the Tap on a Saturday night.” and Jake Fisher: “We are always in contact with destinations I found while creeping on Facebook: Jeremy Hough continues to serve in the U.S. Air Maureen McEleney and had the chance to spend Sarah (Porter) ’97 and Kevin Burke in Greece; Force and is back in the cockpit and fying again St. Patrick’s Day with her in Philadelphia this Heather Burnside and Jef Crosley in Aruba; and afer obtaining his master’s degree and working year. As you might imagine, we forgot how old Kim Janczuk Dunn with her family in Cancún. in the Pentagon and Kabul, Afghanistan. Leaving we were and had a fabulous time! Our daughter Staycations, too: Pat West enjoyed the summer the Washington, D.C., area afer 4½ years, Dillon graduated from high school and is attend- surfng at Rockaway Beach, Queens. And proof Jeremy, wife Kelly, and daughters Campbell, 10, ing the Elliott School of International Afairs at that he’s still true to his musical roots, he was at and Caroline, 8, recently moved to the Florida The George Washington University. Margaret Tompkins Square Park for a loud, live perfor- Panhandle. “We are thoroughly enjoying the Pryor has promised to keep an eye on her while mance by New York hard-core legends Warzone change in pace and opportunities this latest she’s in D.C. Our son Connor is a senior, so we in tribute to founding member Raybeez. move brings. Especially the increased living are back in the college-hunting process full time! This concludes the winter missive. Have great space!” This coming October, Jeremy is racing In entrepreneurial news, Anne is steadily grow- holidays and a terrifc new year. See you next in the 2018 IRONMAN World Championships in ing her custom needlepoint business. Check her time in the notes! Kona, Hawaii, while raising funds to support out on Instagram: @annefsherneedlepoint.” Smile Train, an international clef lip and clef Deb Watts Povinelli: “Afer nearly 11 years in Trinity Fund Goal: $75,000 palate charity. Ridgefeld, Connecticut, our family has relocated Class Secretary: Paul J. Sullivan, 1995 Paul Hillman adds, “All is going well in Seattle. to Bethesda, Maryland. We have only been here 142 Bridle Path Lane, New Canaan, CT 06480- I continue to make short flms for NOAA Fish- since September but are enjoying exploring the 3907; [email protected] • Class eries. Last summer took me to the East Coast, D.C. area and getting the kids settled in school. Agents: Amy Kerrigan Cole, Colleen Smith Hayes, where I flmed Atlantic salmon and related The move meant we lef an amazing community Alexander H. Ladd IV, Ashley Gilmor Myles, research in Maine and fsheries law enforcement and that I had to leave Ridgefeld Running Benagh Richardson Newsome, Peter J. Tighe activities in New York and New Jersey. During the Company, the store that I’d started three years From Rowland Stebbins: “My new album, latter, I got to flm inside the famed Fulton Fish ago, but great new adventures await us. We’re Married To Myself, is now out. Visit www. Market, which was a crazy experience—that’s looking forward to connecting with Stephanie rowlandstebbins.bandcamp.com to listen and a lotta fsh and commerce. Very impressive. Cope and John Donohue and Graham and Jeanne download. Produced by Richard Upchurch Driving between the two locations took me right Johnston and other Trinity alumni in the area!” and engineered at Saltlands Studios by Dawn past Trinity, so I had to make a stop on my way Afer 16 years at Endicott College, most recent- Landes, it’s here at long last! We recorded it a south. Unfortunately, it was 11:30 p.m. or some- ly as associate dean of students, Scott Russell while back. Since then, I got married and had a thing like that, and Hot Tomato’s was closed, so is now at Boston University. Congrats to him on daughter. So, while the title and theme of the afer my night drive around campus, I resorted his new position as associate director of clinical record may hint at irony, I’m happy to have back to late-night college binging. Now I know services, where he will oversee the day-to-day fnally released it. This is entirely a DIY efort, why we ordered delivery from Great Wall. LOL. operations of Behavioral Medicine! so please help spread the word.” Much more great food was had back in Brooklyn, More in new and inspiring jobs: Robyn Adcock where it was excellent to catch up with Mark is thrilled to have accepted a position as an Trinity Fund Goal: $35,000 Craig and family. The past year has also taken acupuncturist and researcher at the University of Class Secretary: Clayton W. 1996 me to the D.C. area to flm habitat restoration in California, San Francisco, where she “will have Siegert, 98 Winn St., Belmont, MA 02478-3159; Chesapeake Bay, leatherback turtle research in the great honor to introduce traditional Chinese [email protected] • Class Agent: California, shark fshing of the coast of North medicine and acupuncture into two of the top Philip S. Reardon Carolina, and most recently to Alaska to flm U.S. pediatric hospitals to help support oncology beluga whale research near Anchorage and patients during their treatment.” Trinity Fund Goal: $15,000 commercial fshing for pollock out of Kodiak. More in pediatrics: Mike Spaeder was the Class Secretary: Robert W. Cibotti 1997 The latter is the largest fshery by volume in the co-author of an abstract published in the III, 31 High St., Pembroke, MA 02359-2605; United States and is what goes into fsh fllets and August 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care [email protected] • Class Agents: your favorite Gorton’s fsh sticks. That was also Medicine titled “Fluid Overload and Cumulative Benjamin J. Russo, Susan Church Zibell an impressive operation and a lot of fsh. Videos Thoracostomy Output Are Associated With end up on www.youtube.com/noaafsheries. Surgical Site Infection Afer Pediatric
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Q+A Dawn Jacob Laney ’96
How did you get started in your feld? What is ThinkGenetic? ThinkGenetic is a One of my textbooks had a blurb about start-up focused on helping those living genetic counseling. Intrigued, I wrote with a genetic disease by shortening to the National Society of Genetic the time to diagnosis and providing Counselors. Through mailed information, trustworthy, patient-focused guidance. I learned about how genetic counseling The company is a family afair, with the combines working with families afected idea coming from my father, whom we by genetic conditions, translation of diagnosed with a genetic condition in complicated genetic concepts into his 60s. Our original goal was to create comprehensible information, lifelong an interactive website using the power learning, and advocacy. I was sold! A day of IBM’s Watson to provide answers to spent shadowing a genetic counselor questions from people living with a cemented my certainty. I took a year to genetic condition. That vision has volunteer as a case manager in a genetic expanded so that we are helping testing/paternity testing laboratory. Afer individuals who have a possible genetic two years of course work in genetics and condition work with their health care psychology and a variety of internships, providers to fnd a diagnosis. DEGREES: B.A. in biology and with honors in I started my career in 1999. history; M.S. in genetic counseling, Sarah What do you enjoy most about your work? Lawrence College What do you do in your positions? The I love the variety. In one day, I may move JOB TITLE: Assistant professor/genetic very cool part of my job is that every day from a focus on one patient or family counselor; director, Genetic Clinical Trials brings something diferent. In the clinic trying to get them the best resources and Center; and program leader, Lysosomal Storage and through clinical research, I work treatment, to writing a research protocol Disease Center Program, Emory University with patients and families who are living designed to uncover the truth behind School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics; co-founder, ThinkGenetic, Inc. with Fabry disease and other lysosomal a genetic mystery of Fabry, to teaching storage conditions, helping them navigate graduate students about teratogens, to FAVORITE TRINITY MEMORY: My first year, the complicated world of treatment, fying to California to talk at a patient slipping along with friends on ice over the Long testing, and daily life with a progressive, advocacy meeting. I enjoy the way in Walk/quad laughing, having an impromptu life-threatening genetic condition. I have which my plan for the day is totally out snowball fight/rugby tackle session, and dodging the plaque before heading back to our rooms to worked with many of my patients since the window if a team member has a talk all night. 2003, and I fnd that it makes my job brilliant idea or there is a patient needing incredibly rewarding to be able to be with extra help. the same families as they hit major life milestones both positive and negative. What are the biggest challenges? My My research is focused on newborn Emory team is mostly grant funded. various jobs. My supportive advisers screening, psychological implications, Changes to scientifc funding or health allowed me to follow my heart and double and impact on women and children with care policy can impact our operating major in the disparate history and biology Fabry disease. Fabry has moved from a budget. Our broader challenge at Emory majors, resulting in my ability to convey genetic condition without a treatment and ThinkGenetic is helping the general complicated information understandably to one with an FDA-approved therapy in public and health care professionals and to make unusual cross-discipline clinical trials. Our Genetic Clinical Trials understand the importance of genetics connections. The Biology Department Center (GCTC) is very active, and we ofer as it relates to health issues. Many insisted on frequent scientifc presenta- patients the opportunity to participate individuals move from specialist to tions, helping me become comfortable in clinical trials for upcoming therapies. specialist with chronic health concerns, speaking in front of an audience of As GCTC director, I work with the team but it takes a view of the whole body and experts. My experiences as a peer mentor to determine which trials we should an understanding that many seemingly were my frst foray into peer counseling. open at our site, oversee site fnances, unrelated symptoms are actually related The History Department honed my supervise the team, plan and support and features of a genetic condition to writing skills through thoughtful critiques our over arching goals and mission, liaise make a diagnosis. and interesting paper topics. Overall, with stakeholders, and develop research I would not be the person I am today, protocols. In my spare time, I am moving How did your experience at Trinity help professionally or personally, without my to advocating for the broader genetic com- prepare you? I credit Trinity for helping Trinity experience. munity by founding ThinkGenetic.com. me develop the skills to succeed at my
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Hope all is well with all you ’98ers out there, and This was an amazing event that allowed students to my fellow Chicago natives, Go Cubs Go!” BE ENGAGED. from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s to have drinks and La Fleur F. Small, Ph.D., was promoted to Visit www.trincoll.edu/Alumni. laughs with students who had cell phones at the rank of full professor in the Department of school! At a typical school reunion, you only get Sociology and Anthropology at Wright State to see folks from your year because of the every- University. This marks her second year serving as Things are good here, but I still can’t believe I am fve-year rotation. But we all had friends who the director of the Applied Behavioral Sciences 40! In my mind, I feel like we should be more like were older and younger than us at Trinity. We Master’s Interdisciplinary Program there. She is 32. Nonetheless, it is a great excuse to celebrate, saw too many other alumni to mention here in particularly honored to be chosen as a speaker at and I did just that in September with a group this post. Let me just tell you the ’90s kids were this year’s 2017 TEDxDayton conference. of 11 of my childhood girlfriends in Nashville! I well represented and had an amazing time!” Katy DeConti Duckworth-Schachter is living had never been, and we had a blast—that place John Szewczyk wrote about what he has been in New York City in the Sutton Place neighbor- was made for celebrating! In other celebratory up to in his career. John recently started his 16th hood with husband Elijah and their two boys, news, I am happy to be celebrating six years in year with the Hartford Police Department and Campbell, 3, and Grifn, 1. Afer fve years business with Bites of Boston Food Tours. We are holds the rank of sergeant. He also recently was working in the arts, Katy is heading up the ofering food-tour experiences in the South End elected president of the Hartford Police Union. development ofce at The Allen-Stevenson and Allston neighborhoods of Boston and hope He continues to serve his hometown of Durham, School on the Upper East Side, where there are to expand to more local neighborhoods soon. If Connecticut, as a member of the Board of Select- lots of Trinity connections. They spend their you are looking for a fun and unique experience men, which he has done since 2007. Thank you free time in Newport, Rhode Island, where they in Boston, please check us out at bitesofoston- for all you do and for writing, John! recently bought a historic home and see a fun foodtours.com. End of shameless plug! I also am Also writing in with an update on her work group of Bantams all summer long. And last happy to be able to report some fun and exciting life was Emily Harting: “I am now the director weekend in Rhode Island, John Dalsheim ’87 things happening with our classmates all over of development and communications for Literacy became godfather to their baby with the Rev. Erik the country, and it was great to hear from some Partners, a New York City-based nonproft Larsen ’75 presiding over the ceremony! of our classmates we haven’t heard from in a specializing in teaching English to immigrant Liz Worthy and husband Jonathan Hollander while. Let’s begin: parents and helping low-income New Yorkers are pleased to announce the birth of daughter Michelle Kennedy Russell wrote about a get their HSE (high school equivalency). We also Asa Glacier Hollander on July 25, 2017, in San very special and apparently very well-attended provide home libraries for our students’ children Francisco. event that happened on campus in September: and lead English conversation classes around Julian Song had a little break on flm, “On September 23, several hundred alumni the city. I love it! www.literacypartners.org.” Windows on the World, as the character Tough gathered on campus for a Trinity College musical Sounds amazing and very rewarding, Emily. Guy. theater reunion and celebration of the 40-year Congratulations! Thank you to those who added to this submis- educational career of Professor Gerald Moshell. And, we also have a professor on board! Afer sion. Everyone please be sure to save the date— Laila Schmutzler Forster, Suzanne Farrell Smith, living and working in New York City for a few June 7–10, 2018, as we will be celebrating our Elizabeth Rofitch Tarter, and I joined alumni years, Katie Karlsgodt made her way back to 20th Reunion. I’d love to see you there! from the Classes of 1977–2017 on campus for her home state of California, and she is happy From the Alumni Ofce: Kaja LeWinn was cocktails (of course), dinner, and a private con- to be back on the West Coast. Katie is a faculty a co-author of “Sample composition alters cert. Gerry reached out to musical theater alumni member in the Psychology Department at UCLA. associations between age and brain structure,” from across the 40-year span of his career. It was Congrats, Katie! published in Nature Communications in October great fun to watch so many get back on stage and And last but not least, it is always fun to hear 2017. Kaja is an epidemiologist and assistant perform with Gerry at the piano again. At the from Courtney McKenna Armstrong because, well, professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Child conclusion of the concert, 200-plus alumni got she is always doing something fun! As of late, she and Adolescent Division, at the University of on stage and sang together as Gerry conducted has been traveling, visiting, and celebrating and California, San Francisco. The article also was us one last time. (It was quite a Mr. Holland’s has caught up with a lot of her ’99 tribe recently. picked up by lay science publications, including Opus moment. There were very few dry eyes.) She writes: “To celebrate turning 40 this year, a Science Daily and Neuroscience News. crew from North Campus descended From the Alumni Ofce: Gregory Gagne has on Napa for an epic weekend of wine become a board member of Connecticut Veterans tasting, swimming, and swanning (not Legal Center (CVLC). He is an accomplished trial a typo; refers to the 11th member of our attorney and partner at Halloran & Sage. CVLC’s party—a gigantic, infatable pool duck). mission is to help veterans overcome legal Amy Ramalho Mahery, Mike York, Scotty barriers to housing, health care, and income. Rousseau, Alexis Gallisa, me, and all of Greg will lend his experience as a former mem- our people were there. In other news, ber of the Air Force JAG Corps and his knowledge Alexis is engaged to the incredibly gained through representing military members lovely Laura, whom we were all lucky from all branches of the armed forces to the two- to get to know over the weekend. In year term. Greg earned a J.D. from the other, other news, I recently saw Jason University of Connecticut School of Law. Through Chapman and Andy Reilly in San Diego, his work at Halloran & Sage, one of the largest Maureen Smith St. Germain in Palm Connecticut-based frms, Greg handles litigation, Springs (also for a 40th celebration), insurance, and military defense matters. and Mike Ingrassia in Connecticut. The travel’s been great and seeing these Trinity Fund Goal: $30,000 wonderful humans even better.” 1999 Class Secretary: Alyssa Daigle Bill Wanner ’98, Rick Coduri ’99, Thom Back ’98, Britt deVeer ’98, Thanks to everyone for writing, and Schoenfeld, 28 Woodvue Rd., Windham, NH Mike Divney ’00, Sim Ketchum ’00, and Peter Levinson ’98 enjoy happy 40th to all those who have been 03087-2113; [email protected] their ninth annual fall outing, this time in September 2017 in awesome since 1977! Until next time, Hi, everyone. I hope this issue fnds you well. Charlottesville, Virginia. Not pictured is Justin Tejada ’98. be well. Best, Alyssa
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Trinity Fund Goal: $35,000 2000 Class Secretary: Virginia W. Q+A Lyndsay Lacefeld, 3504 Tates Creek Rd., Lexington, KY 40517-2601; virginia.lacefeld.2000@ trincoll.edu Siegel ’00 Greetings, fellow Bantams! Hope everyone is having a delightful winter! First update this issue comes from Julie Plagenhoef, who What is Tradecraf? Tradecraf is a real writes, “Wow! It’s been a busy 17 years. The estate renovation and investment latest news is that I’m living in Portland, company based in Los Angeles with Oregon, with my beautiful family: husband arms in San Francisco and New York. Evan, Clara, 5, and Alice, 3. I transitioned to pediatric nursing about 1.5 years ago, and it How did you get started in your feld? was defnitely the right move. Besides work, I enjoy watching my girls learn and explore Like many kids at liberal arts colleges, their world—they are my joy!” Nice to hear I wasn’t sure what my ultimate career from you, Julie! goals were when I started school. I Next up, Sim Ketchum and wife Sally Maier always had been interested in art and Ketchum ’99 are living in Bedford, New York, design and had come from a family DEGREE: B.A. in American studies and film with son James, 4, and daughter Phoebe, studies of aesthetes, so I knew it might be 2. Sim started a new job this year as a man- something in that realm. Afer a number JOB TITLE: CEO and founder, Tradecraft aging director for Whitehall & Company, an of years working in music and event investment-banking frm based in New York marketing, I decided to realize my FAVORITE TRINITY MEMORY: When City. This past fall, he traveled to Charlottes- original passions more clearly. A friend in Parliament played on the Main Quad lawn … it ville, Virginia, for the ninth annual gathering Los Angeles had been buying distressed was pouring rain, and as soon as they started of a group of Trin alums, including Mike playing, the sun came out! properties for resale, and I immediately Divney, Thom Back ’98, Rick Coduri ’98, Britt knew this was something in which I’d deVeer ’98, Pete Levinson ’98, Justin Tejada ’98, and Bill Wanner ’98. excel. Over the course of about 1½ years, Also in New York, Nate Zeitz and wife I segued out of entertainment and related to building, architecture, design, Alyson recently welcomed their second child, and real estate. It’s a big feld with many focused on real estate and design a baby girl named Sydney who joins older full time. paths, and hearing frsthand is always brother Elliot. The Zeitz family relocated last best. It’s also an industry that doesn’t spring from Park Slope in Brooklyn, New Why did you found Tradecraf? The world have a straightforward education York, to quiet suburban life in Larchmont, of renovating real estate is ofen done in trajectory, so I think if you have the ability just north of the city. Nate also recently a freelance capacity because there are so to do an internship or paid job in one of celebrated his 15-year anniversary as a voice- many methods of going about it. I knew these areas, it’s a great way to see into over agent at CESD Talent Agency in New almost of the bat that I needed control the biz. York, where he’s also vice president of the of the overall look and feel of my projects, agency’s television afliate and radio imag- so being my own boss was a no-brainer. Was there a professor who was ing divisions. Congratulations on the newest Tradecraf refects my independent and particularly infuential? Defnitely addition to your family, Nate! creative spirit. Cheryl Greenberg [now Paul E. Raether Katie Wallack dropped a line to let me know she’s started her frst semester at Distinguished Professor of History]. Claremont Lincoln University, where she’s What do you enjoy most about your work? She helped guide me while at Trinity pursuing a master’s degree in ethical I get to decide with whom I work without and beyond. We’ve kept in touch all of leadership, and she’s working on a project having to deal with the bureaucracy of these years. She was a big infuence on to help performers around the country learn hierarchy and corporate ladders. I also me because she helped me discover that about the “business” of the entertainment love the blend of business strategy and I could do anything regardless of what I business. She also reports that she is still creativity. was studying in school. She encouraged in Los Angeles but looking to relocate and me to explore the world. suggestions are welcome! If you have tips for What are the biggest challenges you Katie, you can fnd her on Facebook. face? Managing cash fow and buying What was the most memorable course Last but not least, William Mansfeld is still properties at the right price knowing you took at Trinity? Why? It’s a tough working as a business and intellectual prop- the cost that I’ll need to purchase and choice, but “Italian Cinema” and my art erty attorney in Boston, Massachusetts and renovate them. Also, underestimating classes come to mind. They enabled me says he’s passing the cold months cheering the funds that I’ll have to put into fxing to analyze my visual surroundings in a for the Patriots and looking forward to the Red Sox’s next season. Go teams! a home. deeper way and become more intuitive. As for yours truly, I am still working at I think they also made me a more the University of Kentucky but have moved What advice would you give today’s culturally aware person, which is into the institutional research and advanced students who might be interested in a helpful in any business where you analytics team, where I get to evaluate cam- fture in your feld? I would advise interact with a wide array of people pus technology initiatives, collaborate on students to talk to as many experienced from diferent backgrounds. student success projects, and spend copious people as possible from disciplines time with our awesome data scientists. This
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is a new area for me, but I’m learning a lot and enjoying branching out from core IT. In my spare CONNECT WITH ALUMNI AND time, I continue to climb on things regularly at UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AT my local aerial circus arts gym and will be per- forming this January on aerial silks, hoop, and MyTrinNET.edu. sling in Wonka!, my third theatrical circus show with Sora Aerial Arts. And so, mes amis, we have reached the end REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 for now. Have a wonderful spring, and stay in Trinity Fund Goal: $30,000 touch by emailing me at [email protected] Class Secretary: Colman or connecting via the social media channel of 2003 Chamberlain, 5 King Edwards Rd., Flat 309, your choice. I always like hearing from you and Aaron Brill ’03 and Meredith Bush were married on London, United Kingdom E9 7SG; colman. helping to share your wonders with the world! August 8, 2017, at San Francisco City Hall and celebrated [email protected] • Class Agents: Joyeux hiver et printemps! on October 7 at Stotesbury Mansion in Center City Suzanne H. Schwartz, Craig M. Tredenick Philadelphia. Front row: Alissa Crevier ’03, Miguel Peman Trude Goodman Tiesi and husband John ’03, Katie Bowman ’03, Aaron Brill ’03, Meredith Bush, Trinity Fund Goal: $45,000 welcomed daughter Jeanne Stage on June Phil Thompson ’01; back row: Rodrigo Jimenez ’03, Nick Class Secretary: Susanna Kise, Willoughby ’03, John Carter III ’03, Duncan Ley ’03, Talbot 2001 30, 2017. Jeanne is named afer her three 1301 Richmond Ave., Apt. 370, Houston, TX Beck ’03, Brian Westwater ’03, Jef Tucker ’03, Jamie Schif great-grandmothers and Stage Harbor in 77006-5494; [email protected] ’03 Chatham, Masschussetts, where Trude grew Class Agents: Jay P. Civetti Jr., Ann W. Grasing, up sailing. The Tiesis are enjoying family life David K. Kieve, Matthew J. Schiller in downtown Brooklyn. Hello, classmates! The end of summer and begin- On August 8, Aaron Brill and Meredith Bush ning of fall has been a doozy for many of us. were married at San Francisco City Hall. On Personally, though my home escaped the wrath October 7, the couple celebrated at Stotesbury of Hurricane Harvey, friends and family did not Mansion in Center City Philadelphia. fare so well during that storm, Irma or Maria, or the earthquakes in Mexico City. I spent the week Trinity Fund Goal: $20,000 afer Harvey helping a friend whose home got 15 Class Secretary: Jacob W. feet of water in it, and this week my care package 2004 Schneider, 59 Wallis Rd., Chestnut Hill, MA to family in San Juan was delivered. If y’all ever 02467-3174; [email protected] need a recommendation for anti-mold spray or Class Agent: Matthew W. Glasz afordable solar panels, let me know. Also, I’m David Huoppi ’04, right, and Hannah Kobeski were married Samantha (Lee) and Bret Boudreaux welcomed pretty good at ripping out Sheetrock. Otherwise, on August 13, 2016, in Exeter, New Hampshire. Also their second daughter, Sabine Lee, on March 2! I’ve been working hard throughout fall tax pictured are the groom’s parents, Rich ’75 and Margie Bain Her big sister, Beatrix, is 4 years old. Bret is the Huoppi ’74, P’04. season but was able to enjoy a trip to Colorado in director of career development at the University August and a trip to Los Angeles in September. of Saint Joseph in West Hartford. Samantha is a Teddy Schif gets a prize for quickest response transplant and hepatology nurse practitioner in to the request for notes! He and Molly (Malgieri) the Gastroenterology Department at Connecticut recently moved to the suburbs afer 15 years in Children’s Medical Center in Hartford. New York City and two (going on three) kids. Lily Siegel-Gardner Coleman had a baby girl, They frequently see many Trinity grads around Rosalie Virginia Coleman, in August! Her big town and laugh about their college days. brother Harris, 2½, is enjoying his role. Lily is This September, Alexander J. Norris was working as a special project manager at DaVita promoted to an advisory position at Aetna, Medical Group’s headquarters in Denver, where he works as an accomplished data Colorado. scientist ensuring security, performance, Karen (Roy) and Jared Rubin welcomed a baby capacity, and availability of all IT systems. girl, Liv, this summer! Liv joins big sister Mia Matt Purushotham writes, “My wife, Carolyn, Courtney Howe ’06 and Paul Cotto were married on in the family’s new Somerville, Massachusetts, and I moved to Alexandria, Virginia, in Decem- September 16, 2017, at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. They home. Karen is the vice president of growth at celebrated with fellow Bantams Bryan ’06 and Margaux ber. We welcomed a baby boy, Tanner, on July 27, Owl Labs, a Boston-based start-up that builds Morrison Crabtree ’06, Timothy ’06 and Charlotte Fouch 2017. He’s doing great and is looking forward to Fox ’06, Caroline Applegarth ’06, Sarah Bookwalter amazing, owl-shaped video conferencing his frst Trinity Reunion in 2021!” Hutchins ’06, and Teagan Henwood Allen ’06. hardware. Keep up the good work, y’all! and Lauren Bland. Dan reports, “Brittany and Trinity Fund Goal: $35,000 Trinity Fund Goal: $12,000 I met in East Hampton on July 4, 2012, when Class Secretary: Diana Dreyfs Co-Class Secretary: Michelle 2005 Kyle Cooke casually went over to her table and 2002 Leighton, Princeton, NJ; diana.leighton.2005@ Rosado Barzallo, 70 Glenrock, Norwalk, CT struck up a conversation with her and a friend trincoll.edu • Class Agent: Saki S. Mori 06850-1380; [email protected] she was staying with in the Hamptons. The rest Dan Glickberg and Brittany Millman were Co-Class Secretary: Adrian Fadrhonc, 193 Buena is history.” Glad to hear that Kyle Cooke is an married on September 16, 2017, at the Parrish Art Vista Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941-1233; adrian. efective wingman. Museum in Water Mill, New York. Trinity friends [email protected] • Class Agents: Nicole Sempert Tatlow and husband Jonathan in attendance included Kyle Garvey and wife Nicole B. LaBrie, Ellen M. Zarchin Tatlow welcomed Amelia Grace Tatlow on June Elizabeth Mooney ’06 (their daughter Rosie was 25, 2017. Amelia’s hobbies include eating, smil- fower girl and walked Dan and Brittany’s French ing, and wiggling. bulldog Henley down the aisle), Alex Burakof, Rob O’Leary, Kyle Cooke ’06, Jack O’Donohue,
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Q+A Rhoden Monrose ’09
What is CariClub? CariClub is the double-edged sword, but my belief in world’s frst and only premium CariClub’s concept and love for what I networking platform that connects do has made us not only last but also young professionals to causes they into the success we are today. care about. Ofered as an employee beneft, our unique social networking How did your time at Trinity help prepare platform gives young professionals the you for what you do now? My Trinity opportunity to fnd a sense of purpose education was integral to the creation outside of work through philanthropic of CariClub. The liberal arts curriculum engagements and nonproft board developed problem-solving and analytic service. skills that have been invaluable to all aspects of my life. But something Why was it important for you to start it? uniquely special about Trinity is the Growing up, nonprofts played a very support of the alumni network. So important role in my life and actually many remarkable Trinity graduates gave me the opportunity to attend go above and beyond to help fellow DEGREE: B.A. in economics Trinity College. I was born in St. Lucia Bantams. Jawanza Gross ’94 provided JOB TITLE: CEO and founder of CariClub and raised by my grandmother until invaluable guidance as a mentor to me I was 12, when my mother, a single in my early days of working on Wall FAVORITE TRINITY MEMORY: My favorite memory from my time at Trinity was being parent, earned enough money for my Street. Paul Raether ’68, H’14, P’93, admitted to the P.R.I.D.E. program as a sister and me to join her in Harlem. ’96, ’01, former chair of Trinity’s Board sophomore. It was one of the first opportunities Without assistance from the educational of Trustees, was my lead investor and I had to cultivate leadership skills. My appreciation for the importance of diversity also nonproft Prep for Prep, I wouldn’t have played a critical role in helping to shape was further solidified through P.R.I.D.E. and has been able to attend Middlesex School CariClub into the platform it is today. become a value that CariClub as a whole holds and later Trinity. Afer I graduated from Paul, along with celebrity restaurateur dear. I had the added benefit of making great friends in the process. Trinity, like many of my classmates, and fellow Trinity alum Danny Meyer I pursued a path on Wall Street and was ’80, P’20 [current Trinity trustee], were struck by how many talented young featured speakers at the frst installment professionals wanted to make a social of CariClub Connect, our inaugural 2008/2009 was an extremely humbling impact but didn’t know how. Afer two quarterly members-only cocktail mixer. experience. I received a crash course years of mulling over this conundrum, Countless other Trinity graduates have on the gap between traditional Milton I decided to leave my bulge-bracket been instrumental to the success of Friedman economics vs. economics in banking job to start CariClub to CariClub, including Todd Dagres ’82, the “real world.” I found myself going introduce the nonprofts that shaped Sophie Bell Ayres ’77, P’12, and back to a lot of what I learned from my me to the co-workers they enabled me Christine Elia ’96 [current Trinity frst-year seminar with Professor Raskin to have. trustee], and I am so grateful to to help make sense of the state of the them all. fnancial markets at the time. Many of What are your favorite aspects of your these lessons have carried over to my work? What are the biggest challenges What was the most memorable course life as an entrepreneur in ways that I you face? Starting your own company you took at Trinity? My frst-year never anticipated. is like having a kid, and every day is seminar, “Changing Your Mind,” a learning experience full of exciting was my favorite class at Trinity, and Please see page 50 for a photo taken at a new opportunities and challenges. This Professor [of Psychology and Neuro- recent CariClub event. is especially true for me and CariClub science] Sarah Raskin planted the seeds because not only is it my own company for what has grown to be an ongoing but also the frst platform of its kind— intellectual curiosity with social and
leading innovation in the space while behavioral neuroscience. Entering For more information on CariClub, please visit facing unpredictable and unprecedent- the fnancial services industry during commons.trincoll.edu/ ed challenges. Being the frst truly is a the height of the fnancial crisis in Reporter.
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Trinity Fund Goal: $15,000 REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 Class Secretary: Timothy Y. Fox, 2006 Trinity Fund Goal: $10,000 1330 New Hampshire NW, Apt. 913, Washington, Class Secretary: Hadley Schroll D.C. 20036-6306; [email protected] 2008 Sullivan, 74 Fountain St., West Newton, MA Class Agents: Kimberly E. Galloway, Victoria 02465-3023; [email protected] Hamilton McCarthy, Virginia Adair McCarthy, Class Agent: Sasha C. Kravetz Gabriel L.P. Rotman, Nicole E. Tsesmelis This May, Tracy Wright graduated with her Colin Levy is working for Pearson Education as J.D./M.B.A. from North Carolina Central manager, contract negotiations, managing a University and works in-house as a staf attorney range of global and domestic content-licensing with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North deals from cradle to grave. He loves his job and Carolina. In this role, she provides legal services feels privileged to work with excellent, inspir- and counsel to the company on various legal ing, and smart people. He also is starting a blog matters, including interpretation and application (colinslevy.com) that focuses on legal tech issues of laws and regulations, as well as contractual and issues relating to the business of practicing relations and liability matters. law in-house. He welcomes anyone interested in Joe Melillo ’09 and Carrie Jones were married on Ali Schmidt Davis is living with her family in being a guest blogger to reach out. September 8, 2017, in Charleston, South Carolina, Carrie’s Park City, Utah. This August, they welcomed Matt Lipton and Kristen St. Martin-Lipton had a son Devan joined in the celebration. their baby boy, Cameron Kenneth Davis, to their baby boy named Merritt Paul on July 26. expanding family. Jake Isbrandtsen, Timothy Fox, and Charlotte Christie Grant Versagli is a wellness instructor Fouch Fox caught up in D.C. this September at Johns Hopkins University and lives in over dinner. They had a great time, and no one Pennsylvania with her husband, Douglas. was asked to leave the bar. On another positive From Justin Pool: “I have successfully note, Jake revealed that he and wife Carolyn are defended my Ph.D. in biological sciences in May expecting their frst child, a girl, in December. of this past year at Fordham University in New Jake’s once-imminent plan to buy a boat is on a York City.” mild 18–25-year hiatus. From the Alumni Ofce: Abernathy Courtney Howe and Paul Cotto were married MacGregor, a leading strategic communications on September 16, 2017, at the Seaport Hotel in advisory frm to global companies, investment Boston. Their cat Lola wore a matching wedding frms, and other organizations, recently gown throughout the afair. Courtney celebrated announced a number of senior executive surrounded by fellow Bantams Bryan and Meg Smith ’09 and Alex Manevitz ’09 were married on appointments, including the promotion of Pat June 11, 2017, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Those in Margaux Morrison Crabtree, Timothy and Tucker to managing director. attendance included Erin Hall, Meredith Madeira, Nick Charlotte Fouch Fox, Caroline Applegarth, Sarah Hall ’07, Colin Raelson ’07, Maggie Rivara Raelson ’07, Will
Bookwalter Hutchins, and Teagan Henwood Allen. Madeira ’08, John Rendeiro ’09, Stephanie Glover ’09, Trinity Fund Goal: $40,000 Matt Milner ’09, Emily Witt ’09, Sara Ickow ’09, Devlin Sarah Bookwalter Hutchins celebrated her Class Secretary: Stephen G. Hughes Jackson ’09, Brett Jackson ’09, Kat Lawlor ’10, birthday in September. Sarah and husband Jon 2009 Sullivan, 4919 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Apt. 1, Valley David Kimball-Stanley ’09, Anne Bonfglio ’10, Meg Smith are certifed PADI advanced open water divers. ’09, Alex Manevitz ’09, Allie Kokesh ’09, Luc Rioual ’11, Village, CA 91607-3732; stephen.sullivan.2009@ She plans to go scuba diving of Madagascar with Sean Zimmer ’11, Kayla Lawson ’11, Gwen Hopkins ’08, trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Alexandra H. Klestadt, Kate Prendergast Baumgartner ’08, Scott Baumgartner ’07, whale sharks this spring. Christian Montoya, Alexandra G. Wueger and Kashif Mohiuddin ’08. Not pictured are David Allen ’09, James Frawley ’08, Chris Giacolone ’07, Chuck Pratt Meg Smith and Alex Manevitz were married at the Trinity Fund Goal: $13,000 ’07, and Caleb Wasser ’08. Brooklyn Botanic Garden on June 11, 2017. They Class Secretary: Devon C. 2007 were thrilled that so many Trinity friends were Lawrence, 343 E. 30th St., Apt. 1P, New York, NY there to celebrate with them! 10016-6411; [email protected] On September 8, 2017, Joe Melillo and Carrie Class Agents: Joseph C. Butler, Jenny G. Carson, Z. Jones were married in Charleston, South Logan Gould, Devon C. Lawrence, Nile I. Lundgren, Carolina. Carrie has a 6-year-old boy named Samuel J. Rednor, Molly Carty Sparrow, Timothy C. Devan, and they have brought nothing but joy Woodhull for the past 2½ years to Joe. Carrie and Joe also Todd Morrison and Sarah Purvis Morrison ’06 bought a house together in September. For the recently welcomed a new addition to their family. last two years, Joe has been living and working Theodore Alexander joins older brother Henry in Indianapolis as a TV reporter for WISH-TV. He Blaikie and his parents in Cleveland, Ohio, works the early morning shif (3–11 a.m.) Monday where Todd is fnishing his orthopedic surgery through Friday. Joe also would like to add that residency at University Hospitals Cleveland the Indy 500 is the coolest event he’s ever been to Sari Fromson ’10 and Perry Laberis ’10 were married on Medical Center at Case Western Reserve and the best way to start the summer. September 23, 2017, at Willowbend in Mashpee, Cape Cod. University. The Morrison family will be headed Bantams joining the bride and groom included Brendan From the Alumni Ofce: Margaret MacAlpine to warmer weather in Tampa in 2018, when Todd Kelly ’10 (who ofciated the ceremony), Joe Hanson ’10, was awarded a 2018 O’Reilly Defender Award, Jason Tedeschi ’10, Raymond Mooney ’10, Jared Laptas ’10, will be a fellow in adult reconstructive surgery at alongside several notable professors and public Chuck Martin ’10, Lauren Martin ’10, Rachel Talentino ’08, the Florida Orthopedic Institute. Colin Murphy ’10, Brandon Ward ’10, Emily Talbot fgures, for her role in voting machine security Adam Ross is an assistant state attorney in the Gulbrandsen ’10, Erik Gulbrandsen ’09, Elizabeth research through the DefCon Hacker Conference State of Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit. McPartland ’10, Margot Mooney ’10, and Lindsay Melloh Voting Machine Hacking Village and its subse- ’10. quent report. She’s been working about seven years in the election security world, so this was quite an honor.
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Trinity Fund Goal: $28,000 2010 Co-Class Secretary: Courteney M. Coyne, 2800 Woodley Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20008-4116; courteney.coyne.2010@trincoll. edu • Co-Class Secretary: Colin B. Touhey, 262 Garfeld Pl., Brooklyn, NY 11215; colin.touhey. [email protected] • Class Agents: Justin B. Barrett, Adam C. Dawson, Raquasheva Ramirez, Amye V. Waterhouse Congratulations to members of our class who recently were married! Sheva Ramirez and Andrew Darcy, Esq. were Sheva Ramirez ’10 and Andrew Darcy, Esq. were married on Katherine Fawcett ’11 and Kurt von Seekamm ’09 were married on July 21, 2017, in Wood-Ridge, New July 21, 2017, in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. Joining the bride married on June 10, 2017, in Marshfeld, Massachusetts. and groom were Julina Scott ’10, LiJin Yan ’10, Christopher Front row: Pat Mostyn ’08, Katherine Fawcett ’11, Kurt Jersey. Doval ’10, Andrew Grubin ’10, and Marvin Perez ’10. Not von Seekamm ’09, Jo-Ann Jee ’09, Eniana Agolli ’11, Katie Emma Williams and James Rochford were pictured is Jonathan Fox ’08. Pierce ’11; back row: Lindsay Cornwell ’11, Tehani Guruge married on September 16, 2017, at The Dunes ’11, Ian McGregor ’09, Johan Detter ’13, Gustav Detter Club in Narragansett, Rhode Island. ’09, Shaun Johnstone ’08, Marc Spagnoletti ’09, Andy Janiga ’11, Jason Oxner ’09, Julien Franklin ’09, Genevieve Sari Fromson and Perry Laberis were married Gadenne ’09, Alessandra McHugh ’11, Erica Russell Salk at Willowbend in Mashpee, Cape Cod, on ’11, Leigh Fawcett ’98 September 23, 2017. Brendan Kelly ’10 ofciated the ceremony. Congratulations to Nate Kelly, who got engaged to Gracie Phillips ’13 in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, in August, and Melissa Litwack, who got engaged to Eylon Winterstein on September 9, 2017! Hats of to Jessica Ross, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Peripheral Mechanisms of Ischemic Myalgia,” this summer! Emma Williams ’10 and James Rochford were married on September 16, 2017, at The Dunes Club in Narragansett, She received her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Rhode Island. Bantams in attendance included Melissa University of Cincinnati on August 4. Jessica is Litwack ’10, Emma Williams Rochford ’10, Katherine Tyurin beginning a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford ’10, and Nicole Dubowitz Silverman ’10. University, where she will continue to study pain Kayla Lawson ’11 and Sean Zimmer ’11 were married in mechanisms. She is excited to join the Trinity April 2017 at Burning Daylight Farms in Charlottesville, alumni community in the Bay Area! Virginia. Front row, kneeling: Kirsten Cheney ’10, Alli Millstein ’10, Luc Rioual ’11; middle row: Scotty Eckenthal Thank you to everyone who submitted up- ’12, Alexandra Kokesh ’09, Kayla Lawson ’11, Sean Zimmer dates. Please continue to send us your news. ’11, Emily Quinton ’11, Annalise Welte ’12, Jenna Stebbins We look forward to hearing from you! ’11, Caite Irvine ’12, Emma Lynch ’12; back row: Finley Harckham ’10, Julia McInnis ’11, Josh Cohen ’10, Brian Cheney ’10, Karl Sandrich ’12, Leo Liyeung ’13, Jenna Smith Trinity Fund Goal: $10,000 ’11, Vincent Moore ’11, Lindsay Rabkin ’11, Kristin Rocha 2011 Co-Class Secretary: Remi L. Evans, ’10 915 S. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21231-3616; remi. [email protected] • Co-Class Secretary: Mark J. LaVoie, 365 W. 52nd St., Apt. 5H, New York, NY 10019-6253; mark.lavoie.2011@trincoll. Amy Almeida ’11 and Orhan Gazelle ’11 were married on edu • Class Agents: Joshua Stuart Growney, May 28, 2017, in Bristol, Rhode Island. Matthew Nestor ’12 Rebecca L. Savage ofciated. The Class of 2011 has been busy celebrating Bantam love and traveling the world! Hilly Novik and Derek Sandberg were married on June 24, 2017, in Sharon, Connecticut. They celebrated this occasion with 38 fellow Bantams (mostly ’11s, ’10s, and ’09s plus one ’60 alum). Hilly Novik ’11 and Derek Sandberg ’11 were married on Andy Janiga and Jo-Ann Jee ’10 report that June 24, 2017, in Sharon, Connecticut. Front row, kneeling: things are going well for them. Jo-Ann fnished Sean McCarthy ’12, Joe Hanson ’10, Egor Petrov ’11, Doug her Ph.D. in chemistry, Andy fnished his D.M.D. Baillie ’10; middle row: Dassy Nunez ’11, Liz Colicchio ’11, Morgan Sackman ’11, Emily Weber ’11, Hilly Novik ’11, in 2015, and the two have been traveling with the Chloe Aronson ’11, Meta Reycraf ’11, Alicia Maestri ’11, Army ever since. They are based in Richmond, Derek Sandberg ’11, Grifn Keady ’10, Portia Keady ’11, Virginia, and loving it. Jo-Ann is doing pharma- Jamie Callahan ’11, Cami Schelhorn ’11, Cam Salem ’11, ceutical research with Virginia Commonwealth Dave Anderson ’10, Alex Taylor ’10, Ryan Crapser ’10, Cristina Conti ’11 and Daniel Pineda were married on April Justin Letizia ’10, Sarah Nelson ’11, Sam Nelson ’11; back University and teaching chemistry at a local 22, 2017, in Warwick, New York. row: Ken Lyons ’60, Ali O’Brien ’11, Travis Judson ’11, Lily community college. Dentistry has been treating Reece ’11, Trevor Carlisle ’11, Mary McKenna ’11, EJ Ewald Andy well, and he recently was named one of the ’11, Julia Stein ’11, Nora Parry ’11, John Brennan ’10, Ricky top 40 dentists in America under 40 by Incisal Holstein ’11, Mike DiCenso ’10, Mike Flynn ’15, Mike Sayre Edge magazine. ’02 Afer getting accepted to IE Business School
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in Madrid, Spain, Andres Vargas lef his job to travel all over Southeast Asia. He ventured to Thailand, Malaysia (where fellow ’11 classmate Randy Lim is from), and to Singapore. He has started his M.B.A. program at IE, which has been intense but enjoyable. If any fellow Bantams fnd themselves in Madrid between now and July 2018, make sure to say hi to Andres! Kayla Lawson and Sean Zimmer were married this past April at Burning Daylight Farms in Charlottesville, Virginia. This momen- tous occasion was attended by many Trinity Sophie Starchman ’11 and Dimitar Gochev ’11 were married Samantha Moore ’12 and Andrew Bates were married on on August 5, 2017, in Boise, Idaho. Bantams joining the June 24, 2017, in Osterville, Massachusetts. Front row: alums, including Brian Cheney ’10, who per- couple included Todor Mitev ’12, Vlad Burca ’14, Rebecca Chelsea Mello ’12, Katlin Mock ’12, Amanda Kohlhas Moore formed the ceremony, and Sean’s grandmother, Ostrowsky ’11, Trang Luong ’11, Rumen Vasilev ’09, Rayan ’81, Andrew Bates, Samantha Moore ’12, Susy Arnold ’12, Sonia Lee, Trinity professor of language and Beydoun ’12, Kalin Gochev ’09, Nichole Strack Guerra ’11, Ellen Grossman Habelow ’81; back row: Courtney Chalof culture studies, emerita. They live in Brooklyn, Katie Masi ’13, Elizabeth Dalton Baca ’11, Yuwei Xie ’11, ’12, Sarah Whitham ’14, Emily Guthorn ’12, Kelly O’Brien Andrei Marchidan ’13, Pooja Shakya ’11, Katie Marinello ’12, Judy Klein Gardner ’81, Liza Heussler ’12, Lindsay New York, where Kayla works for Village Health ’11, and Cathi Meunier Shershneva ’11. Monaghan ’12 Works, an NGO based in Burundi. She just returned from a two-week feld visit at the VHW campus. Sean works in tech as a product manag- er and volunteers with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Brooklyn Bird Club. Afer graduating with her master’s from Oxford University, Cristina Conti co-founded a personal matchmaking company, Matchmakers In The City. With its frst ofce in Beverly Hills, California, the company has expanded in the last six years to New York City, San Francisco, and D.C. A noted celebrity matchmaker and dating expert, Cristina writes articles on FRANKLIN SQUARE PHOTOGRAPHERS PHOTO: relationships that are frequently featured on Andrea Titone ’11 and Alex Okano ’11 were married on Carly Rando ’12 and Jim Wood ’10 were married on June June 3, 2017, at Russo’s on the Bay in Queens, New 16, 2017, at Wychmere Beach Club in Harwich Port, Elite Daily, YourTango.com, and Entity, among York. Bantams in attendance included James Gately ’10, Massachusetts. Front row: Jessica Girvan ’12, Saya Lindsay others. Cristina and Daniel Pineda were married Rachel Low ’10, Callie Barr ’10, Samantha Petcu ’11, Ezra ’12, Carly Rando ’12, Lindsey Weiner ’12, Ali Zanghi ’12; on April 22, 2017, in Warwick, New York, and she Moser ’10, Sarah Pratt ’10, Jack Abbott ’10, Stephen middle row: Nana Sampong ’12, Camila Soriano ’12, Ryan is enjoying her status as a newlywed! Gruendel ’11, Andrea Titone ’11, Alex Okano ’11, Mike Lau Piacentini ’09, Jim Wood ’10, Brigitte Cellino ’12, Celia ’10, Isabelle McTwigen ’10, Olivia Berger ’10, Jennifer Petit Colman-McGaw ’12, Sarah Hagman ’12, Domi Di Dia ’12; Alex Okano and Andrea Titone were married ’11, Michelle Cohen ’10, Sara Fiorillo ’09, Will Pollock ’10, back row: Jeremiah Bayer ’10, Kent Graham ’10, Chris on June 3, 2017, at Russo’s on the Bay in Queens, Rob Key ’10, and Doug Baillie ’10. Dibona ’10, Joe Markovich ’10, Tim Bourdon ’08, Conor New York, surrounded by fellow Bantam friends. O’Sullivan-Pierce ’10, Tyler Berry ’09, Paul Romano ’81 Dimitar Gochev and Sophie Starchman were married on August 5, 2017, in Boise, Idaho, where Sophie grew up. They are deeply thankful for the Trinity alumni who traveled from across the United States and overseas to celebrate together. Sophie and Dimitar reside in Bristol, Connecticut, where she works as a teacher afer earning her M.S. in elementary education in May 2017 and he is a sofware engineer II at ESPN afer getting his M.S. in computer science in May 2014. Having met in their freshman dorm almost 10 years earlier, Amy Almeida and Orhan Gazelle Chloe Koines ’12 and Jefrey Menard ’13 were married on August 12, 2017, at the Wychmere Beach Club in Harwich Naomi Sobelson ’12 and Joseph Mashburn ’13 were married were married on May 28, 2017, in Bristol, Rhode Port, Massachusetts. on September 3, 2017, at Mount Washington in New Island. The ceremony was ofciated by the Hampshire. Front row: Abby Himmelrich ’12, Ben Rudy couple’s good friend and fellow Trinity alum Trinity Fund Goal: $8,000 ’13, KC Clark ’13, Naomi Sobelson Mashburn ’12, Joseph Matthew Nestor ’12. Class Secretary: Mary Kate Morr, Mashburn ’13, Tony Chen ’13, Julie McDonough ’14, Ayala 2012 Cohen ’13; middle row: Ben Hoef ’13, Jynette DeMarco ’13, Afer meeting in a frat basement, Kurt von 4121 Knox Ct., Denver, CO 80211-1653; mary. Kim Wagner ’13, Kathleen McKenna ’13, Marc DiBenedetto Seekamm ’09 and Katherine Fawcett were [email protected] • Class Agents: James J. ’13, Brett Jackson ’09, Devlin Jackson ’09; back row: Stu married on June 10, 2017, at her family’s home in Armillay Jr., Esq., Mary Kate Morr, Nicole Lustig Lovejoy ’13, Jennifer Estabrook ’82, Scott Estabrook ’82, Rip Furniss ’12 Marshfeld, Massachusetts. Katherine recently Pasternak, Lily Pepper Sommer, Kathryn T. Van spent the summer at Spotify in New York and is Sickle, William A. Yale returning to fnish her second year at the Tuck The Class of 2012 has several recent weddings to Harwich Port, Massachusetts, alongside many School of Business in Hanover, New Hampshire. celebrate. Trinity College alumni. Carly and Jim frst met in Kurt is an assistant professor of economics at Carly Rando and Jim Wood ’10 were married 2009 at Psi Upsilon’s annual Tropical Party and Salem State University in Massachusetts. on June 16, 2017, at Wychmere Beach Club in began dating shortly afer.
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Trinity Fund Goal: $5,000 community and his achievements in personal 2014 Co-Class Secretary: Cameron development, physical ftness, and expedition/ M. Stacy, Vectra Management Group, 505 Park exploration. Christopher has accepted a position Ave., Suite 403, New York, NY 10022-9339; with Seven Seas Water, the reverse osmosis [email protected] • Co-Class company for the Caribbean. Secretary: Carlos A. Velazquez, 206 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06105-2519; carlos. Class Secretary: Lillie N. Lavado ’10, [email protected] • Class Agents: IDP 228 Waddell Road, Castle Hill, ME Nicole R. LeClair, Ann W. Murdock, Katherine C. 04757-5205; [email protected] Weatherley-White From Jeremy Rees: “I am actually marrying Three notes from the my college sweetheart (Emily Kleidon, also MASTER’S Alumni Ofce: Emily Howe ’13 and Greg Gianis were married on August Class of ’14) on October 21.” Barbara J. Beeching M’96 writes, “I earned an 5, 2017, in Memphis, Tennessee. Front row: Carrington Joy M.A. in American studies at Trinity in 1996. From Finnen ’13, Yara Benjamin ’13, Emily Howe Gianis ’13, Greg Gianis, Katherine Childers ’13, Maddi Rudman ’14, Hillary Trinity Fund Goal: $5,000 there I went to UConn and received a Ph.D. in McNamara ’13, Blake Johnson ’13; back row: Britney Ryan 2015 Class Secretary: Peter J. Ragosta history in 2010. The subject of my master’s thesis ’13, John Gianis ’77, Margot Gianis Mooney ’10 Jr., 20 Clipper Cir., Wakefeld, RI 02879; peter. was the basis of my dissertation, and in January [email protected] • Class Agents: Fiona of 2017, SUNY Press published my book, again Samantha Moore and Andrew Bates (UC Brennan, Taniqua K. Huguley, Peter J. Ragosta Jr., based on the work at both schools. Hopes and Berkeley ’09) were married on June 24, 2017, at Stephen P. Sample, Sarah S. Wolcott, Robert D. Expectations: The Origins of the Black Middle the bride’s home in Osterville, Massachusetts. Zindman Class in Hartford was reissued in July as a paper- Lily Pepper and Kenneth Sommer (Washing- I am happy to report that classmates Marie back. I returned to academia late in life. My ton University in St. Louis ’12) were married on Christner and Sheldon Stansfeld are engaged. original degree, a bachelor of journalism, was January 7, 2017. They met at Trinity College Hillel Sheldon proposed in Central Park this past June. awarded in 1950 by the University of Missouri.” freshman year and are living in Midtown New Afer she said yes, they had dinner with their Thomas G. Smith M’98, Connecticut Alpha York City. Lily is fnishing a dual degree at New families at Tavern on the Green. #tringagement Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu ’97, has co-authored York University: a master’s of public adminis- In other news, Sonjay Singh is back at school. a new manual for educators and classroom tration from NYU Wagner Graduate School of He has entered law school at Temple University teachers with colleague Louise E. Loomis, Ph.D. Public Service and a master’s in Hebrew and in Philadelphia and as these notes went to print The Cognitive Six: A Guide to Teaching Thinking Judaic studies from NYU Graduate School of Arts was preparing for his fnal exams. refers to the six thinking skills our brains and Science (Skirball Department of Hebrew and naturally possess and use to organize informa- Judaic Studies). She will graduate in spring 2018. Trinity Fund Goal: $5,000 tion. Afer infusing “The Cognitive Six” within Alexandra Fox and Thomas Rogers ’09 2016 Class Secretary: Ashira E. their content-based classroom lessons, they were married on September 9, 2017, on Anderson, 300 E. Seminary St., Mercersburg, PA developed a manual with formats that can be Chappaquiddick Island in Martha’s Vineyard. 17236-1550; [email protected] reproduced to create lessons that use and teach The two met at Trinity in 2009. Class Agent: Julia E. Herr the six skills to support claims found in the Chloe Koines and Jefrey Menard ’13 were Afer graduating from Trinity, Sasha Gluzman Common Core Standards and within the 21st- married on August 12, 2017, at the Wychmere moved to Chicago to intern for an architecture century education goals. Beach Club in Harwich Port, Massachusetts. frm called Northworks. Since then, Gluzman Melissa Kotulski M’05 attended Family Week- Naomi Sobelson and Joseph Mashburn ’13 has moved back to the Czech Republic to work end with her mom and brought back souvenirs were married on September 3, 2017, at the base for a sofware company. She will be applying to for her brother’s children. Will there be a few of Mount Washington in the White Mountains graduate school soon with the hopes of returning Bantams in the future of this family? Inquiring of New Hampshire while surrounded by loving to the architecture feld or the art industry. minds want to know! friends and family. They are so excited to begin Bridget Reilly recently started her Ph.D. in their life together and so grateful to have met English at the University of Virginia. ’neath the elms of dear old Trinity! Afer purchasing a home in Southern California, Brigand Blake has decided to apply to PHOTOS? REUNION • JUNE 7-10, 2018 law school once she fnishes her master’s degree Please send ONLY high-resolution wedding and Trinity Fund Goal: $10,000 in engineering management. Blake hopes that the knowledge gained as she obtains her J.D. Class Notes photos (generally with a fle size 2013 Class Secretary: Emily A. Lindahl, of at least 1 MB); low-resolution photos, while 14 Wellman St., #2, Brookline, MA 02446-2831; will help her become a more efective property fne for websites, will not reproduce well in [email protected] • Class Agents: manager. Blake also has started a web develop- the magazine. For Class Notes photos, we ask Perin B. Adams, Caroline E. Brewster, Malcolm ment business called World Tree Web Design in that no more than one photo is submitted per X. Evans, David D. Hill, Jesse L. Hunt, Megan A. addition to working for her family. Ingersoll, Alexander C. Rafol, James C. Thaler, person per issue and that the photo includes at Dobromir G. Trifonov Trinity Fund Goal: $10,000 least one Bantam. We can’t promise that we’ll Charlie McLendon and Caroline Healy got engaged 2017 Class Secretary: Molly Jane Thoms, be able to publish all that we receive, but we’ll this July. The Chapel, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., do our best. We reserve the right to decide From the Alumni Ofce: Leah Novak is Hartford, CT 06106-3100; molly.thoms.2017@ what is published based on available space, editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania trincoll.edu photo quality, and photo content. We invite you Law Review. Afer graduating with her J.D. this From the Alumni Ofce: St. Thomas resident to email high-resolution photos (please send as Christopher Cilliers recently was presented with spring, she plans to work at a frm in New York attachments and not in the body of the email) the Silver Congressional Medal by U.S. Virgin City. and complete caption information to your class Islands Congresswomen Stacey Plaskett. Christopher earned the medal through his secretary or to [email protected]. willingness to voluntarily help others in the
70 THE TRINITY REPORTER He went on to earn an M.Div. from 1951 William H. Hulse, 88, of Episcopal Theological School. He Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, died on also received an honorary doctor September 21, 2017. of humanities degree from New Hulse earned a B.A. in economics IN MEMORY England College of Law and honor- from Trinity, where he was a member ary doctor of divinity degrees from of Alpha Chi Rho and the Jesters. He the Berkeley School of Divinity at went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force. 1941(GZDUG-Conway, M.D., 98, of formed Orthopedic Associates of Yale University and from Trinity. Hulse spent most of his career as a Rockport, Massachusetts, died on Hartford, now a group of more than Walmsley was elected bishop salesman in the beverage industry. September 19, 2017. 30 orthopedists. coadjutor of the Episcopal Church in Hulse is survived by his children, Conway earned a B.S. in biology Shafer is survived by his children, Connecticut while serving as rector Jesse Hulse (Jane), Denise Fenton from Trinity, where he was a member Pamela Shafer (Patrick Sheehan), of St. Paul’s in New Haven before (Phil), and Brenda Haller (Jon); of Alpha Chi Rho and served as Alex Shafer, Gail Voisin (Didier), becoming the bishop diocesan stepchildren Joanne, Jef (Kateri), class president and captain of the Theodore Shafer (fancée Laura from 1981 to 1993. He was known Dan (Betsy), Tom (Barbara), Elaine, swimming team. He went on to earn Schmelter), and Glenn Shafer (Dana for advancing the church in areas Pat (Bonnie), and Mary Ellen (Tony); an M.D. from Yale Medical School. Greenberg), and nine grandchildren. including social justice, urban six grandchildren; 10 step-grand- Conway served in the Army Medical He was predeceased by his wife of ministry, refugee and immigrant children; and one great-grandson. Corps during World War II and was 65 years, Maryellen. services, and caring for those living He was predeceased by brother discharged as a captain. Board with HIV-AIDS. Walmsley was a dedi- Theodore Hulse. certifed in internal medicine and 1947 Alfed S. Dubinsky, 90, of Palo cated alumnus who served for more allergy and immunology, Conway Alto, California, died on April 4, than a decade on the college’s Board 1952 Richard E. McCrehan, 87, of practiced medicine for 35 years at 2017. of Trustees. In 1993, Trinity awarded Montgomery, Texas, died on Decem- Hartford Hospital. He retired as chief Dubinsky earned a B.S. in math- him The Eigenbrodt Cup, one of the ber 22, 2016. of allergy and immunology. ematics from Trinity, where he was highest honors bestowed upon a McCrehan earned a B.S. in Conway is survived by his active in Hillel. He went on to earn graduate. physical sciences from Trinity, where daughters, Nancy Tehrani (Stuart), an M.B.A. from Columbia University. Walmsley is survived by his wife, he played basketball and baseball Susan Solomon (Allan), and Shirley Dubinsky had a successful career in Roberta, and children, Elizabeth and and was a member of the Spanish Conway; fve grandchildren; three the aluminum recycling industry. John. Club and the Camera Club. He then great-grandchildren; and sister- Dubinsky is survived by his served in the U.S. Air Force during in-law Barbara Conway. He was children, Michael, Donna (Lenny), 1950 John D. “Jack” Corcoran, 90, of the Korean War and returned to predeceased by his wife of 64 years, and Ann (Jere), and three grand- Simsbury, Connecticut, died on June Dartmouth College, where he earned Shirley, and siblings Charles, Robert, children. He was predeceased by his 12, 2017. an M.A. in geology. He began a and Jane. wife of 63 years, Lillian. Corcoran earned an interdisci- career in the oil business, frst with plinary B.A. from Trinity, where he Phillips Petroleum and ending with 1942 Alphonse P. Granatek, 96, of 1948 James H.O. Page, 91, of Deer- played football and baseball. He his retirement in 1986 from Pioneer, Van Nuys, California, died on July feld Beach, Florida, died on January served in the U.S. Navy in World War where he served as vice president for 17, 2016. 22, 2016. II and went on to a career of nearly exploration. Granatek earned a B.S. in biology Page served in the U.S. Army 40 years with Exxon. He retired in McCrehan is survived by his wife and physics from Trinity, where he Air Corps before attending Trinity, 1988. of 64 years, Alta; children Jefrey played football. He went on to earn where he earned a B.A. in economics Corcoran is survived by his wife McCrehan (Arlene) and Juliette an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Syracuse and served as president of Delta of 68 years, Alice; children Scott Adkins; four grandchildren; and one University. He spent much of his Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He also Corcoran, Cheryl Dube (Louis), great-grandchild. He was prede- career in pharmaceutical research was a member of the Senate and the Holly Langos, and Lizabeth LaVigne ceased by brother John McCrehan. and administration. swimming and track and feld teams. (Kelly); seven grandchildren; and He began his career with Union seven great-grandchildren. He was 1952 David R. Smith, 88, of Weston, 1946 Myron E. Shafer, M.D., 90, of Manufacturing and later worked predeceased by son-in-law Ron. Connecticut, died on September 1, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, died for Fafnir Bearing and American 2017. on July 14, 2017. Resources, where he was president. 1950 John A. Girdzis, 89, of Derby, Smith earned a B.A. in history Shafer earned a B.S. in biology Afer semiretirement, he worked as Connecticut, died on September 9, from Trinity, where he served as from Trinity, where he was class a golf/business ambassador for SKF 2017. president of Alpha Chi Rho and was president and a member of the Ball Bearing. Girdzis earned a B.S. in biology a member of Medusa and the Senate. basketball and track and feld teams. Page is survived by his children, from Trinity, where he was a member He also played football, basketball, He went on to earn an M.D. at the Molly Jager (Adolph), Jamison of the Newman Club. He also served and baseball and won the McCook University of Pennsylvania medical Burnside, and Thompson Page in the U.S. Army. Girdzis was said to Trophy and the Blanket Award for his school, now the Perelman School (Karen Reich), and three grand- be a pioneer in the feld of computer athletic achievements. Smith went of Medicine. Shafer was a member children. business operations. on to earn an M.B.A. from Harvard of Phi Delta Epsilon International Girdzis is survived by his wife of Business School. He then served in Medical Fraternity and Alpha Omega 1948, Hon. 1982 The Reverend Arthur 62 years, Rita; children Paul, Tim, the U.S. Air Force before starting his Alpha Honor Medical Society. In E. Walmsley, 89, of Deering, New Amy, and Tom, and their partners, professional career at National Blank 1951, he started his training as a Hampshire, died on October 5, 2017. Adrienne, Lynne, Billy, and Susan; Book. He spent nearly 30 years at surgical resident at Hartford Walmsley graduated Phi Beta and fve grandchildren. He was NBB (later Avery-Dennison) before Hospital, but it was interrupted by Kappa with a general B.A. from predeceased by sisters Ann Zorsky working in venture capital; he retired service in the Korean War, where he Trinity, where he was a member of and Fran Weyman. in the early 2000s. Smith was a loyal served in Germany in the U.S. Air Delta Psi, the Canterbury Club, the Trinity alumnus who served in many Force Medical Service. Shafer later Jesters, and the Interfaith Council. roles, including president of the Na-
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tional Alumni Association, alumni Davis is survived by his children, Volpe earned a B.S. in chemistry basketball team. Cass went on trustee, chair of his 20th Reunion, James Davis (Kathy Hampton) and from Trinity, where he was a member to earn an M.A. at Middlebury and member of numerous commit- Karen McGinty (Kevin), and their of Alpha Chi Rho and the Chemistry Language Schools. He taught tees. He was honored by the college mother, Guelda Davis. Club. He also served as secretary of Spanish at several institutions, with the 150th Anniversary Award, the Intramural Council. Volpe stayed including Pomfret School in the Alumni Medal for Excellence 1954 David Clemmer, 86, of Camp at Trinity and earned an M.S. in Connecticut and St. Mark’s School in in 1977, and 10 years later The Hill, Pennsylvania, died on chemistry before starting his long- Massachusetts. Cass also served as Eigenbrodt Cup, one of the greatest September 1, 2017. time career with Dow Chemical in a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile. He honors that can be bestowed upon Clemmer earned a B.A. in history Charlotte, North Carolina. and former wife Nuna also ran Green a graduate. from Trinity, where he was a member Volpe is survived by two children Hill Farm Bed and Breakfast. Smith is survived by his wife, of Sigma Nu and the Interfraternity and four grandchildren. He was Cass is survived by his sister-in- Kareen Kanaga; children George ’78 Council. He also played football, predeceased by son Joseph. law, Sandra Cass. He was prede- (Donna), Cathy Szydloski (Dennis), squash, and baseball. Clemmer went ceased by siblings Lee Carter and Matthew ’82, P’19 (Ellin ’82, P’19), on to serve in the U.S. Air Force. His 1957 Stephen N. Bowen, 81, of Richard Cass Jr. Anne Leskow (Dave), Chris ’87 career included time working at Huron, Ohio, died on July 6, 2017. (Kelly), David ’87 (Lisa ’88), Kevin Johnson & Johnson and James Lees Bowen earned a B.A. in English 1958 The Reverend H. Douglas (Elizabeth), Colleen Hayes ’95 and Sons. from Trinity, where he was a mem- Coleman, 79, of Pearl River, New (Danny), and Maureen St. Germain Clemmer is survived by his ber of Theta Xi. He also served as York, died on April 13, 2016. ’99 (Keith); 17 grandchildren, includ- wife of 57 years, Emily; children managing editor and news editor of Coleman earned a B.A. in philos- ing Diana Rose Smith ’19; and four Leanne Schmidenberg (Scott), The Trinity Tripod and as manager ophy from Trinity, where he was a great-grandchildren. He was prede- David Clemmer Jr. (Cristy), Craig and treasurer of WRTC. He spent his member of the Canterbury Club and ceased by his frst wife, Joan M’54, Clemmer (Amy), and Doug career in public relations, marketing, the J.V. basketball team and partici- and brothers Kent and Elmer Jr. Clemmer (Kelly); 12 grandchildren; and communications. pated in Air Force ROTC. He went on and seven great-grandchildren. He Bowen is survived by his wife of to the General Theological Seminary 1952 George E. Smith, 87, of Phoenix, was predeceased by siblings Mary 61 years, Marilyn; children Barbara, and became vicar at Grace Episcopal Arizona, died on May 20, 2017. Ellen Marklof, Leon, and Joseph. Steve, Susan, Charles, Chris, David, Church in the Bronx. He retired from Smith earned a B.S. in physical and Geofrey ’87; and 12 grandchil- the full-time priesthood in 2004. sciences from Trinity, where he was a 1954 Frederick H. Searles, 84, of dren. He was predeceased by sister Coleman is survived by his wife, member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Canandaigua, New York, died on Barbara Plumber. Marilyne; stepchildren Lisa, Rocky, the Senate. He also played football August 5, 2017. Joyce, Mike, Cathy, and Susan; two and basketball and ran track. Smith Searles earned a B.A. in econom- 1957 Malcolm M. MacDonald, 82, of grandchildren; and siblings Frances went on to serve in the U.S. Marine ics from Trinity, where he was a Washington, D.C., died on July 10, Parks and Donald Coleman. He was Corps. He later earned an M.S. in member of Alpha Delta Phi, the Glee 2017. predeceased by his frst wife, Agnes, mining geology from the University Club, the Jesters, and Medusa. He MacDonald earned a B.A. in and sister Ruth Grosshart. of Arizona. Smith worked for Union also played freshman and varsity English from Trinity, where he was Carbide and then as a consultant. He football, as well as freshman basket- corresponding secretary of Alpha 1959 Edward F. Gebelein Jr., 80, of penned The CEO Handbook: A Blue ball and baseball, and he ran varsity Delta Phi and a member of the Connecticut, died on September 8, Collar Journey from Start-Up through track. He went on to serve in the U.S. freshman squash team. He also 2017. Succession and three books of his- Air Force as a pilot and then earned served in the U.S. Army for fve years. Gebelein earned a B.S. in en- torical fction centered on life in the an M.B.A. from Columbia University. MacDonald spent much of his career gineering and mathematics from 19th-century American Southwest. Searles owned an insurance agency in the publishing business. Trinity, where he was a member Smith is survived by his children, in Seattle, Washington, and then in of the Engineering Society and Diane Knudsen, Cheryl Barrett, and Glendale, California. He returned 1957 Joseph P. Spatt, 82, of Old the Newman Club and worked Steven Smith; two grandchildren; to academia at Coastal Carolina Saybrook, Connecticut, died on May at WRTC. He went on to earn a and two great-grandchildren. He was University, where in 2003 he earned 23, 2017. master’s in engineering from predeceased by his wife, Katherine an M.S. and in 2012 a B.A. with a Spatt earned a B.A. in history from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ann. minor in theater. Trinity, where he was a member of and to serve as a pilot in the U.S. Searles is survived by his wife, Theta Xi, the Canterbury Club, and Marine Corps. Gebelein worked 1953 Ralph F. Davis, 87, of West Patricia; son Cailein MacDougall the Young Republicans. He also was for several engineering frms in Hartford, Connecticut, died on (Laura Cameron); stepchildren Mike, a member of the swimming, track Hartford and taught math, physics, October 1, 2017. Steve, Tom, Maureen, Dave, and Phil and feld, and cross-country teams. and computer science at the Davis earned a B.A. in educational and their spouses; two grandsons; Spatt spent his career at Hartford University of Hartford. Later in life, studies from Trinity, where he served siblings Howard Searles, Christine Insurance, retiring in 1999 as a chief he worked as a divorce mediator. as secretary of the Brownell Club, Milne, Dorene MacDonald (Edward), underwriter. Gebelein is survived by his sister, vice president of his freshman class, Marian Buck (Richard), and Isabel Spatt is survived by his wife of Mary Ann Cook (Frank); the biolog- and a member of the Jesters. He also Mroczyhowski (Jack); and sisters- 60 years, Elaine; daughters Victoria ical, foster, and stepchildren that ran track and was a member of the in-law Betty Rogers, Shirley Adams, Spatt and Elizabeth Hayes; and four he helped raise, including Beverley swimming team. Davis served in and Jo Kindelberger. He was prede- grandchildren. Barber (Ron), Anne Gebelein, Cheryl the U.S. Army for three years before ceased by sister Sarah “Sally” Booth, Monteiro (Lawrence), Mark Matava, earning a master’s degree from the sister-in-law Marietta Searles, and 1958 Townsend M. “Ted” Cass, 82, of David Dougherty (Agnes), and University of Connecticut School of brother-in-law Bruce Milne. Brewer, Maine, died on July 30, 2017. Jennifer Brown (Scott); best friend Social Work. He worked for 25 years Cass earned a B.A. in economics Linda Rice; friend and caregiver at the Community Renewal Team of 1955, M.S. 1957 William B. Volpe, from Trinity, where he was a member Rosa Buonomo; and many grand- Greater Hartford, where he began the 84, of Chesterfeld, Missouri, died on of Theta Xi and the Spanish Club. children. He was predeceased by fuel assistance program. August 24, 2017. He also served as manager of the brother Gerry.
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1959 Rabbi Israel C. Stein, 79, of where he was a member of Sigma Hawaii before moving to the Diocese long career with TIAA-CREF. Fairfeld, Connecticut, died on Nu, the Art League, and the soccer of Hawaii. Chang was consecrated Newbury is survived by his wife, September 24, 2017. and track teams. He went on to earn as the bishop of Hawaii in 1997 and Priscilla; three daughters; and a Stein graduated Phi Beta Kappa an M.F.A. from the University of remained in that role until 2007. son-in-law. with an interdisciplinary B.A. from Hawaii. Worthington was a profes- Chang is survived by his wife, Trinity, where he was a member of sional artist who worked in several Delia, and daughters Holly and 1974 E. Chadwick “Chad” Mooney, the Brownell Club, the Italian Club, media, including kinetic sculpture, Hannah. 65, of Dallas, Texas, died on August and the Spanish Club. He went on to printmaking, painting, and photog- 21, 2017. receive a master’s degree in Hebrew raphy. He had exhibitions through- 1968 Joseph N. Russo III, 71, of Mooney earned a B.A. in history literature and an honorary doctor out the country and across the Osterville, Massachusetts, died on from Trinity, where he was a member of divinity degree from the Jewish world, including in Greece, Italy, July 7, 2017. of Alpha Chi Rho and Cerberus. He Theological Seminary. Stein was and New Zealand. Russo earned a B.A. in history also was a captain of the football ordained in 1964 and served syna- Worthington is survived by his from Trinity, where he was a member team and rowed crew. Mooney went gogues in New York before moving wife, Judi. of Psi Upsilon and the Young on to a career as a fnancial adviser, to Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Republicans. He went on to earn eventually working for Smith Barney. Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1974; he 1961 Mark H. Schumacher, 77, of an M.B.A. from Babson College. He also dedicated his life to helping retired in 2003 but returned to the Naugatuck, Connecticut, died on Russo worked for Heublein Inc. in young people with special needs and pulpit for a year when the synagogue January 4, 2017. Farmington, Connecticut, for several founded La Casa Center for Autism was between rabbis. Schumacher earned a B.S. years before spending 17 years in in San Diego. Stein is survived by his wife, Roz; in biochemistry from Trinity, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Mooney is survived by his former sons Jeremy, Jay, Eli, and Seth; 11 where he was a member of the with West Indies Corporation/Riise wife, Susan Mooney; children Ashley grandchildren; and four great-grand- Engineering Club and the Amateur Liquors, moving up in the frm to Mooney and Austin Mooney; broth- sons. He was predeceased by brother Radio Society. He spent much of president of A.H. Riise International. er-in-law David Stitt; sister-in-law Elliot Stein ’44, M’48. his career in engineering, working In 1998, he became president and Jamie Stitt; future son-in-law Holt for frms including Machlett managing director of Todhunter Wesson; siblings Cia, Cam, Chris ’75, 1960 Walter J. Green, 78, of Vero Laboratories and York Research. Mitchell Wine & Spirits, a position he and Anson Mooney; and sister-in- Beach, Florida, died on February 17, Schumacher is survived by his held until 2003. law Mary Clare Mooney ’85. 2017. wife of more than 41 years, Jayne; Russo is survived by his wife of Green earned a B.A. in econom- sons Scott Schumacher and Brian more than 45 years, Susan; sons 1976 Gordon E. Burkett, 64, of Port- ics from Trinity, where he was a Schumacher; and sister Noelle Joseph Russo IV ’99 (Elise) and land, Oregon, died on September 8, member of Theta Xi and the Jesters Januszewski. Charles Russo ’02; and brothers 2017. and worked at WRTC. He also played Daniel Russo ’73 and Frank Russo. Burkett earned a B.A. in computer baseball. Green served in the U.S. 1962 Robert M. Brandenberger, 77, He was predeceased by brother coordinate with mathematics. Navy from 1961 to 1964. He was a of Newington, Connecticut, and Nicholas Russo II. Russo’s father, He went on to earn an M.S. in management executive with frms Palmetto, Florida, died on August Joseph Russo II, M.D., ’41, also computer science from Northwestern including M. Castellvi, United Fund 4, 2017. graduated from Trinity. University. Afer six years as a con- of Long Island, and 3M. Brandenberger earned a B.S. in sultant in Chicago, he joined Kaiser Green is survived by son Alistair physical sciences from Trinity, where 1970 The Reverend Stephen Permanente Health Plan of Oregon Green (Katie) and three grand- he was a member of the Brownell Ankudowich, 68, of Tampa, Florida, as an analyst and programmer. children. Club and played basketball. He went died on November 28, 2016. Burkett spent 41 years in information on to work as a systems engineer for Ankudowich earned a B.A. in technology. 1960 John F. Woolley Jr., 80, of Rocky 36 years, retiring in 2001. history from Trinity, where he also Burkett is survived by his wife, Hill, Connecticut, died on October Brandenberger is survived by was a member of the Jesters. He went Terry; sons Scott and Red; two 5, 2017. daughters Karen Brandenberger on to earn a master of divinity degree grandchildren; and siblings Roy (his Woolley earned a B.A. from and Shari Gill. He was predeceased and an honorary doctor of divinity twin), Barbara Farring, Catherine Trinity, where he was a member of by daughters Diane and Patty degree from Episcopal Divinity Cornelio, Leo Jr., and William. Delta Phi Alpha, the National Brandenberger. School. Ankudowich served church- German Honor Society. Afer teach- es in Connecticut and Massachusetts 1985 H. Scott Poole, 54, of Lancaster, ing for a short time at St. Mark’s 1963 The Right Reverend Richard S.O. before moving to the Diocese of Pennsylvania, died on August 15, Episcopal School in Salt Lake City, Chang, 76, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died Southwest Florida in 1990. 2017. Woolley moved back to New England on August 30, 3017. Ankudowich is survived by his Poole earned a B.A. in history and began a 53-year career at the Chang earned a B.A. in history wife, Denise Anne Clay, and children from Trinity, where he worked on the civil engineering frm of Close, and classics from Trinity, where he Michael, Elizabeth, and Alexandra. staf of The Trinity Tripod. Afer eight Jensen, and Miller in Wethersfeld. served as president of Delta Phi, a years as a commercial loan ofcer, Woolley is survived by his mother, staf member of The Trinity Tripod, 1970 William K. Newbury, 69, of he went to law school and earned Mabel Woolley; siblings David and captain of the fencing team. Brooklyn, New York, died on Sep- a J.D. from Pennsylvania State Woolley (Jeanne), Mary Florio Pia He also was involved in the Chapel tember 24, 2017. University’s Dickinson School of (Albert), and Deborah Reardon (Bill); and was elected to Pi Gamma Mu Newbury earned a B.A. in eco- Law. Most recently, he worked as and several nieces and nephews. International Honor Society in Social nomics from Trinity, where he was a associate legal counsel and vice Sciences. Chang went on to study member of Alpha Chi Rho. He also president of Fulton Financial. He 1960 Jules S. Worthington, 79, of at the Church Divinity School of the was a member of the ice hockey and was a trustee of the YWCA and chair Chilmark, Massachusetts, died on Pacifc, where he earned a master’s crew teams. He went on to earn of its Race Against Racism commit- September 11, 2017. and a doctorate in divinity, and graduate degrees from the Yale tee; he also helped to form the local Worthington earned a B.A. cum the University of Hawaii. He served School of Forestry and NYU Stern chapter of the Sierra Club. laude in studio arts from Trinity, congregations in California and School of Business. Newbury had a Poole is survived by his parents,
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Joanne Murray Poole and H. Herbert in France. Mellen’s Connecticut 1970 J. Clement Sweeney Jr., 73, of brother, David Morrissey; sisters-in- Poole; two uncles and two aunts; teaching career began at The Rockville Centre, New York, died on law Peggy Morrissey and Laurette and eight frst cousins. Wheeler School in Stonington, August 9, 2016. Morrissey; a niece and a nephew; then Bethel High School, and Sweeney earned a B.A. from and lifelong friends and cousins 1987 Carla F. Gray, 52, of Jamaica later Wethersfeld High School. He Columbia College and then an M.A. Deirdre Steiner and Steve Morrissey. Plain, Massachusetts, died on May retired in 1983 afer teaching for four in Latin from Trinity. He spent time She was predeceased by brother 31, 2017. decades. Mellen’s time in education working as a teacher and in horti- Shaun Morrissey. Gray earned a B.A. in history was interrupted by his service in the culture as proprietor of Lakeside from Trinity, where she was an National Guard from 1941 to 1945; he Nursery. HONORARY ofcer in the Young Democrats Club. received a Purple Heart for injuries Sweeney is survived by his DOCTORATES She began her career working in sustained in the Solomon Islands. wife, Margaret; children James III John Brademas, 89, of New York City, bookshops; for the past 20 years, she Mellen is survived by his wife of (Kathleen), Frank (Eileen), Edward died on July 11, 2016. was employed by Houghton Mifin, 60 years, Connie; daughters Nancy (Jennifer), William (Emily), Charles Afer a year at the University of most recently as executive director of Murphy (Brian) and Elaine Carroll (Sarah), and Peggie; and 13 grand- Mississippi, Brademas won a marketing. (Steve); and three grandchildren. He children. He was predeceased by scholarship and transferred to was predeceased by siblings Frank son John. Harvard University, where he earned 2004 Eric J. Gibson, 38, of New Mellen, John Mellen, and Priscilla a bachelor’s degree with high London, Connecticut, died on March Gustafson. 1978 Marie E. Powers, 89, of honors. He then went to Oxford 12, 2017. Charleston, South Carolina, died on University as a Rhodes Scholar, Gibson earned a B.S. in neuro- 1956 Edward J. Wood, 91, of North July 15, 2017. earning a doctorate in social studies. science. He worked for several years Eastham, Massachusetts, died on Powers graduated with honors Brademas, a Democrat, had a long as a poker dealer at Mohegan Sun June 9, 2017. from Boston College with a B.A. career in politics, representing at Pocono before returning to Wood served in the U.S. Navy in English. She taught English Indiana for 22 years in Congress and Connecticut and a position at from 1944 to 1946 before returning to and social studies in several serving for several years as majority Foxwoods. Gibson went on to work study at Boston University, where he Massachusetts schools before whip. He was known for his support as assistant manager at his family’s received a letter for swimming and earning an M.A. in English from of education and the arts; he was business, The Computer Lab. graduated Phi Beta Kappa and cum Trinity and an M.L.S. from the a co-sponsor on the 1965 National Gibson is survived by his parents, laude with a B.S. in political science. University at Albany. Powers began Foundation on the Arts and Monica and Ronald Gibson, and He went on to earn an M.S. in edu- her career as a librarian in the Humanities Act and was a key player siblings Richard Miller (Stacey), cation from Harvard University and Agawam Public Library in in the establishment of Project Head David Gibson, Debora Miller, Donna an M.A. in history from Trinity. Wood Massachusetts and then the Somers Start. From 1981 to 1992, Brademas Myers, and Deanna Scott. taught history, government, and Public Library in Connecticut. Afer served as president of New York economics at Hartford Public High relocating to South Carolina, she University, increasing the institu- 2006 Jacquelyn Balboni, 33, of South School for 38 years; he also held joined the staf at Trident Technical tion’s national stature and trans- Yarmouth, Massachusetts, died on many administrative roles, including College, from which she retired in forming its programs. In 1999, as June 15, 2017. faculty athletic manager. 1998. president emeritus of NYU, he served Balboni earned a B.A. in English Wood is survived by his wife of 56 Powers is survived by her husband as chair of President Bill Clinton’s from Trinity, where she played years, Joyce, and children John Wood of 57 years, Edward; children Karen Committee on the Arts and basketball and took part in the and Carolyn Troy (Ken). He was Lewis, Monica Powers, Stephen Humanities, which sought to expand Vision Academic Mentoring Program predeceased by children Mary and Powers, and David Powers (Lisa); philanthropic support for cultural (V.A.M.P.) at Hartford Magnet Trinity James and siblings Frank Wood and 11 grandchildren; six great-grand- organizations. That same year, College Academy. She later worked Genia Wittman (Frank). children; and sister Dolores Barnes. Trinity awarded him an honorary as a writer for several clients in She was predeceased by daughter doctor of laws degree. Boston. 1970 Oscar E. Mejia, 91, of South Therese Bull. Brademas is survived by his wife, Balboni is survived by her mother, Lancaster, Massachusetts, died on Mary Ellen Briggs; stepchildren John Laura Balboni, and her father, January 30, 2017. 1991 Ann C. Morrissey, 71, of Briggs, Katherine Goldberg, and Jane Phillip Balboni; sisters Brianna, Mejia received a B.A. from Atlantic Yarmouth, Maine, died on June 7, Murray; six step-grandchildren; and Krista, and Elizabeth; and longtime Union College before earning 2017. sister Eleanor Brazeau. He was pre- partner Sean Smith. master’s degrees in German, French, Morrissey earned a B.A. from Ma- deceased by stepson Basil Briggs Jr. and Spanish from Atlantic Union, rymount Manhattan College in 1967. IDP Trinity, and Worcester State College, She began her career at Model Cities NONGRADUATES 1989 Karen K. Tyler, 77, of Portland, respectively. He went on to serve and the Connecticut State Employees 1952 Richard W. Hungerford, D.D.S., Connecticut, died on September 28, as a foreign language teacher and Association before joining Con- 86, of Sun City, Arizona, died on 2017. Please see the Former Staf departmental leader at Holliston necticut Bank and Trust as head of February 18, 2017. section of “In Memory.” High School for more than 40 years. market research. She moved to Bank Hungerford was a member of He also was a professor at Atlantic of New England, where she became Delta Phi at Trinity. He later earned MASTER’S Union until his retirement at age 70. executive vice president in charge of a D.D.S. from the University of 1946 Oliver C. Mellen, 101, of Mejia is survived by his wife of operations. When that bank closed, Maryland. Afer serving in the U.S. Wethersfeld, Connecticut, died on 50 years, Ursula; son Mike Mejia she earned two master’s degrees in Air Force as a dental ofcer, he December 3, 2016. (Joline); daughters-in-law Keila English: one at Trinity and one at studied at Washington University in Mellen graduated Phi Beta Kappa Mejia and Jane Mejia; fve grandchil- Wesleyan. She became an expert on St. Louis to prepare for an internship and as salutatorian from Colby dren; two great-grandchildren; and Jane Austen and was writing a book in oral surgery. He went on to teach College. He went on to earn an M.A. siblings William Mejia, Sonia Vargas, titled What You Should Read afer at Creighton University and to work from Trinity, followed by a year of and Aronita Vargas. You Read Jane Austen. in private practice. study at the University of Bordeaux Morrissey is survived by her Hungerford is survived by his
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wife, Julie Huot; children Richard chaired for one year; Admissions Architecture. He also was a visiting Community College before earning Hungerford Jr. and Diane Stroh; six and Financial Aid; and Academic lecturer at Trinity and in 1991 won a B.S. in psychology from Trinity, grandchildren; seven great-grand- Afairs. Smedley involved many the Connecticut Trust for Historic where she worked as a senior ac- children; and sister Pat Ruzbasen. students in his research on the Preservation’s Harlan H. Griswold countant from 1980 to 1990. She also He was predeceased by his frst chemical ecology of insects and was Award, Connecticut’s highest honor worked at Wesleyan University; the wife, Barbara Quigley, to whom he known for engaging the public in his for historic preservation. Portland Housing Authority, where was married for 54 years; children work, collaborating with Trinity’s Ransom is survived by his she went on to serve as executive Mary “Gina” Short and Edward; a Information Technology Services daughter, Joan Alice Ransom, and director; and East Side Neighbor- great-granddaughter; sister Jean colleagues to develop online “citizen his grandson, James Ransom. He hood Services in Minneapolis. Sutherland; and brother-in-law Jack science” tools. In addition, he pub- was predeceased by his wife, Helen Tyler is survived by her second Ruzbasen. lished numerous articles, including Pierce; son Mark Ransom; and husband, Bruce Tyler; daughters many that were co-authored with brother Willard Ransom. Elise Cotrone (Kenneth) and Hilary 1968 John T. “Jack” Whitford II, 70, Trinity undergraduates. Phelps (Christopher); stepsons of Peace Dale, Rhode Island, died on Smedley is survived by his wife of Barry R. Schaller, 78, of Guilford, Anthony Tyler (Sabine) and Scott July 6, 2016. 20 years, Melanie Smedley; children Connecticut, died on September 9, Tyler (Sheila); siblings Rochelle Afer attending Trinity, Whitford Drew and Lydia; brother Kent 2017. Honig (Ron) and Theodore Krueger earned a B.A. from the University of Smedley (Neucimari); aunts Patricia Schaller earned undergraduate (June); and six grandchildren. Rhode Island. He went on to earn an Turnbull and Nancy Morrell; and and law degrees at Yale before enter- M.F.A. in English from McGill many cousins. ing private practice in New Haven. In FORMER TRUSTEE University and an M.A. in education 1974, he became the youngest judge Worth Loomis, 94, of Bloomfeld, counseling from URI. He was a FORMER FACULTY to serve in a state court, where he Connecticut, died on July 20, 2017. teaching fellow and English instruc- Walker Connor, 90, of Belmont, eventually spent 18 years. He then Loomis earned a B.S. from Yale tor at McGill and Dawson College Vermont, died on February 28, 2017. moved to the Connecticut Appellate University, despite an interruption before moving to Barrington High Connor served in the U.S. Army Court, serving for 15 years before his in his education to serve in the Army School, where he was an English during World War II before earning a one-year stint on the Connecticut Air Force during World War II, and teacher and theater arts director bachelor’s degree from the University Supreme Court from 2007 to 2008. an M.B.A. from New York University for 10 years. Whitford later was the of Massachusetts Amherst. He went He also was a visiting professor of School of Business. His career in sole proprietor of Video Expressions on to earn an M.A. and a Ph.D. in public policy and law at Trinity from business began with the Interna- and senior programs supervisor and political science from Georgetown 2003 to 2015. Schaller, whose pub- tional Development Company in creative writing teacher for South University. He taught at numerous lished works include Understanding Istanbul. While in Cleveland—where Kingstown Parks and Recreation. institutions, including Middlebury Bioethics and Law and the novel The he worked for Clevite and Medusa Whitford is survived by his sister, College and Trinity, where he served Ramadi Afair, also taught courses at Cement—he was active in the civil Judith Adams; best friend William as John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Yale, Wesleyan, and Quinnipiac. rights movement, serving as vice Babcock; and godson Christian Political Science from 1985 to 1996. Schaller is survived by his chair of the Cleveland Subcom- Babcock. Considered one of the founders of wife of 38 years, Carol; children mittee of the U.S. Commission on the interdisciplinary study of nation- Katherine Smith, Jane Schaller, Peter Civil Rights in 1966. Four years later, FACULTY alism, Connor authored numerous Schaller, Karen Colburn, C. Nicole Loomis joined Hartford’s Dexter Scott R. Smedley, 54, of Andover, articles and two major books, Hackett, Donna Colburn, and Kristyn Corporation, where he was presi- Connecticut, died on October 10, The National Question in Marxist- Colburn; 16 grandchildren; three dent from 1973 until his retirement 2017. Leninist Theory and Strategy and great-grandchildren; and brother-in- in 1988. He moved into education, A fxture in Trinity College’s Ethno nationalism: The Quest for law John Covert (Dorothy). serving as president of the Hartford Biology Department for 20 years, Understanding. Graduate Center (now Rensselaer at Smedley earned a B.A. cum laude Connor is survived by his chil- FORMER STAFF Hartford) and then as a visiting pro- and with highest honors in biology dren, Peter Connor (Marlene), Joan Richard A. Pauluh, 72, of Windsor fessor and interim dean at Hartford from Williams College in 1985 and Connor, and Daniel Connor (Nancy); Locks, Connecticut, died on July 22, Seminary. He also helped to found went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemical one grandson; and sister Dorothea 2017. Leadership Greater Hartford. Loomis ecology from Cornell University in Barry. He was predeceased by his Pauluh served in the U.S. Air served on Trinity’s Board of Trustees 1993. Afer serving for four years as wife of more than 60 years, Mary. Force for 20 years, including during from 1983 to 1996 and was a member a postdoctoral fellow and adjunct the Vietnam War in Thailand and of the college’s Elms Society. instructor at the Cornell Institute David F. Ransom, 100, of Hartford, Vietnam and Operation Deep Freeze Loomis is survived by his wife for Research in Chemical Ecology, Connecticut, died on August 21, 2017. in Antarctica. He later became an Air of 67 years, Louise; children Lucy he came to Trinity in 1997 as an Ransom earned a bachelor’s Force special agent. Pauluh worked Loomis, Ruth Loomis, Alfred Loomis, assistant professor. In 2003, Smedley degree from Williams College before as a carpenter and locksmith at Charles Loomis, and Charlotte was promoted to associate profes- serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Trinity from 1984 to 2005. Loomis; and nine grandchildren. sor, and just three years later, at Army during World War II. He Pauluh is survived by his mother, Commencement 2006, he received worked for Startex and then as an Michaeline Pauluh; daughter Sue DEATH NOTICES the Dean Arthur H. Hughes Award international sales manager for M. Mancino (Anthony); siblings Ronald NG 1946 Edward W. Schwartz for Achievement in Teaching, which Swif & Sons. Afer retiring at age Pauluh and Margaret Peterson 1948 Keron F. Horan recognizes excellence in teaching 50, Ransom became an architec- (Bobby); and two grandchildren. He 1951 David E. Collier by a junior member of the faculty. tural historian, authoring George was predeceased by his wife, Somsri. 1951 Louis J. Maradie Jr. Smedley also served on several Keller, Architect, a biography of the 1954 Donald K. Bissonnette faculty committees, including architect who designed Hartford’s IDP 1989 Karen K. Tyler, 77, of NG 1967 John A. Christensen Information Technology in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Portland, Connecticut, died on 1978 Helen Scotte Gordon Education, which he chaired for two and co-authoring Structures and September 28, 2017. IDP 1999 James W. Santo-Mo years; Educational Policy, which he Styles: Guided Tours of Hartford Tyler graduated from Middlesex IDP 2007 Kathleen J. Lyons
WINTER 2018 75 she interned for the Rape Crisis Society. Afer graduation, Kwiecinska moved to downtown NEW NAA EXECUTIVE Hartford and began working for the House majority leader in the state legislature as executive assistant and legislative aide. In the fall of 2017, she returned COMMITTEE MEMBERS to Trinity to work as special assistant to the president. Kwiecinska enjoys spending time outdoors and creative writing. She says she is very excited to be able to participate on the Executive Committee and to share her ideas and experiences Amy McGill Dilatush ’94 D’Luhy received the Who’s Who Lifetime to further the college’s mission. Achievement Award for having been featured in Amy Dilatush graduated Marquis Who’s Who directories numerous times in with a B.A. in art editions including Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who history. While a Rebecca Wenner Litt ’08 in the World, and Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. student, she was an D’Luhy also holds both an amateur radio operator Rebecca Litt has editor of The Trinity license and a commercial pilot license. He and his worked in entertain- Tripod, and since wife, Gale, have two children, Amanda and Pamela. ment in New York City graduation, she has since she received a served as a class B.A. in political agent, an admissions Juan M. Hernandez ’13, M’15 science. She now is volunteer, and a head of production at member of the Long Juan M. Hernandez theSkimm. She Walk Societies. In early 2017, she hosted the received a B.A. in has produced videos Woman’s Leadership Council event in Chicago. political science at Condé Nast Dilatush built a career in advertising and marketing and history before Entertainment for in New York City, including working on Procter & earning an M.A. in publications including Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Gamble accounts for the New York advertising public policy with a The New Yorker, and Bon Appétit, and she has agency DMB&B. She transitioned to the client side concentration in developed and produced shows for outlets including as vice president and head of marketing for the education policy. A A&E, Scripps, Who What Wear, and ESPN and eBusiness Development Group at Prudential member of the frst brands including Subway and Walmart. She began Financial. Dilatush and her husband, John, and their Posse from Chicago, her career in broadcast news at NY1 and Good children, Mac, Olivia, and Henry, have lived in New Hernandez was very Morning America. She started a Women’s Museum York City and San Francisco; they now reside in active while on campus. He served as president of Group and is on the board of a charity called Chicago. She has been civically active in all three La Voz Latina, co-chair of the Men of Color Alliance, the Wendy Walk, which raises money for rare cities as well as in Nantucket, serving on the boards and vice president of the Multicultural Afairs sarcomas. In her spare time, she loves to play golf. of several organizations. Dilatush also is a member Council of the Student Government Association. of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Hernandez now serves as director of the Myatt of Chicago Founders’ Board, The Woman’s Board Center for Diversity and Inclusion at the University Randolph R. Pearsall ’78, M’80 of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and the of New Haven. He also sits on the Board of Directors Chicago Advisory Board of the Concussion for the Hartford Marathon Foundation and the Rand Pearsall Legacy Foundation. Executive Committee of Hartford’s Democratic Town graduated with a B.A. Committee and is an elected member of the City of in English and then Hartford’s Board of Education. As a member of the earned the college’s John J. D’Luhy ’55 NAA, Hernandez hopes to improve the day-to-day frst M.A. awarded in experiences for Trinity students with an emphasis on American studies John D’Luhy earned a students of color and students who identify as while also serving as B.A. in government. LGBTQIA. Hernandez’s own experiences at Trinity led Trinity’s sports Afer earning an M.B.A. him to pursue the opportunity to join the NAA, and information director from The Wharton he looks forward to working with President Berger- and assistant varsity School at the University Sweeney and others to continue making Trinity the soccer coach. Afer a of Pennsylvania in 1959 best institution it can be. year in pro soccer as public relations director for the and a short stint at Hartford Hellions, Pearsall began a long career in Merrill Lynch, D’Luhy advertising, representing leading brands from began a long career in Karolina Kwiecinska ’16 Unilever, Nabisco, Minolta, Noxell, Canon, and investment banking in Toyota. He then founded Oasis Advertising in New York City, at frms A lifelong resident of 1993—successfully launching Toyota’s Prius in the including Lazard Freres & Co. and Raymond James Hartford, Connecticut, United States—and built Oasis to a $60 million Associates. Since 2002, he has been a private Karolina Kwiecinska agency before it was acquired by global ad giant investor in Spring Lake, New Jersey. He is a founding earned a B.A. in Dentsu. Later, he joined BASF to lead North member of the U.S. Naval War College Foundation in women, gender, and American marketing communications and global Newport, Rhode Island; the foundation later named sexuality. During her communications for the largest acquisition in the a prize in his honor. D’Luhy sits on the Steering time at Trinity, she company’s history. Pearsall has served as trustee for Committee of the Wharton Graduate Emeritus worked in the Alumni the Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation. He Society and is a trustee for the InfoAge museum in Relations and also runs Global Problem Solvers, Ltd., a marketing Wall, New Jersey. Since 1965, he has been a member Communications and advertising consultancy in New Jersey that of the Blue Hill Troupe in New York City. In 2017, Ofces. She also specializes in international clients. studied abroad in Trinidad and Tobago, where
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Kaitlin E. Reedy ’14 Rachel Freeman Zinny ’92 Editor: Sonya Storch Adams Vice President for Communications and Marketing: Angela Paik Kaitlin Reedy Rachel Freeman Schaefer earned a B.A. Zinny graduated Communications Ofce Contributors: Kathy Andrews, Andrew in public policy and from Trinity with a J. Concatelli, Caroline Deveau, Carson Kenney, David Kingsley, law and Hispanic B.S. in political Rita Law, Helder Mira, Anita Ford Saunders studies. While at science. Following Online Edition: Ellen Buckhorn Trinity, Reedy graduation, she Class Notes Coordinator: Julie Cloutier was a teaching moved to Boston, Designer: Lilly Pereira assistant, a where she earned student fundraiser an M.S. in Class Notes Designer: Jo Lynn Alcorn for the Develop- accounting at Student Contributor: Amanda Laferty ’21 ment Ofce, and a Bentley College BOARD OF TRUSTEES member of the women’s lacrosse team. She also while working at KPMG in the fnancial services spent a semester studying abroad with Trinity’s practice of the Assurance Division. While there, Ofcers: Buenos Aires program. Upon graduating, Reedy she became the Northeast director of campus Chair: Cornelia Parsons Thornburgh ’80 worked as a legal assistant within the bank recruiting and then in 1999 went on to lead Vice Chair: Philip S. Khoury ’71 fnance group at White & Case LLP. She now national campus recruiting for Braun Consulting Vice Chair: Jean M. Walshe ’83 works in investor relations at MKP Capital based in Chicago. In 2002, she became director Ex Ofcio: Joanne Berger-Sweeney, President and Trinity Management, a hedge fund in New York City. of the newly launched M.S.A. program at the College Professor of Neuroscience; Justin S. Maccarone Jr. ’81, Outside of work, she is actively involved with the Boston College Carroll School of Management. P’19, President, National Alumni Association young professional groups of industry organiza- She lef her position there shortly before the Charter Trustees: Lisa G. Bisaccia ’78, Scott C. Butera ’88, tions including 100 Women in Finance and Help birth of her second daughter in 2005. Since then, P’18 ’20, Thomas Chappell ’66, H’06, P’89, ’92, ’97, ’06, James For Children/Hedge Funds Care (HFC). She also is she has founded two businesses—dearjohnnies W. Cuminale ’75, P’09, William Eugene Cunningham Jr. ’87, a volunteer for the Parents League of New York, a and Spoiled Sports—and is active in philanthropic P’19, Nancy M. Davis ’79, Nina McNeely Diefenbach ’80, P’18, Christine E. Elia ’96, Steven A. Elmendorf ’82, Elizabeth Elting nonproft organization providing advisory eforts in her community. She is a member of the ’87, Eric R. Fossum ’79, H’14, Michael Gary ’86, H. Susannah services and resources for school admissions. Board of Overseers and the Child Psychiatry Heschel ’73, H’10, Michael C. Huebsch ’80, Jefrey E. Kelter Council at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and is a ’76, P’18, Michael J. Kluger ’78, P’13, Ling S. Kwok ’94, L. Peter member of the Wellesley Free Library Leadership Lawrence ’71, P’04, Kevin J. Maloney ’79, Pamela D. McKoin Society and Gala Committee. She lives in P’15, Daniel Meyer ’80, P’20, James Murren ’83, Rhea Pincus Jorge E. Rodriguez ’91 Turteltaub ’82, Kathryn George Tyree ’86, Craig Vought ’82, Wellesley with her husband and three daughters, Jorge Rodriguez is P’17, Richard W. Wagner ’83, P’18, Shawn T. Wooden ’91 Cece, Lucy, and Lexie. global head of Parent Trustee: Kathleen Foye MacLennan P’17, ’20 infrastructure debt G. Keith Funston Trustee: Paul H. Mounds Jr. ’07 investments at Deutsche Asset NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Management E. Greer Candler ’76, Student Representative Emily Claytor (DAM), where he is ’18, Crisanne M. Colgan M’74, Gregory M. Creamer ’93, Amy responsible for the McGill Dilatush ’94, John J. D’Luhy ’55, Eric S. Estes ’91, E. Gates Garrity-Rokous ’86, Daniel J. Good ’95, Juan M. management and Hernandez ’13, M’15, Taniqua K. Huguley ’15, M’17, Amanda strategic direction Johnson Kennedy ’94, Christine Kleinert ’82, Charles R. Klotz of the business. ’64, P’92, Peter H. Kreisel ’61, P’91, Karolina Kwiecinska ’16, Prior to joining DAM in 2011, he spent two years Maximillian A.D. Le Merle ’16, Rebecca Wenner Litt ’08, as managing director at Aladdin Capital and President Justin S. Maccarone Jr. ’81, P’19, Victoria Hamilton McCarthy ’06, Mary Elizabeth Miller IDP’00, M’03, Christopher nine years as head of infrastructure fnance G. Mooney ’75, P’06, Peyton Tansill Muldoon ’91, Gary M. and in several other capacities at Dresdner Palmer ’81, Randolph R. Pearsall ’78, M’80, Michael J. Kleinwort (New York and London). He focuses on Petrucelli ’90, Kaitlin E. Reedy ’14, Jorge E. Rodriguez ’91, the origination, structuring, and execution of Louisa P. Rodriguez ’81, P’21, Hamill J. Serrant ’08, Vincent fnancings of infrastructure assets, sourcing R. Stempien ’61, P’93, Jamie Tracey Szal ’06, Cynthia Mohr Wolcott ’77, P’15, Rachel Freeman Zinny ’92 transactions across diverse sectors including utilities, ports, airports, toll roads, midstream, BOARD OF FELLOWS telecommunications, and railroads. Previously, Donald M. Bisson ’84, P’18, William Decker Brick ’91, Thomas Rodriguez was a vice president at BNP Paribas J. Brodsky ’05, Ross J. Buchmueller ’87, Thomas V. Cholnoky in the loan syndications group with a focus on ’79, P’13, ’16, Maritza A. Chow Young ’97, Robert E. Cockburn structured and leveraged syndications in North ’90, Peter L. Denious ’90, Lisa Cadette Detwiler ’87, Peter and Latin America. Afer earning a B.A. in S. Duncan ’81, P’13, ’14, W. Allan Edmiston III ’98, Pamela Hickory Esterson ’90, Elizabeth A. Galvin ’88, Tara Lichtenfels economics, in 1997 Rodriguez received an Gans ’88, P’20, Julie A. Gionfriddo ’96, M’05, Jawanza J. Gross M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management ’94, P’12, Michael F. Haberkorn ’98, James Terry Hausman ’92, at Northwestern University. Jonathan E. Heuser ’93, LaTanya Langley ’97, H’17, David H. Lloyd ’88, Malcolm Fraser MacLean IV ’92, Gregory G. Mario ’87, Matthew R. Marra ’95, Nina Chiara McElroy ’80, Andrew M. Merrill ’85, P’17, Malcolm E. Miller ’90, Joseph T. Noonan ’03, David C. Provost II ’88, Andrew G. Rathmann-Noonan ’09, Alan G. Schifman ’81, Neil A. Schneider ’84, Peter A. Schwartzman ’88, David B. Scully ’83, Maia Y. Sharpley ’89, Charles A. Siguler ’10, Katherine S. Symonds ’91, William G. Thomas III ’86, P’20, T. Casey Tischer Jr. ’01, Susan Granger Tyler ’85, Amy L. van der Velde ’89, P’20, David E. Walker ’83, P’19, Anne Patterson Wilmerding ’85, Pamela B. Wilton ’81, P’21, Bryant S. Zanko ’87, P’17 WINTER 2018 77 ALUMNI 1 EVENTS Out & About SNAPSHOTS
1 Trinity Women’s Leadership Council Networking Evening New York, New York JULY 19, 2017
2 Trinity Women’s Leadership Council Hartford Garden Party Glastonbury, Connecticut 4 SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
3 Welcome to the City New York, New York SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 Kyle McGuire ’15, Joe Gerish ’15, JP Morales ’15, and Archi Jerome ’17
4 The Fourth Annual Paul E. Raether Cup Manhasset, New York SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
5 Trinity Women’s Leadership Council Planning Meeting Boston, Massachusetts SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
6 Trinity Women’s Leadership Council Lunch Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania OCTOBER 17, 2017 6 7
7 National Alumni Association Executive Committee Meeting Hartford, Connecticut OCTOBER 21, 2017 Lucy Rodriguez ’81, P’21 and Hamill Serrant ’08
8 Trinity Women’s Leadership Council Young Alumnae Panel Hartford, Connecticut OCTOBER 24, 2017 Moderator Janice Castle ’03 and panelists Melissa Litwack ’10, Sarah Sandbach ’13, Molly Thoms ’17, Melissa Meyer ’11, and Fiona Brennan ’15
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5 THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT HOSTS Jonathan and Amy Averill P’21 Don ’84 and Anne Bisson P’18 Alyssa Camardella ’08 Marilyn Weiss Cruickshank ’86 Robert and Kristen DeLaMater P’15, ’19 Brian Dorman ’83, P’20 Jeanmarie and Richard Drucker P’17, ’18 Beth Galvin ’88 Julie Mancuso Gionfriddo ’96, M’05 Anne Warner Hall ’79, P’20 and Michael Hall P’20 Craig and Jennifer Hummer P’18 Jeffrey Kelter ’76, P’18 Eleanor Wenner Kerr ’81, P’13 Trish Mairs Klestadt ’80, P’09, ’11 Peter Kreisel ’61, P’91 Karen Fink Kupferberg ’73, P’07 Justin ’81 and Marie Maccarone P’19 Alan Martin ’78 Sonia Flanders McArdle ’85 Marge and Dan T. Moore ’63 Frank R. Mori P’20 and Margaret (Maggie) Mori ’20 8 Laura and Joseph Patrina ’78, P’15 Melissa Bronzino Regan ’87 Rick ’60 and Margy Richardson P’92, ’95 Christopher ’92 and Ann Shafer P’20 John ’76 and Suzanne Welch P’16 Charles ’86 and Anne Patterson Wilmerding ’85
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Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney
Join Our Path to a New Summit
The fall semester at Trinity was an exhilarating and Cardenas. From Summit’s broad goals and objectives, inspirational one for me and an important one in the life we will continue to work with the community to develop of the college and the history of the institution. As you specifc initiatives, and we will keep you apprised of our know from previous communications and from the feature progress along the way. story in these pages, in October the Board of Trustees There’s great momentum already with a number of approved Summit, the new strategic plan that will guide projects begun. Here are just a few that will help move us to Trinity’s bicentennial in 2023 and beyond. In early us toward our strategic goals: Our new downtown December, the campus gathered to celebrate the start of presence at Constitution Plaza, complete with the Liberal our journey—students, faculty, and staf came together for Arts Action Lab, has opened, and we’ve just welcomed our a reception in the Cave in Mather Hall to learn more about frst cohort of J-Starts (students whose Trinity careers start the plan and next steps in the process, as well as how they in the spring semester rather than the fall). We’ve launched could help the college achieve its goals. I was thrilled by a successful new signature student wellness program the turnout for the event and by the engagement of so called Bantams in Balance, and our student workshop many in the strategic plan. series, “Meaningful Discourse Across Difcult Boundaries,” Summit was more than a year in the making, with and community-wide Bridging Divides initiative are input from the broad Trinity community. We listened! helping to promote dialogue and understanding—work The goals the plan puts forth will position Trinity for that’s critical in today’s deeply divided world. continued excellence and an even greater sense of purpose I’ll be visiting several cities this spring to talk with and relevance in the 21st century. Summit builds proudly alumni and friends about our plans, but even if I don’t have on the strengths of our past and embraces our identity as the opportunity to meet with you, I encourage you all to a community as it calls upon us to seize opportunities to learn more and to be involved (visit summit.trincoll.edu for make Trinity a frst-choice college for students, faculty, and additional information). This path to the future matters to staf; to connect even more meaningfully to Hartford, to the all members of the Trinity community, and you are critical world, and to our alumni network; and to achieve fnancial partners in the work to achieve our goals. and environmental sustainability for future generations. Finally, in case you missed it, my end-of-semester I am deeply proud of the work of our community letter to the college community included the terrifc news in developing Summit and excited for what’s ahead. that Trinity has been reaccredited for 10 years by the Higher education has a singular role to play in creating Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) knowledge, promoting inquiry and freedom of expression, of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and developing engaged, global citizens who think critically (NEASC). This was a comprehensive process that began with and embrace complexity. Trinity, as a liberal arts college in a self-study submitted in the fall of 2016 and was followed a capital city, is positioned especially well to advance these by a visit of an evaluation team in March 2017. That Trinity ideals, and, in doing so, we contribute substantially to the has been reaccredited for the maximum period possible— public good. 10 years—is a sure sign of the strength of the college and the What comes now is the challenging work of implement- confdence of CIHE and the evaluation team in our strategic ing the plan, and that work is already under way, led by direction. Summit is your plan. Consider how you can be a Dean of Academic Afairs and Strategic Initiatives Sonia part of the future of this incredible institution!
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