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The Trinity Reporter, Summer 1992 NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Executive Committee President R obert E. Kehoe, Jr. '69 Executive Vice Presi dent Jeffrey H. Seibert '79 Secretary Lee A. Coffin '85 Vol. 22, No.3 (ISSN 01643983) Summer 1992 Vice Presidents Editor: William L. Churchill Alumni Fund Charles H. McGill lll '63 Associate Editor: RobertaJenckes M'87 Admissions E. Macey Russell '80 Sports Editor: Christopher Brown '90 Members Staff Writers: Martha A. Davidson, Raymond J. Beech '60 Michael B. Masius '63 Elizabeth A. Natale Nina McNeely Jane Melvin Mattoon '84 Publications Assistant: Kathleen H . Davidson Diefenbach '80 Rhea Jo Pincus '82 Photographer: Jon Lester Ernest M. Haddad '60 Pamela W. von Seldeneck '85 Dorothy McAdoo MacColl '74 Alden R . Gordon '69 L. ARTICLES Karen Mapp '77 Fac ulty R epresentative Athletic Advisory Committee TRINITY TODAY Donald J. Viering '42 George P. Lynch, Jr. '61 By Roberta ]enckes 6 Nominating Committee REMEMBERING G. KEITH Kathleen L. Frederick '71 W enda Harris Millard '76 FUNSTON '32 Robert N. Hunter '52 David A. Raymond '63 By William L. Churchill 8 Karen L. Mapp '77 Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. '73 COMMENCEMENT 1992 BOARD OF TRUSTEES By Elizabeth A. Natale 10 Charter Trustees THE BROWNElL PRIZE Francisco L. Borges '74 Carolyn A. Pelzel '74 By Jan K. Cohn 15 Raymond E. Joslin '58 Paul E. R aether '68 George A. Kellner '64 Scott W. Reynolds '63 CHARGE TO THE ClASS OF '92 Barbara B. Kennelly M'71 William C. Richardson '62 By Tom Gerety 16 Alfred J. Koeppel '54 Emily B. Swenson '75 Eileen S. Kraus M'65 Douglas T. Tansill '61 COWMBUS AND HIS CARGO Worth Loomis The Rt. R ev. Arthur E. By Bishop Sf.eiJen Charleston '71 18 Donald L. McLagan '64 Walmsley '48 Edward A. Monrgomery,Jr. '56 James P. Whitters ·m '62 LYING WITH STATISTICS Ruth]. Nutt Henry M. Zachs '56 By William Kirtz '61 22 Trustee Ex-Officio DEPARTMENTS Tom Gerety, President Along the Walk 1 Alumni Trustees Books 26 Paul A. Cataldo '57 Karen A. Jeffers '76 Thomas R . DiBenedetto '7 1 Peter T. Kilborn '61 Sports 28 JoAnne A. Epps '73 Michael Zoob '58 Applause 33 Area Club Activities 34 REPORTER EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Class Notes 35 Frank M. Child lll J. R onald Spencer '64 In Memory 62 Gerald J. Hansen, Jr. '51 Theodore T. Tansi '54 Dirk Ku yk Susan E. Weisselberg '76 COVER: Professor Henry DePhillips, center, guides Paul Garcia '96 of El Paso, Texas, and Rhonda BOARD OF FELLOWS Haynes '96 ofNew H aven, Conn., two participants Susan Martin Haberl andt '71 Alice M. Simon '83 in the 1992 Summer C hallenge Program, in a Donald K. Jackson '83 Susan E. Weisselberg '76 chemistry experiment. See Challenge story on page 1. Stephen P. Jon·es '63 Glenn A. Woods '75 Daniel L. Korengold '73 Edward H. Y eteri an '70 Photo by jon Lester W enda Harris Millard '76 Published by the Office of Public Relations, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. Iss ued four times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Second class postage paid at Hartfo rd, Connecticut and adclitional mailing offices. The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends ofTrinity College without charge. All publication rights reserved and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written pennission of the eclitor. Opinions expressed are those of the eclitors or contributors and do not reflect the offi cial position ofTriniry College. Postmaster: Send address change to Trinity Reporter, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. ALONG THE WALK T RINITY COLLEGE Pre-Freshmen Enjoy the Aetna Life and Casualty Foundation plenty of teamwork and hard work. to stimulate interest in math and science One project- designing special diets Summer Challenge in these pre-freshmen selected by the for children, pregnant women, the eld­ admissions office and to prepare them for erly, and overweight individuals­ Fifteen members of the Class of'96 the academic demands of the College. required that participants work in a got an exciting preview of College life Emphasizing quantitative, problem­ group, conduct research, use a com­ this sunm1er in the Challenge Program. solving and communication skills, Chal­ puter program, write a report, make an In its second year, the four-week campus lenge engaged its energetic and diverse oral presentation, and defend their re­ program was sponsored by Trinity and participants in study which called for sults before a panel of experts. "When students be­ come teachers, that's WOMEN STUDENTS closed the gender gap at when they really learn the U ndergraduate Science Symposium in May . the material," said par­ Women presenters outnumbered m en 55 to 44 in ticipating faculty mem­ the annual display of research posters showing ber Diane Zannoni, work done by undergraduates in biology, bio­ professor of economics chemistry, chemistry, computer science, engi­ and a past recipient of neering, math, physics, psychology, neuroscience, the College's Brownell and the Interdisciplinary Science Program. Fur­ Prize in teaching. "In thermore, observed a humanist, Professor Dan this project, they learn Lloyd of philosophy: "Students explained their how to work together w ork w ith extraordinary poise and clarity, and the as a team. And, over w ork itself covered a wide range o f genuine and the course of a few important questions. Many of the projects w ere weeks, you can really collaborative, and exem plified the best of the see their progress. 'active learning' movement on this campus.'! You're creating a situa­ tion where they're able to improve dramatically, very quickly." "It's not a program for students who don't see any benefit in work­ ing," said Myron Tho­ mas '96 of Detroit, Mich., who counted one session in the com­ puting center until 3:30 a.m. among his late eve­ nings. "You really learn a lot about other people," he said, adding that he appreciated the closeness of the profes­ sors and the teaching assistants, and their atti­ tudes toward the students. Yare! Silverio '96 of Lawrence, Mass., whose vocational interest is communications, found that Challenge helped her in that area as well ALONG THE WALK as in math and science. "We write at and transition skills consultants, and four internationally-recognized electronic least one paper a night," she said, "and undergraduate tutors/ resident assistants. format, of the Hartford-related collec­ every time I write a paper, it's better. tions held by the Watkinson Library, the I'm also becoming a little more respon­ Grants from Mellon, Mark Twain Memorial, the Hartford sible about how to manage my time sen­ Hartford Foundations Public Library, the Stowe-Day Libraty sibly." and the Connecticut Historical Society. Noting that the students who partici­ Boost College Efforts When completed, this project will pated in Challenge last summer were "at provide teachers and students from the top of their class," Silverio said she Two recent grants are enabling fuller Trinity and Hartford, as well as scholars feels confident now that she will do well use of Hartford's rich resources by faculty, nationwide, with better access to these at Trinity. "This place has everything, students and the community, and primary source materials about Hartford's and I want to do sports, clubs and com­ supporting the College's current strategic past. By using this catalog, they will be munity work." planning effort. able to increase their awareness of the A day-long field trip in Hartford to The Hartford Foundation for Public cultural heritage and history of Hartford the Burgdorf Health Center, the Horace Giving awarded Trinity a $200,000 grant as well as to research topics in American Bushnell Church Food Pantry, and the to establish the Hartford History and literature, history and decorative arts in St. Elizabeth House Soup Kitchen had a Historical Collections Project. greater depth and with more accurate "tremendous impact" on the sensitive The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and complete historical analysis. Silverio. "It really disturbs you to a has awarded the College $75,000 of a Among the projects funded to date by point where you say, 'I want to help."' challenge grant, and will award $75,000 the Mellon Foundation grant is The The director of the 1992 Sununer more incrementally as these funds are Hartford Studies Project, which includes Challenge Program was Michael matched by the College. The Mellon a senior/ graduate level colloquium on O'Donnell, biology laboratory coordi­ grant supports strategic planning at the history of Hartford and a series of nator. Participating faculty, in addition Trinity in four areas: effective use of the talks on campus on the City's recent to Zannoni, were Dina Anselmi, associ­ campus, the curriculum, the Library and political history. Mellon funds also were ate professor of psychology, and Henry teaching of the sciences. allocated for a two-day introductory 2 DePhillips, Vernon K. Krieble Professor The grant from the Hartford Founda­ science instruction workshop, a library of Chemistry. In addition, participants tion for Public Giving will be used to technology program and an architectural were helped by mathematics, study skills create a cooperative catalog, in an study of the campus. The workshop, . attended by 25 faculty members, aimed to increase the number of science majors by revision of science courses and laboratories, particularly introductory courses, where students are frequently won or lost to science. Mellon funds were also used as part of a Trinity match toward a U.S. Depart­ ment of Education Library Technology grant application for the development of an acquisition/ retention/ access model for periodical literature in academic libraries. Subscribe to the Tripod! Rick Zednik ofThe Trinity Tripod sends along the following offerto Trinity alumni, parents and friends: Keep in touch with the latest in Trinity news, sports, and arts.
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