EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Frank M . Child ill D irk Kuyk Proftssor of Biology Proftssor of E"glisl• Gerald]. H ansen, J r. '51 T heodore T. Tansi '54 Direttor of Alum"i & Vol. 20, N o . 1 (ISSN 01643983) Winter 1990 Coll~gt Relatious Susan E. Weisselberg '76 Editor: William L. C hurchill J . Ronald Spencer '64 Assoriatt Academic Dea" Associate Editor: Roberta Jenckes M '87 Sports Editor: Gabriel P. Harris '87 NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Staff Writers: Martha A . Davidson, E xecutive Committee Elizabeth A . Natale Publications Assistant: Kathleen H . Davidson President David A. Raymond '63 South Windsor, CT Photographer: jon Lester Vice Presidents Alumni Fund Scott W. Reynolds '63 ARTICLES Upper Montclair. NJ ANOTHER EISENHOWER 4 Admissions Jane W. Melvin Mattoon '84 COMES TO TRINITY Hartford, CT By R oberta j enckes Area Associations Michael B. Masius '63 Hartford, CT Writer David Eisenhower visits the Col­ lege, advising students on writing and Nominating Committee Karen A. Jeffers '76 talking about his famous granddad, " Ike." Westport, CT THE SIXTIES 13 Mtmbm By]. Ronald Spencer '64 Robert E. Brickley '67 Dorothy McAdoo MacColl '74 Trinity's Associate Academic Dean offered West Hartford, CT Haverford, PA thoughtful perspective on the momentous Thomas D. Casey '80 Eugene M. Russell '80 '60s 'to his classmates at Reunion, 1989. Washington, D.C. Boston, MA Nancy L. Katz '84 Jeffrey H. Seibert '79 TEARINGDOWN THEWALL 16 New York, N Y Baltimore, MD By E liz abeth A. N atale Robert E. Kehoe '69 Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. '73 Chicago, IL Stamford, CT Three Trinity professors offer scholarl y Daniel L. Korengold '73 Pamela W. Von Seldcneck '85 and personal perspectives on the dram atic Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, PA changes ~akin g pl ace in Europe. Scott Goldsmith '90 Alden R. Gordon '69 T WO DOCT O RS' 24 Senior Class President Faculty Representative CO M PASSIO NATE MINISTRIES Atlrlttic Advisory Commillu In Afg hanistan and in the Amish country, Donald). Viering '42 Denise Janes-Sciarra '80 two Trinity alumni struggle against great odds. Simsbury, CT Wethersfield, CT George P. Lynch, Jr. '61 West Hartford, CT C O V ER: Trinity f ootball players celebrate Alumni Tmsrees during th e season-ending Wesleyan game. The Carolyn A. Pelzel '74 Michael Zoob '58 Bantams finished their tenth straight winning Hampstead, N H Boston, MA season in 1989. For more sports, see page 32 . Arlene A. Forastlere '71 JoAnne A. Epps '73 Ann Arbor, Ml Marlton, NJ George E. Andrews II '66 Thomas R. DiBenedetto '71 DEPARTMENTS Newport, Rl Nahant, MA 1 Along the Walk ominating Commiuu Books 22 Karen Jeffers '76, Chair Robert N . Hunter '52 Westport, CT Glastonbury, CT Letters 23 Robert E. Brickley '67 Wenda Harris Millard '76 West Hartford, CT New York, NY Sports 32 Karen Mapp ross '77 Stanley A. Twardy, Jr. '73 Class Notes 38 New Haven, CT Stamford, CT In Memory 54 Board of Fellow s Published by the Office of Public Relations, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. Issued four Bernard F. Wilbur, J r. 'SO Glen A. Woods '75 times a year: Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Second West Hartford, CT Meriden, CT class postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut and addi­ Susan Martin Haberlandr '71 Edward H. Yeterian '70 tional mailing offices. West Harrford, CT Wa terville, ME The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, fac­ Donald K. Jackson '83 Susan E. Weisselberg '76 ulty, staff and friends of Trinity College without Hartford, CT New Haven, CT charge. All publication rights reserved and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written per­ Vietor F. Keen '63 Stephen P. Jones '63 mission of the Editor. Opinions expressed are those of New York, NY Hartfo rd, CT the editors or contributors and do not refl ect the official Al ice M. Simon '83 Charles H. McGill '63 position ofTrinity College. Hartfo rd, CT Minneapolis, MN Postmaster: Send address change to Trinity Reporter, Andrew H. Walsh '79 William H. Schweitzer '66 Trinity College, Hartford, CT 061 06. Hartford, CT Alexandria, VA ALONG THE WALK TRINITY COLLEGE Muhammad of the Nation of Islam. While determined to uphold the principle of free speech on the Trin­ ity campus, Gerety said, he also was committed to ensuring the safety of students and staff and the speaker himself. For that evening's lecture, he made contingency emer­ gency plans with the Hartford po­ lice deJ)artment, added guards from their ranks to Trinity's security per­ sonnel, and closed the event to the public and media, to avoid any con­ frontation between the speaker and individuals from outside of the campus community and to allow seats in the lecture room for stu­ dents who wished to attend. The lecture was attended by a capacity audience of 550. Many were turned away. Later in the week a unity rally was held on campus by stu­ dent groups eager to unite follow­ 1 ing this difficult period, and more - campus meetings were planned. Reactions to the mahy issues raised in the events were wide­ ranging, on- and off-campus. Writ­ ing in The Hartford Courant, colum­ nist Tom Condon summarized some of the outcomes of the con­ troversy: " It's a shame the public TRINITY P ARENTS and their sons and daughters basked in warm, sunny was banned, and I hope that can be October weather during Parents Weekend. Many watched men's and avoided in the future. But a lot of women's athletic competitions (above), and attended classes. good ~hings happened. Hundreds attended the second speech, and many are still arguing about it. Ger­ Lively Issues Debate addition, there were charges that ety exposed students to a position Closes Fall Semester anti-Semitic remarks were made at and let them make up their own that event. minds. In other words, he got them President Gerety asked the Col­ to think ... " lege's Racial Harassment Grievance In the closing weeks of the fall se­ Committee to investigate such mester, the campus was astir with charges and called for a campus­ Leadership Conference debate, centered around lectures at wide meeting to discuss bigotry as Has Record Turnout Trinity by representatives of the a threat to the Trinity community. llllllllllllllllllllli llllllllllll i • ................. N ation of Islam. The controversy He condemned anti-Semitism, say­ began with allegations by some stu­ ing it was a form of racism. A spe­ Despite near torrential rain, Trin­ dents and faculty of intimidation cial faculty meeting was also called. ity's fourth annual Alumni Leader­ and frisking by security guards of Following those discussions, Gerety ship Conference, held October 20- Minister Don Muhammad of the and the College administration 21, 1989, set records in attendance black separatist N ation of Islam re­ planned special security measures with over 100 class agents, area asso­ ligion at a November 21 lecture. In for a December 6 talk by Conrad ciation officers and reunion chair- ALONG THE WALK The Boston Area Club was the re­ cipient of the George C. Capen Tro­ phy for most effectively fulfilling the functions of an area association club. President Gerety, David A. Ray­ mond and Scott W. Reynolds '63, Chairman of the Alumni Fund hosted the ceremonies which were followed by a performance by the Trinity Pipes. Interdisciplinary Minors Play Major Role With Faculty, Students ........................................................ Mozart's music will be getting extended play on campus this semes­ ter. The Middle Ages, the biome­ chanics of human movement, and Don Quixote will be the objects of fresh inquiry. Introducing these, and other new courses, into the curricu­ lum is the interdisciplinary minor, the 2 integrated six-course program of study which is one of the new non­ - major academic requirements ap­ AT Alumni Leadership Conference, the Class of '64 won two fund-raising proved by the faculty as part of a awards. From left: P resident Tom Gerety and Kenneth R . Auerbach '64. comprehensive revision of the Col­ lege's general education curriculum. men traveling from as far away as Awards Dinner held Friday eve­ Required of all undergraduates ex­ Seattle, San Francisco and Virginia. ning, the Class of 1939 and the Class cept those completing a regular inter­ Sponsored jointly by the Alumni of 1964 were honored with two disciplinary major, the minor and Development Offices, the Con­ awards each. The Class of 1939 integrates knowledge from at least ference is designed to orient and as­ received the National Alumni Asso­ three academic fields, enabling stu­ sist Trinity's alumni volunteers. ciation A ward for increased partici­ dents to learn to relate different disci­ In addition to numerous work­ pation and a second award for plines and bodies of knowledge to shops, the volunteers met President participation by a class out 50 years one another. To date, 23 minors have Tom Gerety in a question-and­ or less. The Class of 1926 won the been approved. answer session, and heard a faculty other participation award for a class Sophomores, the first class to take panel entitled "New Curricular Ini­ that has been out more than 50 an interdisciplinary minor, were en­ tiatives: Toward the 21st Century," years. The Class of 1964 won couraged to declare their minor this and a student panel focused on "The awards for the most dollars raised fall term. As of mid-November, 44 of Trinity Experience." and for increased dollars raised. 489 in the Class had formally done so. The participants also heard re­ The Bernard S. Dignam A ward Another 25 have expressed interest, ports from Laurence S. Duffy, di­ was won by the Class of 1943 for but not declared, a minor in Legal rector of development, Gerald J .