National Alumni Association EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS President Robert N. Hunter '52, Glastonbury, Ct. Senior Vice President Victor F. Keen '63, New York Vice Presidents Alumni Fund Robert C. Knox III '63, Ocean Beach, N.Y. Campus Activities Jeffrey]. Fox '67, Newington, Ct. Admissions James P. Whitters III '62, Boston Area Associations Merrill A. Yavinsky '65, Washington, D.C. Public Relations Wenda L. Harris '76, Boston Career Counseling Eugene Shen '76, New York Secretary~ Treasurer Alfred Steel, Jr. '64, West Hartford MEMBERS Joseph E. Colen, Jr. '61, Norristown, Pa. Megan]. O'Neill '73, New York Charles E. Gooley '75, Hartford James A. Finkelstein '74, Greenwich Susan Martin Haberlandt '71, West Hartford George P. Lynch, Jr. '61, Hartford B. Graeme Frazier III '57, Philadelphia Richard P. Morris '68, Philadelphia Athletic Advisory Committee Term Expires EdwardS. Ludorf'51, Hartford 1983 Donald]. Viering '42, Simsbury, Ct. 1983 Susan Martin Haberlandt '71, West Hartford 1985 Alumni Trustees Term Expires Karl E. Scheibe '59, Middletown, Ct. 1983 Edward A. Montgomery, Jr. '56, Pittsburgh 1984 Emily G. Holcombe '74, Hartford 1985 Marshall E. Blume '63, Villanova, Pa. 1986 Stanley]. Marcuss '63, Washington, D.C. 1987 Donald L. McLagan '64, Lexington, Ma. 1988 Nominating Committee Term Expires John C. Gunning '49, Hartford 1982 Wenda Harris '76, Boston 1982 Norman C. Kayser '57, Hartford 1983 Peter Lowenstein '58, Riverside, Ct. 1983 William Vibert '52, Granby, Ct. 1983 BOARD OF FELLOWS Term Expires Mary ]o Keating '74, Wilmington, De. 1983 William Kirtz '61, Boston 1983 Carolyn A. Pelzel '74, Hampstead, N.H. 1983 Charles E. Todd '64, New Britain, Ct. 1983 Dana M. Faulkner '76, Glastonbury, Ct. 1984 George P. Lynch, Jr. '61, Hartford 1984 Karen Jeffers '76, New York 1984 Michael Zoob '58, Boston 1984 ]o Anne A. Epps '73, Philadelphia 1985 Scott W. Reynolds '63, New York 1985 Ann Rohlen '71, Chicago 1985 Bernard F. Wilbur, Jr. '50, West Hartford 1985 TrlnltvREPORTER Vol. 12, No.4 (ISSN 01643983) Editor: William L. Churchill EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Associate Editor: Kathleen Frederick '71 Frank M. Child III Associate Editor: Roberta }enckes Professor of Biology Sports Editor: Nick Noble '80 Publications Assistant: Kathleen Davidson Gerald J. Hansen, Jr. '51 Consulting Editor: J. Ronald Spencer '64 Director of Alumni & College Relations Articles DirkKuyk COMMENCEMENT '82 Associate Professor of English Trinity graduates the largest class in the George Malcolm-Smith '25 history of the College as 4 71 seniors re­ ceive their diplomas on the occasion of Theodore T. Tansi '54 the 156th graduation ceremony. 8 Susan E. Weisselberg '76 THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Published by the Office of Public Relations, Trinity by Gerald Holton College, Hartford, Connecticut 06106. Issued four A noted science historian discusses the times a year: Fall , Winter, Spring and Summer. Sec­ exhilaration of technological progress and ond class postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut. the accompanying dangers of a pervasive The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends of Trinity College without scientific illiteracy in society. 12 charge. All publication rights reserved and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written per­ A REUNION TO REMEMBER mission of the Editor. Opinions expressed are those of the editors and do not reflect the official position Record numbers of alumni and their of Trinity College. families came back to campus .this spring for a "Bantam Vacation" enlivened by old friends and a stimulating round of ac­ tivities. 16 A STUDENT AID PRIMER by Anne M. Zartarian Trinity's director of financial aid sheds some light on the complex issues involved in the anxiety-provoking matter of paying for a college education. 19 Departments Along the Walk 2 Sports 22 Books 28 Trintype 30 Class Notes 32 Cover: Freshman sensation Donna Gilbert established herself as Trinity's most successful softball pitcher ever after only one sea­ son of play. She posted a 5-4 record and counted a no-hitter and a In Memory 47 one-hitter among her many accomplishments as a rookie. Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk GIVING TOPS friends who respond so generously to Fund, to the hundreds of volunteers MILLION MARK the needs of this College." who contacted their fellows, and to In addition to Montgomery, leader­ those at Trinity who coordinated, en­ ship for the 1981-82 annual fund cam­ couraged and furthered these efforts. In 1978, the Dana Challenge year, an­ paign was provided by: Robert C. This record-breaking achievement is a nual giving reached $574,679, leading Knox, III '63, Alumni Fund; Gail tribute to all of them." the Development Office to predict that Winslow Ginsburgh, mother of The Alumni Fund accounted for the first million dollar annual fund Carolyn '82 and Anne '83, Parents $667,459 of the total, followed by would be achieved in 1984. Two years Fund; Donald G. Conrad, executive $165,767 from the Business & Industry ahead of schedule, the annual fund ex­ vice president of Aetna Life & Casual­ Associates, $107,777 in the Parents ceeded the million dollar mark with a ty, Friends Fund; Leonard E. Fund, and $78,548 from Friends of total of $1 ,019,5 51 in unrestricted gifts Greenberg '48, chairman of Coleco In­ Trinity. These gifts, when added to to the College. dustries, Inc., Business and Industry other contributions to the College, "Only a few years ago, a million Associates; Peter A. Hoffman '61, bring the total for the 1981-82 year to dollar annual fund seemed an unat­ Alumni Founders Soc~ety; A . Jones $2.8 million. tainable goal; now it is but another Yorke, IV, father of Bryan '82, Parents An emphasis on the Capital Area record to be broken," says Edward_A. Founders Society. Corporate Scholarship Program led to a Montgomery, Jr. '56, Chairman of the Chairman Bob Knox was delighted 114% increase in gifts from corpora­ Board ofTrustees and Chairman of with the Alumni Fund results: "We tions. "As Chairman of the Business & Annual Giving. "I feel proud to be part owe this success to the thousands of Industry Associates, I am encouraged of a group of alumni, parents, and loyal alumni who contributed to the by the support shown by the Connec- 2 LOU SHIPLEY '85 gives some tips on the finer points of golf to an eager audience at this summer's third annual Trinity Sports Camp. The camp, directed by basketball coach Stan Ogrodnik, consisted of four two-week sessions with an average attendance of 115 campers per session. Six Trinity students helped to give instruction in more than a dozen sports. Trinity also hosted the National Youth Sports Program for the 13th consecutive year. Under the direction of Al Thomas, assis­ tant football coach, the NYSP served approximately 400 low-income youths from Hartford. Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk Along the Walk ticut business community for Trinity's corporate scholarship program," said Leonard Greenberg, "With the con­ tinued support of the business com­ munity, we will be able to attract top local students to Trinity." Plans for the 1982-83 annual fund campaign will be completed by the Class Agents Conference to be held September 24 and 25, and the drive will begin on November 1. KENAN PROFESSOR APPOINTED Dr. Barbara Sicherman, formerly visit­ ing scholar of the history of science at Harvard University, has been ap­ pointed William R. Kenan Professor of American Institutions and Values at Trinity College. Sicherman is a specialist in the histo­ ry of science and the history of women 3 in America, and has published widely in both areas. She is the co-editor of Notable American Women, published in 1980 by Harvard University Press, a biographical dictionary that includes articles on distinguished women in various fields of endeavor. The Kenan Professorship Sicherman will hold is a joint appointment in Trinity's history department and American studies program. She will teach courses in American cultural and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of women in America, and the immigrant experience in America. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Sicherman earned her master's degree and doctorate from Columbia Univer­ sity. She was a member of the faculty at Manhattanv'ille College from 1967-1973, and subsequently held fel­ lowships at the Radcliffe Institute and THE BELLS WERE RINGING almost 'round the clock for one week in June, Harvard University. She has been an when the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America held their Annual Congress affiliate of the department of psychiatry at Trinity. Ninety carillonneurs from the U.S., Canada and Australia were on at Beth Israel Hospital and was visiting hand for the meeting, which included several public recitals and many informal professor and co-director of women's ones. The Guild's meeting at Trinity was the closing event in Jubilee, the studies at Barnard College in Chapel's 50th anniversary celebration, and was considered especially appropri­ 1980-1981 . ate because the idea for an organization of carillonneurs was conceived at Trini­ ty in 1934, the brainchild of the late President Remsen B. Ogilby. Until re­ She is the author of The Quest for cently, the carillon at Trinity had been considered too small for the Guild's Mental Health in America, 1880-1917, meeting, but the 1979 addition to the bells remedied that problem. The new (1980); Recent United States Scholarship practice console donated by Lucille Hartt, widow of Robert T. Hartt '23, was on the History of Women (1980), and also put to good use by the carillonneurs, who had high praise for the Trinity numerous articles on the history of campus as a great place for listening to carillon music.