The Trinity Reporter, July 1997 - CORE

THE TRINITY REPORTER

Vol. 28, No.2 July 1997

Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations: Linda S. Campanella

Editor: Roberta N. Jenckes M'87

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Sports Editor: Albert C. Carbone, Jr. '95

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National Alumni Association Executive Committee: President Paul D. Lazay '61; Vice Presidents Gwynne MacColl Campbell '77, Rhea Pincus Turteltaub '82, and Stuart H. Kerr, Esq. '78. Members: Raymond]. Beech '60, Alfonso L. Carney, Jr. '70, Nina McNeely Diefenbach '80, Donna F. Haghighat, Esq. '89, Creighton R. Hooker '65, BryantS. McBride '88, Kevin A. North '74, Elaine Feldman Patterson '76, Peter A. Sturrock '65, Daniel P. Tighe '87, Lorraine Saunders White '84, and Alden R . Gordon '69, Faculty Representative.

Board of Trustees Charter Trustees: Francisco L. Borges '74, Cassandra Henderson Carney '75, Thomas R. DiBenedetto '71, William]. Eakins '66, Richard L. Huber, Thomas S. Johnson '62, Raymond E. Joslin '58, George A. Kellner '64, Alfred]. Koeppel '54, Charles H. McGill '63, Donald L. McLagan '64, Michael M . Michigami '69, Ruth]. Nutt, Carolyn A. Pelzel '74, Paul E . Raether '68, Ann Rohlen '71, Harvey F. Silverman '65, Emily B. Swenson '75, Douglas T. Tansill '61, and Henry M. Zachs '56. Trustee Ex-Officio: Evan S. Dobelle, President. Alumni Trustees : Benjamin Foster '71, Jeffrey]. Fox '67, Karen A. Jeffers '76, Margaret-Mary V. Preston '79, Richard W. Stockton '60, Stanley Twardy '73. G. Keith Funston Trustee: Robin Halpern

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• FROM THE PRESIDENT

COMMENCEMENT 1997

6 SENIOR PROFILES: AGNIESZKA STEPINSKA '97, JosHUA EPSTEIN '97, LA TANYA LANGLEY '97, JoNATHAN A. EPSTEIN '97, NATHANIEL W MAcDoNALD '97

TEACHING EXCELLENCE

12 DouGLAS JoHNSON

Listening into the future cif an idea

13 Two FACULTY REcoGNIZED FOR

OUTSTANDING TEACHING

14 NOREEN CHANNELS

Applying research to real-world issues

15 LovA EuAv

Making 20th-century history come alive

19 FACULTY FoRuM: Is THE PREss

BIASED AGAINST RELIGION?

SQUASH PROGRAM REACHES NEW SUMMITS

SPRING EVENTS

A SENIOR's REsEARCH: THE MAFIA AND EcoNOMics

~ • ALoNG THEW ALK

PoET's CoRNER

FROM THE ARCHIVIST'S PERSPECTIVE

BooKs BY TRINITY AuTHORs

SPORTS

AREA CLUB NOTES

CLASS NOTES

IN MEMORY

in this issue

Emily Holcombe '74, p. 58 Michael Duffy '85, p. 65 Melissa Kerin '94, p. 74

Cover: President's Fellow­in-Residence Lova Eliav pauses before the beginning of his seminar, the screen behind him showing one of the photos from the personal portfolio that bears witness to his remarkable life. Photo by Al Ferreira.

From the President

Dear Friends,

M yrlie Evers-\Villiams, speaking at Trinity's 171st

Commencement, called on the members of the Class

of 1997 to "rise above the ordinary, because you are

the extraordinary." She observed that each of them

had received "a splendid head start in life at this

wonderful institution of higher education." She told

them, "You stand here together in the bright sun­

light of your future."

In the bright sunlight of your future.

I believe that, like our fine graduates, Trinity itself

stands in the bright sunlight of its future . We are

poised to assume a leadership position among the fin­

est colleges and universities in the nation. I am both

inspired and motivated by the strong sense on cam­

pus - and beyond - that Trinity enjoys a vast re­

pository of unrealized potential. This potential,

coupled with an equally strong will to unleash it, is

invigorating.

Our confidence in ourselves is affirmed by such

indicators as admissions applications and alumni giv­

ing. For the first time ever, this year there '\Vere over

4,000 applications for admission to Trinity College.

And on a percentage basis, more alumni than ever

before - in excess of 50 percent - demonstrated

their affection and support for their alma mater with

a gift this year.

We have launched a comprehensive strategic plan-

ning effort at Trinity. You will read about it in this

issue of the Reporter. As the planning effort moves

forward, and as we examine fundamental issues that

bear on our future, my hope is that we will chal­

lenge basic assumptions, challenge past practice, and

challenge each other to raise our sights. Good isn't

good enough for an institution that is on a quest -

and has the potential - to be the best.

I have spent many days on the road during the

past year, meeting and talking with alumni of the

College. On several recent trips, I've participated in

very stimulating and probing discussions about

Trinity's future. These candid conversations on

wide-ranging subjects have sharpened our focus and

will inform our strategic planning for the future.

Your input, your support, and your affirmation

are all enormously important. In the next few years,

as the century draws to a close, we will establish

Trinity as an undisputed leader among liberal arts

colleges. I don't know of another college better po­

sitioned than Trinity to lay claim to that position.

We will heed Myrlie Evers-Williams' words and

will accept, as an institution, the challenge she gave

our most recent graduates. Trinity will rise above

the ordinary, because it is extraordinary.

Evan S. Do belle

Myrlie Evers-Williams giving the Com­mencement address.

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0 encement ''Each of you has a wellspring of hope and idealism beneath a veneer of toughness that you sometimes put forth," observed Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Com­mencement speaker Myrlie Evers-Williams. In her impas­sioned speech, she challenged the 486 new graduates of Trinity College to "find a cause for action every day of your life that will test your idealism - and call forth your hope.

"Cherish the idealism you carry inside, and use it to get to work! The diplomas you graduates win today can be a wonderful tool if you wield them with hope - not for you.rselves, but for others, too. Tomorrow as you go out into the world ofbusiness, or go on to graduate educa­tion, philanthropy or other endeavors, remember your responsibility to use your hard- won degrees as a means to civic health, not just private wealth."

Speaking on the Quadrangle before a crowd of more than 4,000 family members and friends on a breezy, but perfect, spring afternoon, Evers-Williams exhorted the graduates to "use your education for the purposes of good

Left, Myrlie Evers-Williams giving her address; below, honorati with the President and Chairman of the Board, from left: Chairman Thomas Johnson, Pierre Rosenberg, Beatrice Rosenberg, John Dalton, William White, Luis Ferre, Ellen Futter, Robert Drinan, S.J., William Bulger, Chiu Chuang-Huan, Douglas Brinkley, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and President Evan Dobelle .

. .. and use hope as a weapon of progress. For if our troubled age has taught us anything, it is that justice too long delayed, and unevenly shared, is not only a moral outrage -it is a debt that left unpaid will bankrupt us all." Evers-Williams spoke from personal experience: she is the widow of Medgar Evers, field secretary of the Mis­sissippi NAACP, who in 1963 was assassinated outside the family's home in Jackson. Evers-Williams spent 31 years seeking to have his killer brought to justice before finally seeing him convicted.

"The time for cynicism is over - and it is you who will help to shape the end of cynicism. It is you - if you summon the courage - who will forge new initiatives in finance, technology, medicine, and management that will put all Americans back to work and at the same time give America a better shot at feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, healing the sick, and caring for the children. It is your generation that must do this work, because it is you who have new eyes with which to see new solutions.

BY SuzANNE ZACK

It is you who have the new blood to tackle the task with energy," she said.

Referring to the leadership role Trinity has taken in initiating a bold neighborhood revitalization plan in partnership with other institutions and with the City of Hartford, Evers­Williams said, "You and your alma mater are to be commended for mak­ing this ambitious project a reality­for doing something to create a new envirorunent of renaissance around you . It shows you what good can come when you use that power and develop a vision. I ask you to learn

Snapshots of the day, clockwise from top right: a happy post­Commencement moment; enthusiastic new grad; presentation of a record-setting gift of $10,415 from the Class of '97 by Elisabeth Schramm, Ben Russo, and Melissa Carlo; and the picture-perfect scene.

from this example. Pledge to use your degrees to share with the other neigh­bors you will encounter in life your rich and your diverse human talent -not only in service to the companies you will work for, but also in the com­pany that you will keep. In doing so, you will enrich our American commu­nity - even as you enrich yourselves," she told the graduates.

In his remarks, Senior Class Presi­dent Brian L. Gordon of Aptos, CA also made mention of the neighbor­hood revitalization initiative and the master planning effort now underway,

saying that the Class of 1997 is leaving the College during exciting times. "When you return in the corning years," he told fellow graduates, "you will see an evolution of the neighbor­hood and our campus. We should be proud of this institution and support the quest for continued excellence. President Dobelle is a visionary leader, and I am fully confident that he will make Trinity, using his own words, 'the pre-eminent college in America."'

Gordon also said in his Commence­ment speech that his "peers are the fu­ture. Among us are the future business leaders, doctors, lawyers, artists, aca­demics, and citizens of the world. I know that someday I will open the newspaper, or turn on the TV, and one of my classmates will be featured as the leading authority in his or her field."

Gordon went on to say, "There will be many challenges ahead for us as we try to make sense of this confusing and unpredictable world. However, I am confident that Trinity has prepared us well, and equipped us for the real world. We have been taught to think, question, and analyze. We are prepared to do the right thing."

Echoing Gordon, President EvanS. Dobelle charged the graduating class to do good. "You, who are the most tal­ented of your generation - you, who are informed by the traditions of a lib­eral education - must not rest in the safe confines of indifference and moral neutrality. You must lead us- you must lead your community and your nation - in eloquent and unyielding battle for that which is good and right ....

"I wish for you peace in your heart but not complacency in your soul. I wish for you every blessing - a life rooted in family and faith; days filled with the challenge and fulfillment of giving every ounce of yourself in noble causes and simple acts of kindness; se­curity of health and self and, even more important, an immeasurable richness earned through service to others," he said.

Beneath the shadow of the statue of

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Commencement Thomas C. Brownell, members of Class of 1997 walked up onto the stage to col- Honors lect their diplomas. As each graduate's name was called, applause and cheers

Stephen Matthew Marchlik sprang forth from enthusiastic family members and friends. But IDP graduate Margaret Helen Modzelewski

and Hartford Police Department lieuten- Peter David Nichols

ant Katherine Ann Perez received special Lisa Kim Olney

attention. She is the head of the depart- Michael John Palladino ment's youth programs and when she left Beniamin Dunn Arielle lee Perry

Michael Palladino the stage with a political science degree, Valedictorian Sandy Pesiridis Salutatorian she was met by 15 uniformed Hartford H.E. Russell Jeffrey J. Pyle

Sandy Pesiridis Police Explorers, teenagers serving as law Fellowship Robyn lynn Schiffman Melissa J. Prober enforcement apprentices. The group was Benjamin Eric Dunn Amy Jean Shackelford laura Wilson Roy led by Perez's mother Eleanor Pisiak, Catherine Mary Sharick

and her seven-year-old foster son. The W.H. Russell Peter Christian Sigrist BenjamiQ James Russo

gesture, Pisiak said, was intended to Fellowship Amrik Joseph Singh Catherine Grace Schroeder

show their respect. Amrik Joseph Singh Agnieszko Stepinsko Catherine Mary Sharick

Four-hundred-sixty bachelor's de- Mary A. Terry JoySumberg Ryan James Shattuck Muriel Frost Sleezer grees, 26 master's, and 11 honorary de- Fellowship Joseph Vincent Tranquillo Cindie l. St. George grees were presented at Trinity's 171st Michael John Palladino laura Rosanne Triano Hardy Page Stecker Commencement. Valedictorian of the Susan Jeanne Trotta

Class is Benjamin E. D unn ofWest Phi Beta Kappa Marguerite Ann Veil Amy Elizabeth Stephens

Hartford, CT, who had a self-designed Katherine Webster Altshul Ami Avivo Weghorst Agnieszka Stepinsko

interdisciplinary major: Foundational Charles William Boker Susan Jeanne Trotta Issues in Visual Modeling. The salutato- Alison Nell Blicharz

lisa Worthington Nathaniel Austin Vaughn rian is biology major Michael]. Palladino Tyler Vincent Ravi Booth Pi Gamma Mu Marguerite Ann Veil

4 of Coventry, CT. Optimus honors (for Jonathon Michael Boulay Charles William Boker Victoria Vodim Vodolozschi having no grade lower than A-) went to Melissa Anne Brainerd Tyler Vincent Rovi Booth Nathan Michael Will Joseph P. DeAngelis of Springfield, MA. Schuyler M. Bull Jonathan Michael Boulay laura Marie Wilson

Earlier on Commencement Day, the Carol Frances McCray Davies Melissa Anne Brainerd Pi Mu Epsilon traditional Baccalaureate service was held Joseph Pasquale DeAngelis Daniel Paul Brochu Stephanie Holt Brewster on the Quad, at which Robert F. Adam Devlin-Brown Vibha Jha Buckingham Sally Andrea lesik Drinan, S.J., noted teacher, legal scholar, lynn Ellen Donahue Andrew Jonathan Burke Stephen Matthew Marchlik and social reformer, delivered the ser- Benjamin Eric Dunn Sherry DuPont Chafin Lisa Worthington mon. Both Evers-W illiams and Drinan Jonathan Ari Epstein Joan Elizabeth Colbert received honorary degrees at Com- Joshua Stephen Epstein Anabela lopes DaSilva Psi Chi mencement. Dana Adam Fuller Monica lynn Debiak

Margaret Ann Devlin Honorary degrees were also presented Matthew Alex Geertsma Adam Devlin-Brown

Joan Elizabeth Kreie to: Douglas G. Brinkley, director of the

T oufic Charles Haddad Paul Robert DiGiacomo Michele Joy McKeown

Eisenhower Center for American Studies Ashley Hammarth lynn Ellen Donahue

laura Wilson Roy and professor of history at the University Benjamin James Russo of New Orleans; William M. Bulger,

Brooks Stevens Holtan Brian louis Gordon laura Marie Wilson president of the University of Massachu- Aaron S. Jacobs Aaron S. Jacobs setts; Chiu Chuang-Huan, senior advisor Justin Paul Jarvis Justin Paul Jarvis Holland Scholars to the President of Taiwan; John H. lauren Hawkes Kelley lauren Hawkes Kelley 1996-97 Dalton, Secretary of the U.S. Navy; Luis Paulo Baker lathrop Amy Anastasia Kostek lisa Worthington '97

A. Ferre, industrialist and fonner gover- Helen Marie limoncelli La Tanya langley Kera K. Weaber '98 nor ofPuerto Rico; Ellen V. Futter, Timothy Stephen Lishnak Retshephile Sedutu Maesela Amy H. Friedman '99

president of the American Museum of Carmela Barbara Mazzotta f'/l Natural History; Beatrice de Rothschild David Kelly McFarland Rosenberg, civic leader and philanthro- Michele Joy McKeown pist; Pierre Rosenberg, president-direc- Margaret Helen Modzelewski tor of the Musee du Louvre; and Will- Christopher Andrew Morrow iam D. W hite, baseball legend and Thomas Parker Murray former president of the National League. Peter David Nichols Myrlie-Evers- Williams' Commencement address lisa Kim Olney and Evan Dobelle's Charge to the Class can be

Brian Gardon Arielle lee Perry Joseph DeAngelis seen in their entirety on Trinity's web site at Class President Optimus http:/ lwww.trincoll.edu/news/

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SENIOR PROFILES

Agnieszka Stepinska '97

A passion for learning

Agnieszka Stepinska '97, the President's

Fellow in economics, admits that she took her first economics course at Tr inity quite by chance.

The economics and Eng lish double-major, who came to this country just seven years ago from her native Warsaw, Poland, was at first interested in sc ience and math, but a casual suggestion changed the course of her academic life. "A friend convinced me to take an economics course. I was just lucky to get Professor Carol Clark for 'Economics 1 01 .' She is a very passionate teacher and is interested in Eastern Europe," Stepinska said . "She got me interested and motivated ."

Enormous self-direction

Clark says she is im­pressed by Stepinska's "hu­mility, enormous self-direc­tion, and passion for learn­ing ." That last phrase seems particularly apt. Not only has Stepinska excelled in her study of economics, but also she has done ex­ceptionally well in her sec­ond major. Stepinska' s ad­viser in the English depart­ment, Associate Professor Barbara Benedict, said of

her: "She's a very diligent student and an extremely close reader. It's extraordi­nary considering that En­glish is not her native lan­guage."

Stepinska shared her passion for learning with others at the College. As a mentor in the First-Year Program, she advised students in terested in fol­lowing either or both of her two majors . And, she was a teach ing assistant for Pro­fessor Diane Zannoni's "Ba­sic Econometrics" course.

Stepinska has tied her intense interest in econom­ics to her homeland . Her honors thesis explored the fall of communism in Po­land and the role of public opinion in that country's transition to a market economy in a democratic system. According to Clark, the nature and scope of Stepinska' s thesis demon­strated "a n intellectual maturity and sophistication quite unusual in an under­graduate."

This story of remarkable success is made even more remarkable when one con-

siders the relatively short time Stepinska has been in this country. Stepinska left her home in Poland in 1989, bound for Chicago for a summer reunion with her mother, whom she had not seen in seven years . Stepinska's mother, her only surviv­ing parent, had left her with relatives in Poland when she

emigrated to the United States in hopes of making a better life for them both in this country. In the process, however, the two had become strangers.

Once in th is country, and unable to speak English, a homesick Stepinska wanted only to return to family and friends in Poland. A strong maternal bond developed, however, and altered those plans . Today, the young emigre demonstrates impressive competence in English and writes poetry in both her native tongue and her new language. She is happy that her mother, whom she calls her best friend , prevailed upon her to remain in this country.

After graduating from a public high school in Chi­cago, Stepinska was ready to leave behind the large, close-knit Polish immigrant community in Chicago in hopes of immersing herself in American culture . Like many other college-bound high school seniors, she searched the guide books and soon became inter­ested in Trinity for its out-

standing learning opportu­nities, low teacher-to-stu­dent ratio, and wide array of majors. Stepinska ad­mits, however, that Trinity's attention to one very important detail made a huge difference to her.

"Trinity was the only school that didn't misspell my name in their accep­tance letter! They really took care to get my name right and I respect them for it," she said.

The international connection

Having never been to the East Coast before, much less Hartford, Stepinska felt slightly out of cultural step with her new American classmates. Seizing the opportunity to connect with students from international backgrounds, she joined the Asian-American Student Association and the French Club, whose members' life­experience more closely matched her own . " It was much easier for me to con­nect with them . We had all been exposed to similar things," she noted. And, joining the Polish-American club at Central Connecticut State University provided her with a much-welcomed social outlet where she could speak her native language.

Stepinska also found that her transition into a new cul ture was eased by her participation in the Trinity College Activities Club and its Community Outreach program, where she assist­ed in a Hartford elementary school.

After graduation, Stepinska hopes one day to find her "dream job," working in investments or research for an American company back in Warsaw. "There is still so much to learn," she says with characteristic eagerness.

-Suzanne Zack with input from Michael Bradley '98

Joshua Epstein '97

Hitting his mark with humor and honors

Even a short conversa­tion with theater/ dance

major Joshua Epstein '97 reveals just how difficult it is to get a straight answer from this comical and talented thespian. For Epstein, the imaginative mind behind a new on­campus comedy theater series, it seems the curtain never falls .

At Trinity, Epstein deliv­ered a series of nonstop bravura performances in concerts, plays, and musi­cal theater while simulta­neously achieving scholas­tic distinctions. Named to Phi Beta Kappa in Decem­ber, he also was chosen President' s Fellow in the­ater and dance. And like the dedication he has dem­onstrated in his academic accomplishments, Epstein ' s creative drive and sense of humor show no sign of waning .

Epstein traces his pas­sion for the stage to family members who are " fanat­ics" for the theater, and a father who played tenor saxophone for a jazz group he led in the Catskill Mountains. "When other fathers dragged their sons to Yankee games, I was being dragged to musi­cals, " Epstein recalled . "After a wh i le, things changed and I was drag­ging him to the theater."

Inspired by actor Donald O'Connor' s number, "Make 'em Laugh" from the musical Singin ' in the Rain , Epstein started acting when he was in elemen­tary school in his home­town of Ridgewood, NJ. " I was fat and didn't like

sports," Epstein jokes in characteristically wry fash­ion. "I figured I could do more good standing still acting than running around and getting hit by a foot­ball."

Epstein's theatrical inter­ests continued through high school and in tensified at college decision time . He first turned his sights to col­leges with reputations for strong theater programs, then looked at schools with broader curriculums . The approachability of Trinity's professors and the appeal of a liberal arts education sealed his decision. "You need a liberal arts educa­tion . You have nothing to draw upon w ithou t a fi rm basis of knowledge . Other­wise, your work is just about acting," he said.

La MaMa's high energy Part of Epstein's Tr inity

experience included the opportunity to study the fall semester of his junior year in New York City in a pro­gram the College conducts with an experimental the­ater company, the Trinity/ La MaMa Performing Arts Program . While there,

Epstein intensively stud ied techniques such as improvi­sation, mime, and voice, and attended more than 50 professional productions. He says he will always re­member the program's high energy level. "There was just a constant pulse, a non­stop energy within the pro­gram . Even when I sat in my room alone, I still felt like I was doing some­thing ," he recalls .

Epstein enjoyed other opportun ities while at Trin­ity, including one at one of the country's most highly respected regional theaters . For two semesters, Epstein helped to read and crit ique new scripts while an intern with Hartford Stage. Watching professional ac­tors rehearse and then later attending their public per­formances were invaluable learning experiences, Epstein claims . " Being a part of that process is one of the best kinds of educa­tion someone can get."

A Chekhov monologue Demonstrating in public

what he has learned in the classroom has been re­ward ing for Epstein. Last

fall, at a gala celebration and performance for Trinity alumni and friends in New York City, he performed a short Chekhov piece called Smoking Is Bad for You. He performed the 15-minute monologue again on cam­pus at the "Festival of Chekhov Shorts" at the Aus­tin Arts Center. Associate Professor of Theater Arthur Feinsod, who directed Epstein's performance, praised his student's matu­rity in handling a d ifficult role . "It's a very challeng­ing part, and he did a beautiful job with it . It' s a comedy, but it also has some very serious underpin­nings," Feinsod said.

Last fall , students had the chance to witness Epstein ' s wit on Wednesday nights at an extremely popular comedy he started with Leah Kalayjian '97 called "TV or Not TV," in the College' s Underground Coffeehouse. With an hour of rehearsal, students par­ticipated in script-in-hand stagings of such wel l-known situation comedies as Three 's Company, Different Strokes, and The Wonder Years. Epstein said the ex­periment of bringing live theater to a large audience in an easy-to-stage format succeeded . In April he and Kalayjian teamed up aga in to perform the lead roles in a reading of Elizabeth Egloff '75's play, Wolf­Man, at Hartford's Old State House. The reading was part of Trinity's " First Thursdays at the Old State House" series . For his se­nior thesis Epstein w rote two original comedies .

What does the future hold for this talented stu­dent? 'Whatever happens, I know that in some way I' ll end up in theater sooner or later," he said. "All roads lead to theater ."

-Michael Bradley '98

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La Tanya Langley '97

Pursuing life and law at full throttle

For LaTanya Langley '97, free time has es­

sentially not been an option at Trinity. For example, in the spring semester of her junior year, she earned a 4 .0 grade-point average while enrolled in six courses and serving as a teaching assistant. As a senior, when not work ing on her senior honors thesis, or singing, or arranging special events for a variety of organizations on cam­pus, the political science major pursued her interest in law as a legal assistant for a Connecticut law firm .

"She's one of the few students I have had to tell to take it easy and not work quite so hard/' says her adviser, Political Sci­ence Professor Clyde McKee. "She worked at her maximum capability all the time . I'm very impressed w ith her/' he said.

The Norwalk, CT native had an impressive array of options when it came to college . Langley applied to 1 1 col leges and was ac­cepted to quite a few large, well-known, and respected schools including George­town University, Duke Uni­versity, Villanova Univer­sity, the University of North Carolina, and Drew Un iver­sity. But it was the flex ibility and opportunity that our liberal arts curriculum of­fered , coupled with the breadth and diversity within the political sc ience department, that led her to enroll at Trin ity.

Race relations forum While here, Langley was

active in several organiza­tions on campus, including the Trinity College Women's Organization , the Pan-Afri­can Alliance, and the Gos­pel Choir. Through her in­volvement in these groups, she organized lectures by prominent commun ity lead­ers, including one by her mentor, Hartford City Man­ager Saundra Kee Borges ' 81 . Also of note was a forum she planned last year on race relations that fea­tu red area professors, law­yers, and members of activ­ist groups such as the 21st Century Black Panther Party. Langley enjoyed spending "spare" moments singing, both on campus and at various public events in and around her hometown . A former win­ner of the nationally tele­vised talent competit ion "Teen Search / ' Langley's fi rst significant public sing­ing experience came at the age of eight in her church . She credits her parents with being supportive of her many diverse interests . "They were the type of par­ents who would encourage me to do anything and ev-

erything/' Langley said .

London and the law Off campus, Langley has

worked as a legal assistant at the Stamford-based law firm of Cummings and Lockwood since her senior year of high school. Th is hands-on legal experience was a key factor in Langley's decision to study abroad in Trinity's program associated with the London School of Economics. While in London as a jun­ior, she enrolled in three law courses and served in an intensive internship with a criminal defense barris­ter . Her work allowed her entry into chambers closed to the genera l public and added an important new dimension to her education in legal affa i rs .

As far away from Tr inity as she was while in En­gland, Langley was re­minded of the College in sometimes remarkable ways . When riding in " the tube" one day, an appar­ent stranger noticed Lan­gley reading The Trinity Tripod and proceeded to introduce herself as Felice Hawley '80, a news pro-

ducer at CNN in London . "That's a contact that I made just by reading The Tripod in another country/' she joked .

Langley said it took a semester abroad for her to appreciate the level of tech­nology at Trinity. " I came home and hugged my com­puter/ ' she said , expla ining that she had to write all her papers longhand while she was abroad . "Trinity's tech­nology definitely enhances education , but you don ' t fully appreciate this advan­tage until you are away from it/' Langley said . " It takes longer to learn some­thing when you don ' t have resources like we do at Trin· ity ."

For her her senior honors thesis she researched the civil rights impl ications of female genita l mutilation in Africa. "This practice in itself shows that women still have a long way to go in the human rights arena/' she asserts. After pursuing a career in law, she hopes someday to become a con­gresswoman .

-Michael Bradley '98

Jonathan A. Epstein '97

Learning the lessons of

• • campa1gn1ng and winning

Staying focused on a candidate's message,

or being "on message," is essential in political fund raising and campaigning, says senior Jonathan A. Epstein , with no small degree of authority. His service of eight months as a deputy director in finance for a successful 1996 U.S. Senate election campaign earned Epstein the distinc­tion of being one of the youngest people ever to serve in such an important political position. Not only does he have on his resume the impressive credential of working on the election campaign of U.S. Sen . Max Cleland (D-GA), but also he is in the enviable position of having a job in Washing­ton, DC.

"The most valuable th ing I learned from the cam­paign is the importance of the message. You have to s.tay on that message, to­ta lly focus on it. You cannot

get off on tangents," says Epstein.

A mind-altering book The experience was "un­

believable," he recalls . Epstein earned academic credit for an internship and worked in Atlanta as one of 20 paid staff members for Sen . Cleland's election campaign from May until December 1996. Ulti­mately, the economics ma­jor became responsible for writing fund-ra ising letters, organizing fundraisers , and overseeing the phone bank of vo lunteers . Know­ing the backgrounds of po­tential campaign contribu­tors and coaching Sen. Cleland in his telephone fund-raising efforts were also part of the job. "Many times we'd get into argu­ments," Epstein said. "I'd tell Max, 'You're not saying the right thing . You're not on message. You're talking about foreign relations. We are on the message of hope, change, and oppor­tunities for Georgians.'

"I didn't know a lick about finance and fund raising," says Epstein who had some initial reserva­tions about working in that capacity for Cleland. His reluctance turned into en­thusiasm after he read

Epstein, right, with Sen. Max Cleland

Cleland's autobiography, Strong at the Broken Places. "I read the book in a day. It was the most incredible story in the entire world!" Epstein exclaims.

Cleland, a Georgia native who was seriously wounded in Vietnam and is confined to a wheel­chair, returned home, won election to the Georgia Senate, and headed the United States Veterans Administration under Presi­dent Jimmy Carter before serving as Georgia's sec­retary of state. In an elec­tion where 2 . 1 million votes were cast, Cleland won the race by a margin of fewer than 28,000 and became the first Southern Democrat to win an open Senate seat since 1986. Epstein is effusive in his praise of him . "He knows he's strong enough, he knows he's smart enough, and he knows he's good enough to get by without legs and a right arm . His virtue and value are 1 0 times greater than those of most men I've met."

The senator returns his former deputy's praise . "Jonathan was a tremen­dous asset to my Senate campaign team. He played a pivotal role in our fund­raising efforts and ultimately in winning the race, and in the process we also be­came close friends. He's a great writer and an outgo­ing, confident young man," Sen. Cleland said .

Epstein ' s involvement in politics began in 1995 when he served a summer internship with the Ameri­can Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) , a spe­cial-interest group based in Washington, DC that works to strengthen the relationship between the United States and Israel. While there, he worked with the group's lobbyists and followed issues such as foreign aid and sanc­tions agajnst Iran . Im­pressed with his work,

AIPAC named Epstein to its executive committee, which required him to travel to Washington sev­eral times to talk personally to members of Congress on issues that affected the or­ganization.

Working in the capital "All fired up" after his

internship, Epstein returned to Trinity for his sophomore year, formed the Trinity Israel Public Affairs Com­mittee, and sought a paid position working in a sena­torial election campaign. Based on the recommenda­tions of AIPAC and Presi­dent Evan S. Dobelle (who served in the Carter Admin­istration and got to know Cleland during their tenure together in Washington), the Trinity student and Ala­bama resident was hired by Cleland. Among the highlights of his campaign experience was a Cleland rally he arranged with the Georgia State Democratic Party at the University of Georgia with less than 24 hours' notice and featuring former presidential adviser George Stephanopoulos. The rally was attended by 800 people .

After graduation, Epstein began work as a political analyst with AIPAC. Epstein is enthused about working in Washington, knowing that he is at the hub of the country's political activity. As enthused as he is about politics and campaigning, however, he professes to have no intention of run­ning for office himself. "I like being the man behind the candidate," he claims . "There are some great people out there who don't realize how good they'd be in an office . I'd love to help shape and mold them and be the guy helping to get them elected . I have more to offer in that way than I do as just one person in Washington."

-Suzanne Zack

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Nathaniel W. MacDonald 1 97

Trinity's Long Walk, im­bued with the College's

traditions and history, is an unforgettable image to most people. But to engi­neering major Nathaniel (Nate) W . MacDonald '97, something was missing from this otherwise picture­perfect collegiate scene: the regular sound of peal-

ing bells . MacDonald had heard the bells on Wednesdays when Col­lege Carillonneur Dan iel Kehoe 78 practiced and performed, but it was much too infrequent an occur­rence for him.

MacDonald was inspired to remedy this situation : for his senior engineering de­sign project, he created the mechanical, electrical, and computer systems necessary to cue the playing of the

A Century of Educational Excellence: Engineering at Trinity 100 Years of Engineering. Among Trinity's many dis­

tinctions, the College is one of only two leading liberal arts col­leges in the nation whose bachelor of science in engineering degree enjoys full professional certification by the national Ac­creditation Board of Engineering and Technology. Engineering has long been an important component of Trinity's educational excellence - for 100 years, in fact. In honor of that century of educational excellence the College is planning a yearlong cel­ebration.

Officially kicking off the centennial celebration will be a Century ofEngineering Convocation. Held on Homecoming Weekend, November 6-8, 1997, the convocation will feature a keynote address by George Bugliarello, President of Polytechnic University; the conferring of honorary degrees; a banquet for alumni and friends; a time-capsule ceremony; a public lecture and panel discussion about engineering and technology in

largely silent Chapel bells. Thanks to his ingenuity, the bells will automatically chime on the hour and will eventually play the alma mater, "'Neath the Elms."

His first encounter with the Chapel bells came in the fall of 1994. It was then , following an "U lti­mate Frisbee" practice, that he entered the Chapel and climbed the 11 0 steps of the spiral staircase to the Plumb Memorial Caril-

lon . A student of piano for nine years, MacDonald sat down at the carillon's key­board and pressed down on the wooden batons that control the bells. Upon hearing their peal he stopped . "It felt empower­ing," he recalls . But despite his musical training, he found the carillon difficult to master. " I tried playing the carillon my sophomore year, but I never got a song down well enough. I was kind of frustrated ."

Fate seemed to intervene during his junior year. While studying engineering and economics as an ex­change student at Dart­mouth College, MacDonald met a student who had de­vised a system for Dart­mouth 's chapel bells that allowed them to be rung through the use of a key­board . His curiosity piqued, MacDonald re­searched ways of automat­ing Trinity's bells, devised a plan, received approval for the project from Assis­tant Professor of Engineer­ing John D. Mertens and the support of Carillonneur Kehoe, and began working on the project in October 1996. At President Evan S. Dobelle' s suggestion , the scope of the project was

China; laboratory tours; and demonstrations of student work in engineering. Other events and archival activities are currently being planned for the 1997-98 academic year.

l 00 Moments of Engineering. The marketing and pub­lic relations office is developing a booklet commemorating and celebrating the history of engineering at Trinity. This publica­tion will feature "100 Engineering Moments," if there is suffi­cient support and input from alumni. Engineering alums are invited and encouraged to write a brief paragraph describing a defining moment or significant event that occurred during their undergraduate studies or professional engineering careers. The "moments" can be recollections of significant firsts, learning discoveries, interesting classroom or lab happenings, ideas that helped solve professional problems, or any other "moment" that could help establish the history or value of engineering educa­tion at Trinity. Please send your contributions to Mark McLaughlin, Director of Marketing and Communications, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT, 06106 or e-mail to [email protected] by August 8.

How the bells toll

J ust how does one go about automating bells

that range from 5,600 pounds in weight and 5 1 /3 feet in diameter to 919 pounds in weight and 2 feet and 11 inches in diameter? Very carefully is the obvious and accurate answer. For his senior engineering project, Nathaniel (Nate) W. MacDonald's challenge was to devise a method in which Trinity's Chapel bells could be mechanically rung while not interfering with the Carillon's normal manual operation .

What he produced is a computer-controlled electromechanical system that rings the bells through a clapper counterweight system driven by parallel solenoids. In simpler terms, MacDonald's system uses a solenoid to pull an external clapper into a bell to ring it. A counter-weight then returns the clapper to its original position, in preparation for the next strike. This clapper system is connected to and controlled by a Macintosh computer located in the Chapel. By using the computer language "LabView," which is more commonly used for controlling engineering instruments, the bells can be programmed to ring at predetermined times.

expanded from Mac­Donald 's original plan to automate five bells to a grander scheme encom­passing 12 of the Chapel's 49 bells; this would allow the alma mater to be played .

To MacDonald, the project has been a labor of love, hindered only by tech­nical challenges. His ac­complishment is particularly impressive in light of his personal struggle of many years' duration to over­come dyslexia and an audi-

tory disability. "When I was in kindergarten, a teacher told my parents that I would never graduate from high school," MacDonald reca lls. The Lexington, MA native at­tended the Carroll School in Linco ln , MA, whiCh spe­cializes in educating stu­dents wi th dyslexia, and the Fenn School in Con­cord, which also has a spe­cial education program, before graduating from Buckingham, Brown and

Nichols School in Cam­bridg-e, MA. He enrolled at Trinity because the engi­neering deportment was "smal l, good, flexible, and personal.

"I have done every­thing," he says, "from tap­ing my classes and then taking notes from the tape afterwards, to bringing my laptop computer to class. Trinity has been really sup­portive in mqny ways, such as providing me with tutor­ing . Often I just needed more time to get an assign­ment done or take an exam," he comments. "I may not have top grades, but as far as I'm con­cerned, I've excelled,"says MacDonald .

Initially des igned for one­year' s duration, the bell project, once expanded, required that MacDonald create a team to work on it and extend its timetable . Mechanical engineering major Thomas H. Back '98 assisted MacDonald this year and will head the ef­fort next year, installing the structural supports and me­chanical and electrical sys­tems needed to automate the remaining 1 1 bells. He will use its completion as the basis of his senior project. Jasper Howe­McCarty '99 and Andrew S. Malick '00 also have participated in the project, as did Yolande Tomlinson, a junior at Hartford's Weaver High School. Tomlinson is a participant in the United Technologies/ Trinity College Engineering Initiative, a two-year-old program designed to en­courage young women and minorities to study science and engineering and pur­sue careers in engineering .

By this summer, the car illon 's largest bell, the 5,600-pound Bourdon bell, will be fully automated and ring on the hour. When the other 11 bells are fully au­tomated by the spring of 1998, an hourly chime as well as '"Neath the Elms"

will be played . The system will also allow the bells to sound not only at a pre~e­termined time, but also at varying volumes, distinguish­ing it from automation sys­tems marketed commer­cially.

"I've never had a student take on such an ambitious project and req uire less supervision," says Professor Mertens, MacDonald's ad­viser. "What's also unusua l is the amount of effort Nate's put into the project. He has worked 40 hours a week on it. He's very enthu­siastic, organized, and pro­fessional. We have other students doing good and interesting projects, but this one is special, " he says.

MacDonald, who won the Travelers Engineering Senior Design Project Com­petition and a $13,000 grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, is thri lled that the project is moving forward. He espe­cially likes thinking about the legacy he will be leav­ing behind for others to enjoy. "A couple of weeks before Christmas Trinity will be able to program the sys­tem to play 'Let It Snow' or, to play "Neath the Elms' every hour for Homecom­ing or Reunion," he notes with excitement and pride .

With his degree in hand and the automation project on schedule, MacDonald has traded his lofty chapel perch for the mountains of Chile, where he is now ski­ing with a friend from high school. He plans to tour South America for six months before assuming an engineering position with Andersen Consulting in San Francisco in January 1998. His senior project is one he looks back on with satisfac­tion . "There is nothing more inspiring than walking down the Long Walk and hearing the bells chime," MacDonald observes.

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TEACHING EXCELLENCE

L istening is key to Associate

Professor of Music Dou­

glas Johnson. The composer,

violinist, and conductor says

listening is not only important in learning to appreciate music,

but also in performing and cre­

ating it. "Composing," he contends, "is listening into the

future of an idea. It's listening

to what's there and listening to

what might come after it in your mind," he says. "Really

good listening is tantamount

to really fine playing. It is a

kind of interior playing of the piece."

Johnson came to Trinity nine years ago from his native Cali­

fornia to teach composition

and music theory, and to

develop group music-making

opportunities for Trinity

instrumentalists. In that time he

has earned the respect of his

students and colleagues alike for his musical versatility,

enthusiasm, and his creative

pedagogical skills. "He has an

unquenchable enthusiasm and love for music and for sharing

it," says his colleague, Professor

of Music John Platoff. "He's a

fine conductor and keyboardist; he sings, substitutes as a violin­

ist in the Hartford Symphony,

and knows an immense amount

of music. As a teacher, he's

able to figure out what a

student wants to do and help him or her do it. He's just

remarkable!"

EXCELLENT TEACHERS

All of music's relationships in the scale

To create their own mu­sic, students in Johnson's composition classes perform exercises that allow them to "listen into" musical struc:­tures that are often taken for granted. "We think of the scale as going from do to do. It 's a list and that's all. But actually, embedded in the scale are all the relationships of music. I teach the scale as if it were a physical space in which you move. T here are almost magnetic attractions in parts of those spaces. I invite my students to start at any degree of the scale and go down or up and have that part of the scale fi rmly in their minds. T here's a sense of energy that can add up into this enormous, big pull into a climactic moment in a piece," Johnson says. He also gives his students compositional problems to solve and, through these exercises, a " toolbox" of solutions to use, such as dis­cerning when a musical phrase is completed.

Johnson, who points to several generations of professional musicians on both sides of his family, studied composition at the M usikhochschule in Vienna for two years before earning his master's and doctoral degrees in composition from the U niversity of California at Berkeley. He became a church organist at the age of 16, a choirmaster shortly thereafter, and worked as a free-lance musician in Cali­fornia fo r 14 years before joining Trinity's faculty. H e has composed pieces for orchestra, chorus, chamber m usic, and virtuoso solo performers. T his spring, the Berlin Saxophone Quartet

gave the premiere perfor­mance of a new ] ohnson piece at th e O ld State H ouse as part ofTrinity's "First T hursday" perfor­mance series there. Cur­rently, the composer is at work on songs, a string quartet, and an opera.

Johnson does not restrict his composing to music alone. Several times a year, he hosts lunches and dinners for students and former students at his home in Hartford's South End where he indulges his love of cooking, "composes" a meal, and talks about music in a more relaxed setting.

An awe close to worship

Exposure to the rudi­ments of the craft and of composition enhances stu­dents' appreciation of all music, J ohnson believes. " It creates downright awe that is close to worship when you 've tried to compose som ething yourself and then you encounter a really well­made piece from any tradi­tion. A beautiful Duke Ellington tune can have the same aesthetic impact as a fugue of Bach or a modest li ttle miniature by Debussy: you listen to any one of them and think, 'how could anyone do that?' It 's so per­fect. "

Stu dents in Johnson's classes develop their own m usical ideas in to composi­tions and simultaneously gain new appreciation for music. Elizab eth Joyce '99, a student in Trinity's Indi­vidualized D egree Program and an organist who has already had a career as an attorney, is a music and reli­gion maj or. She departed from conventional harmony and composed a piece for

trumpet and organ using the more dissonant quartal har­mony, then performed it in the Composers' Seminar Concert last year. "I've done a lot of performing in church and have made pre­sentations as a lawyer. But performing that piece was even more exciting. It was mind-boggling, " she re­members. M usic maj or Stuart Wolferman '97 plays piano, sings, is director of the student group The Accidentals, and is president ofThe C hapel Singers. "Professor Johnson makes you understand the rules in classical music and what those rules have to do with

Two faculty recognized for outstanding teaching

At Honors Day ceremonies in May, announcement was made of the 1997 winners of The Dean Arthur H. Hughes Award for Achievement in Teaching. They are associate professors Ronald R. Thomas of English and Kathleen A. Curran of fine arts.

The Hughes Award, a gift of former President and Trustee of Trinity, G. Keith Funston '32, is named in honor of Arthur Hughes, who in his 3 6-year career at Trinity, served as professor of German, chairman of the department of modern languages, dean of the college, dean of the faculty, and, on two occasions, acting president. The award recognizes outstanding teaching by faculty with no more than nine years of service to the College.

Thomas, presently the chair of the English department, joined the Trinity faculty in 1990. Prior to this, he was assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago from 1982-90. He received his B.A. degree in English literature from Wheaton College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English and American literature from Brandeis University. His book, Dreams of Authority: Freud and the Fictions of the Unconscious (Cornell University Press,

modern music and j azz. There are a lot of exceptions to the rules, but you 've got to know the rules. He's re­ally energetic and he makes you like what you're do­Ing."

For Johnson teaching is the instrument for convey­ing what is the passion of his life. " I teach music as a heal­ing art, something that has the power to inform your life, for as long as you live, providing marvelous perspectives on time, and relationship, and sense of being in a p lace, " he ob- . serves. "For me, music is good for getting deeper, better, m ore hmnan."

1990), is an analysis of the strategies of dream interpretation developed in the Victorian novel and their relation to Victorian culture and to narrative and psychoanalytic theory.

An architectural historian, Curran joined the Trinity faculty six years ago. Prior to this, she was an assistant professor of art at Brown University, served as a research associate at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and was director of a project on the computerization of the list of buildings cited in the National Register of Historic Places. She has just completed a book-length manuscript on the Romanesque Revival in Germany, England, and the United States. She also was recently selected to serve as an associate editor of the Buildings of the United States series by the Society of Architectural Historians. This will be a state-by-state survey that records and illustrates the architecture of the urban, suburban, and rural United States.

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TEACHING EXCELLENCE

Applying research to real-world issues

oreen Channels

T wo distinctly different photographs hanging in

Noreen Channels' otherwise book-lined office mirror the different dimensions and inter­ests of the professor of sociol­ogy. In one, a solitary woman sits on the front porch of her log home and stares squarely at the _ camera. In the other, doz­ens of women pose at a Massa­chusetts League ofWomen Voters convention in Holyoke in 1929. Both photographs in­trigue Channels. But her gaze usually stops at the group pho­tograph. Groups of people, she says, hold the key to identifying and remedying the social prob­lems that affect individuals.

"I do like the big picture. Be­cause social structure affects so many people, it's really the best way to explain how societies work and what's happening in the lives of a group of people. It's the most effective way to explain our environment and effect change," she said.

When Channels joined the faculty in 1972, the social tur­bulence of the period made it "a wonderful time to teach so­ciology." Today's students are likewise interested in under­standing social issues, she says.

Her students' interest pleases her, because to Channels soci­ology means traveling beyond pure theory and applying the results of research to real­world problems. This is a be­lief she has not only preached but also practiced. Getting her mind around Hartford

"I've always, always been in­terested in how social science research is useful to non-scien­tists, to community people, and to decision makers,"

BY SuzANNE ZACK

Channels noted. Over the past 25 years she has applied her re­search expertise to Hartford is­sues such as housing prefer­ences, police counseling of rape victims, the contributions of the city's work force to its economy. Hartford's unique character has been conducive to her work. "I like Hartford very much. It's a size that you can understand. You can know the players and understand what's going on. To me, it has all the advantages of a large ur­ban area, all the problems and the strengths, but you can get your mind around it," she ob­served.

Channels' students also have the opportunity to "get their minds around" Hartford. For example, this year two of her students studied parole viola­tion trends for the Connecticut Department ofParole to deter­mine whether there are certain "vulnerable" periods when pa­role is violated more frequently than other times. "Students do very interesting and useful work," Channels said.

The methodology behind such work has held Chaimels' interest throughout her career. Author of Social Science

Methods in the Legal Process, the Michigan native still teaches "Research Methods in Social Science," a course which she taught when she began at Trinity. Now the department chair, she sees this co"urse as the foundation for social science inquiry and a boon for students' critical thinking skills. "Instead of being part of the process of a course, critical thinking is the substance. Knowing how to evaluate information and gen­erate information that is reli­able is essential," she remarked.

Trinity Center for Neighborhoods

Three years ago, Channels was named a research coordi­nator to the Trinity Center for Neighborhoods (TCN), a community-based, BUD­funded initiative which gives community organizations ad­ditional tools and resources with which to address urban issues. As a research coordina­tor, she matches requests for help from community groups with the expertise of Trinity faculty. Channels' latest TCN project involves surveying the health-care needs of 5,000 disabled people for the Con­necticut Union ofDisability Action Groups .

She is well suited for her role with TCN, according to one TCN staff member. "She listens to people in the com­munity and works with them to resolve their questions and their issues. People get the feeling that this is not a labo­ratory experiment. She's in­volved in it," says Alta Lash, technical assistant for United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods, a TCN affiliate.

EXCELLENT TEACHERS

Getting to the heart of a problem

Channels' students concur with Lash. Margaret Modzelewski '97, a sociology major who was a teaching assistant for the research methods class, says, "She's encouraging, organized, and really motivating. It's been a wonderful experience to work with her." Channels advised sociology major Michelle Buckley '97 on her senior thesis, in which she examined the disparity be­tween the sentencing of crack users and the sentencing of cocaine users in New York state. "Professor Channels is very good at applying research to real problems. Because of that, she's given me a whole new idea of what sociology is," commented Buckley. "She's been great!"

Stephen M. Valocchi, asso­ciate professor of sociology, says of his colleague, "She has a real talent for getting to the heart of a problem, whether it be sociological or a depart­mental issue ~ or a problem or issue with a student. With Noreen, the commitment to research is simultaneously a commitment to the commu­nity and the people who live in the community."

And as much as Channels praises the benefits of a broad social perspective, it has been Trinity's small size that has proved most rewarding in her teaching. "At the beginning of each semester, I like that I always already know a num­ber of students in each class. I've either already had the students in class or talked to them in my office," she ex­plains. "I really enjoy that as­pect of teaching at Trinity."

Making 20th-century history come alive

IVa Eliav BY RoBERTAjENCKEs

'The students see me, and it's the same man who's there in the pictures.'

T he seminar titles for each week tell the story: Mass Immigration, 194 9-19 59; War of

Sinai, War of Folly (1956),· Israel in the '60s,'70s, and '80s. The instructor IS the story: Arie Lova. Eliav, Russian-born Israeli leader, veteran of seven wars and 18 years' service in the Knesset, former Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party, author, teacher, and humanitarian.

Eliav was on campus in the spring semester as President's Fellow-in-Residence, invited by President Evan Dobelle, who learned through a mutual friend, novelist Herman W ouk, that Eliav wanted to affiliate with an American uni­versity to have a base from which to teach and do research for his next book. In 1979- 80 he had been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs.

His Trinity course started out with a modest enrollment of traditional Trinity undergraduates and others from the College and beyond, but

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soon grew to include a cadre of diehard "Lova groupies" who did all in their power not to miss a class . Professor Andrew Gold of economics and public policy studies lik­ened Eliav's classes to the '50s television classic , "You Are There." Associate Dean of Faculty J. Ronald Spencer '64 was heard to exclaim that he would sooner give back his paycheck than miss the op­portunity to hear history told through the voice of this re­markable man.

"It's been just fascinating,"

says Spencer. "I was capti- · vated by the very skillful way in which he weaves autobiog-raphy with some of the major historical events of this cen-tury: the Holocaust, displaced persons, the founding of the state of Israel, the awakening of the peace process, the So-viet Union's making contact with Russian Jews, his work as head of rehabilitation mis-sions after earthquakes in Iran and Nicaragua, and his town planning activities. He has been involved personally in so many important events in our century.

,

Eliav, affectionately called "Lova" (which means "the little lion" in Russian) by all who know him, was born in

TEACHING EXCELLENCE

Eliav's calls for peace and new perspective on Israel's conflicts alienated him from Israel's leaders, especially Golda Meir.

1921 in Lenin's Russia. In 1924 he emigrated with his mother to join his father in Jaffa. His military service be­gan in the 1930s when, as a teenager, he served in "Hagana," the Jewish underground defense organization. In World War II he joined the British army to fight the Nazis, serving in the Middle East, Western Desert,

and European fronts. From 1945-47, he served in an "il-legal" immigration operation of the Mossad, Israel's intelli-gence agency, organizing refugee embarkation camps in Europe and commanding blockade-running shiJ?S that brought 1,000 Holocaust sur-vivors to Palestine; it was on one of these journeys that he met his Lithuanian-born wife, Tania. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the newly formed Israel Defense Forces in the 1948- 49 War oflndepen-dence, and in 1956 he com-manded a combined air and sea rescue operation to save Jews ofPort Said, Egypt, dur-ing the Sinai Campaign.

In 1949 he began working

in the resettlement effort, serving for four years as Levi Eshkol's right-hand man. Eshkol, who was to become Israel 's second prime minister, was at that time in charge of settling the thousands of new immigrants arriving daily in the newly established Jewish state. Next, as head of the Lachish Regional Develop-

ment Project in southern Israel, Eliav worked on the planning and building of 50 villages and a town. In the 1960s he directed the plan-ning and construction of a new city overlooking the Dead Sea. From 1958 to 1960 he was the first secre-tary of the Israeli embassy in Moscow, where he looked into the plight of Soviet Jews.

Along the way, Eliav found the time to write 13 books. One, New Heart, New Spirit: Biblical Humanism for Modern. Israel, caused no small stir when it appeared in Israel in 1986, according to Mark Silk, director ofTrinity's Center for the Study ofReli-gion in Public Life.

"This book represents an attack on those in Israel who have sought to use the Bible as justification for military expansionism and subjugation of the Palestinian people," says Silk. "It seeks, elo­quently, to highlight the Bib­lical values of the sanctity of life, justice, freedom, equality, brotherhood, mercy, and peace. Only if these values prevail, the book claims, can Israel survive as the spiritual center of the Jewish people and 'a light unto nations."'

Eliav's calls for peace and

new perspective on Israel's conflicts alienated him from Israel's leaders, especially Prime Minister Golda Meir, and resulted in his spending years in the political desert, a voice stilled by a dissenting majority. After the Six Day War in 1967, he was the first Israeli official to advocate returning land to the Arabs, a statement which cost him his government position. De-cades of experience have demonstrated his prescient wisdom; but, as the veteran of seven wars' service, he has borne unwitting witness to the need for peace.

When pressed to say which of all of his careers has given hitn the greatest satisfaction,

EXCELLENT TEACHERS

Clockwise from top left: 1954, helping Jewish immigrants from Kochin, India, to settle into a new village in Israel; the first handshake between Israeli and PLO leaders, in Vienna in 1979 when Eliav, at right, and Dr. Issam Sartawi of the PLO jointly were awarded the Bruno Kreisky Peace Prize; presenting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, seated, with a copy ofEliav's book, which had been translated into Arabic, during Sadat's first visit to Israel, 1977; holding an anti-aircraft machine gun, center, while serving in an artillery unit of Jewish soldiers in the British army, Middle Eastern front, 1941; Haifa, 1948, at right, as a Lt. Commander, meeting Prime Minister David Ben Gurion on his first visit to view the newly-born Israeli navy; left, Eliav in the classroom, always engaged and expressive, and (center) Eliav with President Dobelle.

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TEACHING EXCELLENCE

.1.11 was the first Israeli political figure who said, after the Six Day War, that we have to meet the Palestinians. They are our bitterest enemies, but we have to talk with them. .•. It was a slow process and very bitter and bloody, because it took another three wars. Only much later did Rabin and Peres and others come to the same conclusion that they would have to talk.

.~.~They were brought to the White House to shake hands with Arafat, but the first handshake was mine. Not with Arafat, but with a man called Sartawi, who was later assassinated by Palestinian extremists for meeting me. That's the price he paid. Sadat was killed by Egyptian extremists. Rabin paid with his life, assassinated by Jewish extremists.

.~.~The road to make peace between enemies is very dangerous."

Eliav says, with no hesitation, "teacher." Those who watched him in the classroom know this. Well before the start of every seminar, he would be there, carefully ar­ranging the materials for his class and re-checking the photographs and illustrations that would accompany the lecture. The pictures were from his personal collection, but could just as easily have come from newspaper front pages: vignettes of the 20th century, frozen in the frame, where a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt or meeting with Anwar Sadat was preserved.

Always on these occasions before class Eliav appeared to be lost in thought, immersed not only in the mechanics of preparing for class, but also readying his mind and his' memories for the lecture that would follow. But, if a stu­dent came to him with a question or comment, he would stop what he was do­ing, place a friendly hand on the shoulder, and focus his

intensely sharp eyes on that encounter.

Dean Spencer, who missed only one class, and that very reluctantly, calls Eliav "a born oral historian ... He loves to tell stories. The memories came from him with a kind of freshness, as if he were telling them for the first time.

"He talked about having had contact with every quarter of the 20th century," Spencer says . "I remember the won­derful irony of his mother having lived in Russia in the same building with Boris Pasternak and how he knew a lot about that from his mother's memories ... his family's bourgeois and Zionist experiences. It seems to me that what he gave us was a gripping autobiographical ac­count of larger historical pro­cesses."

While Eliav was at Trinity, his attention was focused on the present as well as on the vivid and well-remembered past. He was an active partici­pant in the current discussions

on campus about the various neighborhood initiatives and the master planning process for the campus . The campus planners valued the expertise and perspective he brought as one who planned and con­structed 50 villages and a new city in Israel.

"He remains curious and interested in the rest of the world and indeed in Trinity," says Mark Silk. "As a city planner he has taken a real interest in the urban initia­tives of the College. He has his own ideas about them and participated fully in the dis­cussion."

Because ofEliav's presence on campus, a special lecture series with distinguished ex­perts on Israel had greater depth and relevance. The series, "Religion and Civil Society in the Middle East," was sponsored by Trinity's Center for the Study of Reli­gion in Public Life. Eliav de­livered the first lecture in the

series, "Updating the Secular­ist Vision of the Zionist Founders."

At the end of the semester in May, the prized possessions the 75-year-old took back to Israel - to the house in Tel Aviv where he has lived since the age of three - were pic­tures that he asked be taken of his friends at Trinity, stu­dents, and other members of the Trinity and Hartford communities. After the last class meeting, he was pre­sented with a poster of Trin­ity with his students' signa­tures and best wishes.

Eliav is home now, but fond n1.emories of him abound on campus. "There was just something unbeliev­ably special," Silk reflected, "about having in our midst the founder of a country, an extraordinary p~rson, some­one who has been able to sustain the humanity and cu­riosity that animated him from the beginning."

Tania and Lova Eliav in front of the Smith House, which they called "home" for five months.

Views and opinions from one of Trinity's teachers

Is the press biased against religion? The answers hold surprises

B Y MARK SILK

Director, Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life

Since the presidency of Jimmy Carter, Americans have come to believe that

the country's news media are hostile to religion. This conviction is embraced most fervently by the evangelical Protes­tants of the Christian right, for whom it is virtually an article of faith that journal­ists, a.k.a. the "liberal media," are the enemy. But surveys have shown that the public at large, regardless of religious or political persuasion, believes the media possess a secularist bias against the sacred.

Is this true? The best evidence on the affirmative side is Robert Lichter's and Stanley Rothman's 1980 study of the "media elite," 240 print and broadcast journalists working for The New York

Times, The Washington Post, the news weeklies, television networks, and PBS. A "predominant characteristic" of this elite, Lichter and Rothman found, was its "secular outlook." Yet efforts to demon­strate that this outlook has translated into anti-religious news coverage have not been convincing. And when the field of vision is broadened beyond the alleged elite, journalists turn out to be just as religiously committed as the American population at large - pretty committed, in other words.

Systematic analysis of religion coverage in the print media shows that for every "bad" story about religious institutions and individuals, there are many detailing the good things they do for their com­munities and the world at large. But it is a fact that religion has produced a lot of bad, or at least controversial, news over the past 20 years . With the rise of mili­tant Islam and Hinduism, the emergence of new religious movements ("cults"), the political alliance of conservative Christians and Republicans, the "televangelist scandals" of the late 1980s,

the priest-pedophile revelations of the past decade, ongoing battles over abor­tion and homosexuality and prayer in public schools, it is no wonder that the media messengers have come to be blamed for some deeply troubling mes­sages. Indeed, not since the decade before the Civil War, when abolitionism and anti-Catholicism dominated much of public discourse, has religion been so contentious a force in American society.

How have the media done in covering these diverse and complicated issues? As in most areas where substantive expertise is needed, not well enough. Too often, coverage falls into conventionalized story types that fail to do justice to the story in questi<;m. And over the past few years, journalists have become convinced that they need to do better by religion.

Last February, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative Washing­ton think tank, had its biggest media turnout ever for a daylong panel discus­sion on the coverage of religion in poli­tics . In April our Center for the Study of

Religion in Public Life held a workshop for journalists on religion in contempo­rary society that attracted editors from The New York Times, CBS News, Newsday, CNN, National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, and New York Daily

News . More generally, newspapers across the

country have been rushing to beef up their religion coverage, generally with expanded Saturday "Faith and Values" sections. In 1996, the Religion Newswriters Association, the organiza­tion of journalists who spend their time handling religion for the secular press, saw its membership jump 25 percent.

This flurry of journalistic enthusiasm in part reflects the concern for declining readership that has been a major obses­sion of the newspaper industry for the past decade. At this year's meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Sandra Mims Rowe, the editor of The

Portland Oregonian and the new president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, asserted that what newspapers need to do to strengthen circulation is devote more columns to "ethics, religion, health, life." And she may be on to something. Newsweek has found that in the last couple of years, religion cover stories have gone from being solid news­stand performers to far and away the best-selling issues it puts out. That's why the magazine did two consecutive covers on the Heaven's Gate story.

This kind of public appetite for reli­gion coverage suggests that there may be something going on out there beyond mere media churning. It suggests that we may be in the midst of one of those reli­gious "awakenings" that has swept through American society every other generation since the 1720s. These are not simple phenomena, however, and thus far the jury is still out. In the mean­time, you can expect to see more and more religion in the news, for better and for worse .

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Strategic planning eHort launched

n May, President Dobelle announced the establish­

ment of a Priorities and Plan­ning Council (PPC), whose first task will be to launch and oversee a comprehensive stra­tegic planning effort. "This initial charge will mean the integration of academic plan­ning and other elements of institutional strategic plan­ning, notably the campus plan currently under development by the master planning team retained by the Trustees, the neighborhood revitalization plan, and various functional/ operating plans to be devel­oped by my direct staff," he explained in a letter to faculty and staff. "Successful move­ment in all these areas will be essential to achieve our long­term vision ofleadership for Trinity. This vital integration, requiring the establishment and balancing of priorities, will be the primary focus of the PPC."

The PPC will function as the College's key structure for strategic decision-making. Even after an updated strate­gic plan for Trinity is devel­oped and adopted, Dobelle explained, the Council will continue to function as the College body that addresses significant issues affecting the institution as a whole. "Estab­lishment of the PPC initiates a more formal process for strategic planning at Trinity College - one that will en­able the sort of integration which, I think it is fair to say, has not been characteristic of past planning efforts," wrote Do belle.

Leaders of the process Dean of the Faculty

Raymond Baker, as the chief academic officer for the Col­lege, will play a central and lead role in the College's overall planning process, "particularly in view of his leadership in developing the faculty's academic vision for Trinity's future- the starting point for our planning ef­forts," said Dobelle. Dean Baker will be the de facto leader of the PPC and will chair meetings of the council in President Dobelle's ab­sence. "He also will ensure that on matters affecting the core identity and mission of Trinity College- i.e., all academic matters - the plan­ning process remains faculty­led. This is critical," said Dobelle. "Raymond will continue his efforts to pro­mote the ongoing dialogue and debate within the faculty on key issues affecting Trinity's future. These discus­sions have informed our thinking already and should continue to do so as the stra­tegic planning process intensi­fies."

Dobelle also announced that Linda Campanella, vice president for marketing and public relations, will be the focal point on the PPC for administrative, non-instruc­tional issues. "In addition, I have asked Linda, who has considerable prior experience in strategic planning, to sup­port the central work of the PPC and report to me in an expanded role as the senior administrative officer respon­sible for institutional plan­ning. Working in accordance with guidelines set by the

Linda Campanella and Raymond Baker compare notes as they pre­pare for the kickoff meeting of the Priorities and Planning Council.

PPC, Linda will be respon­sible for coordination and facilitation of planning activi­ties on a day-to-day basis." For the foreseeable future, Campanella will rem.ain re­sponsible as well for the mar­keting and public relations functions. In executing her new planning role, however, "she will take a broad institu­tional perspective," explained Dobelle. "As we take decisive steps to position Trinity as a leader in liberal arts education for the next century, it is more important now than ever that our public relations be driven by the College's academic vision and plans for the future - and not vice versa."

Broad representation There will be seven admin­

istrators and seven faculty members on the Priorities and Planning Council. Dean Baker will draw faculty mem­bers from a Dean's Advisory Council that will consist of three members chosen (one each) by the Educational Policy Committee, the Cur­riculum Committee, and Fac-

ulty Conference from their respective memberships, with the balance of advisory coun­cil members appointed by the Dean. Senior administrators will be appointed to the PPC by Campanella. In announc­ing the PPC, Dobelle noted that this new council will not replace current governance structures or processes but rather will provide a focused and centralized structure for strategic decision-making on issues that affect the College as a whole. Decisions on spe­cific academic matters will be left, as appropriate, to tradi­tional forms of faculty gover­nance.

Dobelle indicated there likely will be several non­voting ex officio members of the PPC, such as the presi­dent of the SGA and repre­sentatives of the alumni body, trustees, and community, who would be appointed in order to infuse perspectives other than those of the faculty and administration.

The PPC will launch sev­eral separate Strategic Plan­ning Teams and quite a few

Critical Issues Teams, setting in motion a comprehensive update of the College's strate­gic plan. These working groups will be composed of both administrators and fac­ulty, although the balance of each will differ by committee, to reflect the focus of empha­sis. The PPC will set priori­ties and guidelines for the plan, while the bulk of the planning work will be done by the teams, whose strategies and plans will be presented to the council for review and approval. The task of assessing and then integrating the vari­ous inputs into a coherent and cohesive plan for Trinity's future will fall to the PPC.

Open process "My goal is that an updated

strategic plan be submitted to the Board of Trustees for dis­cussion next March and adopted formally by the Board in May 1998," said Dobelle. "The March target is important, as it establishes a link between the strategic plan and our budget cycle. A strategic vision without an associated budget and time­tables will gather dust; our plan will be the basis for ac­tion and implementation."

In his communication to the campus conm1unity, President Dobelle stressed that the PPC represents an important new body which "must not and will not con­duct strategic planning under a veil of secrecy." The pro­cess must be open, he said, and it must fully support "my resolute commitment to fac­ulty-led academic planning at Trinity College." He also emphasized that the PPC will

"promote an important new partnership between the aca­demic and administrative realms and afford Trinity's faculty an unprecedented op­portunity to be involved cen­trally in overall planning for the College's future."

Admissions numbers make the record books

For Trinity's admissions effort, this was another

record year. According to Christopher Small, vice presi­dent for enrollment manage­ment, preliminary statistics for the Class of2001 show an impressive 81 percent increase in minority student enroll­ment and significant depth and quality in the incoming class overall. As ofJune 3, there were 537 students en­rolled in Trinity's first class to graduate in the 21st century.

A record 4,100 applications were received for this year's class, Small says, for an in­crease of 35 percent in just two years.

"Two clear, positive out­comes of the increased appli­cations," he says, "are an increase in the quality of the class, as measured by stan­dard admissions measuring sticks, and the significant in­crease in minority student enrollment. These are pre­liminary numbers, of course. We won't have final numbers until the class is fully in resi­dence in late August.

"Nonetheless, the figure for applications, up this year over last, is conclusive. So are Early Decision numbers, which in­creased by 25 percent and are

up over 60 percent relative to two years ago. Alumni chil­dren in the class number 32, a 14 percent increase over last year.

"Several things have been working in our favor," says Small of the year's excep­tional results . "Specifically, I would point to the new ex­citement that has come to Trinity as a result of President Dobelle's initiatives, the ex­ceptional job done by the public relations office in keeping Trinity on the front pages, and the great work of Larry Dow '73 in his first year as director of admissions. The alumni admissions volunteers, and their coordinator in our office, Mary Whalen, con­tinue to play an important role in our success. Addition­ally, I think that there is per­haps increased interest in studying in an urban location. And, we have developed a more aggressive personalized recruitment program that was successfully carried out by a dedicated admissions staff. Given all this, as well as a little luck, we had to be suc­cessful."

Three begin terms on the Board of Trustees

In May, three appointments to Trinity's Board ofTrust­

ees were announced. A new alumni trustee, Margaret­Mary ("Tami") Voudouris Preston '79, chosen by vote of the alumni in the spring election, began serving a six­year term. Thomas R. DiBenedetto '71 was named charter trustee, returning to the Board after a two-year

Thomas R. DiBenedetto '71

Robin Halpern '91.

Margaret-Mary Voudouris Preston '79

absence, and Robin Halpern '91 was named to a three-year term as G. Keith Funston Trustee, the young alumni position on the Board.

Preston is managing direc­tor and treasurer of Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. in Balti­more, MD. She has been with the firm since 1983. From 1979-81 she worked for Salomon Brothers, Inc. In addition to her B.A. degree in history from Trinity, she holds an M.B.A. with a con­centration in finance from Harvard University. She serves on BEST, the Balti­more Educational Scholarship

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!rust, and has been a member ofTrinity's Board of Fellows.

DiBenedetto graduated with a B.A. in economics and then earned an M.B.A. de­gree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He began his professional career with Mor­gan Stanley Realty and then joined Salomon Brothers in­vestment firm. He served as vice president of Allen &

Company before founding his own real estate firm, Olympic Partners, and the investment firm of Boston International Group. Currently he serves as president of Junction Inves­tors, Ltd. In 1977 he and sev­eral other individuals success­fully bid to acquire the Bos­ton Red Sox, an interest which he maintains today. An active volunteer for Trinity, he has worked on programs of the New York and Boston clubs, served the development office as a class agent and Long Walk Societies volun­teer, worked on reunion committees, and served a term as an alumni trustee.

Halpern is known as "the consummate alumni volun­teer." An art history major, she was elected class president and to the Student Govern­ment Association. As a senior she received a Senior Achievement Award. After graduation and relocation to New York, where she is now private dining manager for the Lotus Club, Halpern ac­cepted key roles in the Young Alumni program as well as the New York Phonathon, the Admissions Support Group, and the Career Advi­sor Program. Subsequently, thereafter, she joined the Ex­ecutive Committee of the New York Club, and she is now the club's president. Halpern has also worked on her class reunion and gift co1ru11ittees.

FiHing the campus puzzle pieces together

The questions are interesting) the answers ciften complex

BY ALDEN R. GORDON '69, Director of Planning for Capital

Projects and Gwendolyn Miles

Smith Professor of Art History

(and chair of the Trinity Master

Plan Task Force)

n May 15, four months and 109 meetings into a

five-month planning process, the distinguished team of ar­chitects and planners retained by Trinity in January to de­velop a strategic campus mas­ter plan presented a variety of options for the future of the campus. Listening to the pre­sentation in McCook Audito­rium was a packed house of faculty, administrative staff, students, and alumni.

The material presented was familiar to some in the audi­ence, including those of us on the College's Master Plan Task Force, the committee of 14 faculty and administrators appointed by President Dobelle last September. But, to most in attendance the pre­sentation in its totality offered many fresh ideas to ponder.

And, not only were the planners' recommendations impressive to those in atten­dance, but so also was the painstaking and inclusive pro­cess that had brought them to this stage. After the formal meeting a lively discussion continued around an architec­tural model of the campus in the McCook lobby, and fac­ulty members, students and administrators lingered for more conversation on the McCook patio until twilight.

The planners' suggestions

Members of the College community were excited by several aspects of the planners'

Top photo, the discussion following the May 15 presentation spilled over to t

McCook patio; and above, trustees and senior administrators consider a cam1 model while listening to Alex Cooper.

presentation. Especially in­triguing were the opportunity to recast the physical relation­ship of the campus to the city and the identified potential to dramatically improve the campus setting as a place for living, learning, and teaching.

At the time of this writing in early June, the master plan­ning process is still in progress.

But, to get to this stage, the planners had to proceed with care and precision through two of four clearly distinct phases: analysis and options. Phase Three, yet to come, is plan development. Beyond Phase Three is implementation, which will take the College well into the next century and which can only be real-

ized with the support of alumni, parents, and friends.

Phase One, with its inten­sive on-campus surveys and mapping, concentrated on the analysis of the neighborhood, landscaping, and architectural challenges confronting Trin­ity. In addition to studies of every campus building and long interviews with Director ofFacilitiesJohn Woolley, the planning team worked with the Master Plan Task Force to learn about campus culture, needs, and aspira­tions. The planners held doz­ens of individual and group interviews with faculty and administrators. Special atten­tion was given to meetings with heads of departments with already identified and planned construction pro­grams, such as the Library, Computing Center, and Ad­missions. For the discussions related to student life and residence, the planners met and dined with many groups of students. They even tried out the College's athletic fa­cilities to get a feel for that aspect ofTrinity community life.

The team members con­ducting the neighborhood

analysis met with local groups, small merchants associations, city planners and gover~ment officials , and leaders of Trinity's institutional partners in SINA (Southside Institu­tions Neighborhood Alliance). A goal of these discussions was to find physical avenues for enhanced Trinity interaction with the neighborhood sur­rounding campus.

At the end of the analysis phase, the planners developed a series of principles to govern the development of the plan (see box accompanying this article). Guided by these, they proceeded to the options phase. In this phase, the planners held group meetings where they presented possible solutions to problems and elicited re­sponses from students, faculty, and staff. The resulting discus­sions were lively, as partici­pants saw the potential impact of a new plan.

At every phase, the planners met with the Board of Trust­ees' Physical Plant Committee, which devoted all of its regular and several additional meetings to the campus master plan.

To give a sense of the na­ture of the discussions that took place in the options

Planners met with members of all campus groups - here, administrators who work in student services .

Who the planners are

The lead firm is Cooper, Robertson & Partners of

New York with Alex Cooper as principa l in

charge of the project. This firm's assignment was to

administer the overall project, assist the College in

understand ing its space and faci lities needs, and

create a Strategic Campus Plan w ith reference dates

of the years 2000, 20 10 , and 2020.

The second member of the team is Berridge,

Lewi nberg , G reenberg , Dark, Gabor of Toronto, led

by Ken Greenberg as principal in charge. This firm 's

assignment was sector stud ies of the fou r sides of the

campus reaching out into the Barry Square, Frog

Hollow, Charter Oak-Zion , and New Britain Avenue

neighborhoods . These stud ies would assist Tr ini ty in

bridg ing the campus-to-c ity physical bounda ries and

would support the College's ongoing community and urba n initiatives, most notably the " Learning Corri­

dor" project. Th is part of the plan has a completion da~ofNovember 1,1 997.

The third member of the team is Wi lliam Rawn As­

sociates of Boston, Trinity' s a rchi tectural advisers.

Thei r assignment is to write standards for fu ture cam­

pus bu ild ings and to help Trin ity create a new pro­

cess for arch itect se lection and design review.

phase, let's take one of the principles and look at a couple of the possible solu­tions resulting from the at­tempt to apply the principle to a particular problem iden­tified in the analysis phase.

One ofTrinity's persistent problems since the 19th cen­tury is the lack of a clear sense of arrival at the campus. Visi­tors today, especially first­time visitors, find it difficult to know where the "front door" to the campus is, and once they are inside the cam­pus, they struggle to navigate to a particular destination, such as the Admissions Of­fice . The planners' principle associated with this identified problem is: "establish a clear, ceremonial front door as the primary entrance to the cam­pus."

Guided by this principle,

the planners have considered two, not mutually exclusive options. In one option, Vernon Street would be re­opened at the intersection of Broad Street, and its character would be dramatically trans­formed as a tree-lined campus drive. All utilities would be placed underground, and it would be perceived readily as an internal pmpus roadway, not a city street. Devices would be used to slow traffic and to give a sense of inti­macy, consistent with the character of the rest of the campus. For those entering from the east, Vernon Street would lead to an admissions office either in Williams or on the President's House Quad. Possibly there would be a new drive leading di­rectly from Vernon Street into this area. Interestingly,

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Design Principles

1. Campus Character

Trinity should maintain its small-scale ambience, its mixed-use character, and its informal landscape setting.

2. Campus Orientation

Shift the orientation of the campus from one that is inwardly focused to one that orients outward to its sur­rounding communities.

3. Extended Campus

Extend the 'on-campus' character to the limits of the north-south and east-west boundaries.

4. Front Door and Image

Establish a primary approach route and a clear, ceremo­nial front door to the campus.

' . 5. Streets and Edges

Treat all public campus edges as important frontages and develop a hierarchy of entries that includes each of them.

6. Open Space Structure

Enhance the quality of each of the campus's distinctive precincts and improve the connections between them and the bounding streets. Develop the quadrangle in front of Mather Hall as the focal point of the campus circulation and facilities.

7. Landscape

Dramatically upgrade the grounds to make a consistent overall environment and a series of memorable, beauti­ful spaces. Create a consistent, campus-wide vocabulary for all site elements, including lighting, paving, seating, and signage.

8. Topography

Use topography in a creative way to reinforce the fun­damental hillside character of the campus.

9. Uses

Continue the mixed-use character both campus-wide and within each precinct.

10. Pedestrian Circulation

Create a clear system of paths throughout the campus, strengthening the north-south axis along the ridge and integrating it with an emerging east-west system down the hill.

11. Vehicular Circulation

Create a clear, inviting, unambiguous, and flexible net­work that accommodates many different users- first­time visitors, students, staff, and faculty- and that bal­ances pedestrian and vehicular needs.

12. Parking

Integrate parking into the overall landscape character of the campus, improving its quality, clarity, and effi­ciency, but not its quantity.

13. Signage

Create an integrated, hierarchical signage system that reflects the College's academic, urban-oriented mission and that effectively leads fron1 the highway, to city streets, to the campus and parking, to individual building and room addresses.

this path off Vernon would be along the lines of what had been the College approach in 1875.

Another 'option would be to create a new drive into the campus. This could be located just north of the Ferris Ath­letic Center and lead to a new ceremonial point of arrival created by a courtyard linking the Library and the Austin Arts Center. In this scenario it would be possible to relocate Admissions to the area on the east side of the library, ap­proximately where the tennis courts are today.

Where the planning stands today

Weighing the pros and cons of options such as these is the task of the third phase of the planning process, which will entail selection of the best options and the development of an integrated plan. Cur­rently we are in this phase. The Trustees are weighing all of the options presented for each of the 13 principles. This is a very complex process be­cause some options are mutu­ally exclusive, and others are interdependent.

In the final plan phase, there will be prioritization of projects and the description of phasing of the plan implemen­tation, which will be achieved in three stages. The first phase of implementation will be completed by the year 2000, the second phase by the year 2010, and the third phase in the year 2020. Naturally, we expect to revise and update this campus master plan at five-year intervals o~er the 23-year life of the plan.

The opportunity to work with planners of international stature to create a plan that will bring the standards for Trinity's future buildings up to the level of the great build­ings of the 19th century has been an exciting opportunity

in my career. I know that my campus colleagues on the Master Plan Task Force, as well as many on campus who participated in discussions with the planners, were in­tellectually stimulated and challenged by the ideas being discussed, the problems iden­tified, and the solutions pro­posed. The Trinity campus's problems, the relationship of the College to its neighbor­hood, and the implications for education in an urban context are by no means unique to Trinity. But, thanks to the College's neighborhood revitalization initiative and the concurrent master plan­ning process, we at Trinity have the opportunity to ad­dress in microcosm these fundamental issues in a man­ner that could become a model for other institutions.

Religion center hosts media workshop

Thirty leading journalists and religion scholars

gathered at Trinity in April for a two-day workshop ex­amining the role of religion in contemporary society. The event was held under the auspices of the College's new Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. Co­sponsored by the New En­gland/Maritimes region of the American Academy of Religion and underwritten by the Lilly

'Endowment, the workshop, "Religion in the News," was attended by editors and re­porters from The New York

Times, CBS News, National Public Radio, The Wall Street

Journal, The Boston Globe, The

Christian Science Monitor, and CNN, among other news organizations.

"What we were able to do

Jonathan Levin '88 remembered

Members of the Trinity com­munity, and especially alumni from the Class of 1988, grieved in June the loss of Jonathan Levin '88, a gifted high school teacher who was murdered in his Manhattan apartment, allegedly by a former student.

Levin's homicide, the circum­stances surrounding his death, and the selflessness and dedication he

showed in his life's work captured the attention of the national media and moved many to take commemorative actions.

Using College funds, Trinity has established a scholarship in Levin's name for a qualified graduating senior from William H . Taft High School, where he taught. This scholarship, to be awarded on the basis of merit and need, will be $20,000 a year for four years. In the event no applicant from Taft meets the criteria in a given year, the scholarship will be awarded to a qualifying graduate of a New York City public high school.

A gift to Trinity from an anonymous member of the Class of 1960 will endow The Jonathan Levin Prize in Education, a $750 prize to be awarded each year at Honors Day to a junior or senior student who has engaged in practice teaching and who intends to pursue a teaching career in the inner city.

At the time of the announcement of the Trinity scholar­ship, Christopher Small, vice president for enrollment management, said, "We were taken by the reaction of students that was reported in the national news media and thought it was important to recognize an alumnus who manifested all the qualities described by his students. The best way to do this is to create a memorial scholarship as an incentive for these students to emulate those ideals."

The next issue of the Reporter will include a complete obituary, with remembrances by Levin's classmates.

was to provide the journal­ists with a sense of what the important religious issues of our day are, and the oppor­tunity to discuss them with some of the county's fore­most experts," said Mark Silk, director of the Center.

The scholars gave short presentations on subjects ranging from the Christian right and the state of Ameri­can Roman Catholicism to

the role of religious institu­tions in building community and providing social services under the current devolution of federal authority to the state and local level. Follow­ing each presentation, the journalists and academics engaged each other in lively and extended discussion about the issues that had been raised.

"It renewed and deepened

my appreciation for the fact that religion, or faith, really pervades many other aspects of life," said Tom Bradford, pro­ducer of CBS News's "Up to the Minute." "It instructed me again to be alert to those as­pects." Over the next several years the Center expects to conduct a number of similar workshops in collaboration with the American Academy of Religion at sites around the country.

Neighborhood effort boosted by $6. 15-million bond approval

In April, at the initiative of Connecticut Governor

John Rowland, the State Bond Commission voted to approve state funding that endorses a plan to create a "Learning Corridor" on the site of a former bus garage, adjacent to Trinity. The plan is being implemented by the Southside Institutions Neigh­borhood Alliance (SINA) and is part ofTrinity's compre­hensive neighborhood revital­ization initiative.

The Bond Commission's action, coming around the same time as the demolition of a boarded-up building next to Timothy's restaurant on Zion Street, attracted consid­erable interest by the local media in late April. Both events provided tangible evi­dence of momentum and progress on the neighborhood revitalization front.

The Bond Commission approved $6.15 million to be used to begin site remediation and improvements and to initiate design work for a new regional magnet high school resource center to be con­structed on the site. Program­ming and curriculum at the high school resource center

will focus on science, nuth­ematics, and technology; the center will also be the new home of the Greater Hart­ford Academy of the Arts.

"The State is proud to support SINA and the Trin­ity Heights neighborhood revitalization initiative," said Governor Rowland. "We are proud to be a partner in this landmark initiative to rebuild Hartford's Frog Hol­low and Barry Square neigh­borhoods."

The action of the Bond Commission marks the state's clear commitment to move forward with a com­prehensive neighborhood renewal effort in the southside neighborhoods of Hartford. The initiative is a public-private partnership at the center of which is an alliance among five non­profit institutions located in these neighborhoods: Trin­ity, Hartford Hospital, Con­necticut Children's Medical Center, the Institute ofLiv­ing, and Connecticut Public Television & Radio, which together compose SINA. The overall SINA initiative is focused on improving opportunities for children and families, education, em­ployment, housing, and neighborhood quality of life.

As a result of the Bond Commission's approval of state funding, the State De­partment of Education and the State Department of Public Works will move this year to complete environ­mental remediation of the nine-acre site of the former Department of Transporta­tion bus garage on which a new family resource center, relocated Montessori-style magnet elementary school, new neighborhood middle school, and the high school resource center will be con­structed.

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A first for Trinity - national singles champion

Squash program reaches new summits

BY AlBERT CARBONE, JR. '95

Trinity has had a distinguish­ed tradition of athletics in

its 174-year history. The College's success in athletics mirrors the goals and high ideals of the liberal arts tradi­tion that Trinity seeks to em­body.

This winter, Trinity cel­ebrated an athletic first - a national champion. Freshman squash player Marcus Cowie '00 ofNorwich, England, culminated a fabulous first collegiate season with an ex­citing five-game victory over two-time defending cham­pion Daniel Ezra of Harvard University to become the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquet Association's 1997 Singles Champion.

Cowie's victory was the culmination of an outstanding year for the men's squash team. In fact, the victory symbolized even more. It has helped pave the way into the 20th century for the game of squash at Trinity.

Since receiving varsity sta­tus in the early 1940s, men's squash has always been a strong competitor. However, the Bantams rarely were able to vault themselves over the traditional Ivy League squash powers (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UPenn).

In 1994, squash play in the collegiate ranks made the switch to the international version of the game, with a softer ball and wider courts. This move immediately ben­efitted teams like Harvard, Princeton, and UPenn, whose rosters were stocked with foreign-born student-athletes with vast softball experience.

That same year, Paul Assaiante became the head coach of the men's squash

program at Trinity. A nationally-renowned player himself, Assaiante had prior coaching experience at Williams and the United States Military Academy. "I had the utmost respect for Trinity teams when I coached against them," says Assaiante, who also coaches the men's tennis team. "Every time we played Trin­ity, my teams knew we would be in for a war on the courts."

In just three years, Assaiante has been able to bring Trinity to the next level of play. With a 40-6 dual­match record since the 1994-95 season, including a Col­lege-record 16 victories in 1996-97, Trinity is now be­ing mentioned in connection with the Ivy League schools.

"Because of what we, as a team, have done this year, and what Cowie achieved in the singles championship, Trinity's now considered one of the elite intercollegiate programs," says Assaiante. "It is exciting to be in the same company with Harvard and Princeton. However, even with this national visibility,

The 1997 men's squash team, left to right: kneeling, co-captain Michael Bittner '97, Rik Sheldon '00, Chris Newton '97, Stephen Gregg '97, Jon Freeman '98, co­captain Tosh Belsinger '97. Standing are Steve Ayling '00, Charlie Saunders '99, Marcus Cowie '00, Preston Quick '00, Joseph Pentland '98, Head Coach Paul Assaiante. Inset photo, Marchus Cowie '00, the 1997 National Intercolle­giate Squash Singles Champion.

we must continue to grow and improve."

Assaiante looks at the suc­cess of the men's squash pro­gram, especially the fine re­sults of the 1996-97 team, as a direct result of a few impor­tant advantages that Trinity offers. To succeed, according to Assaiante, you need quality players. More importantly,

you must offer them a posi­tive educational and social experience. " I believe in Trinity and what President (Evan) Dobelle has set out to accomplish,'( explains Assaiante. " If you believe in something, you can sell it. That is what I feel about Trinity College as a whole as well as its men's squash pro­gram."

President Dobelle has stressed a need for greater diversity in the student body, including more international students. Since the style of the game of squash favors the international player, Assaiante has taken steps to attract the top players in the world, starting with Cowie, who was the #2-ranked junior player in the world, and Steve Ayling '00, the #4-ranked junior in England, both members of the 1996-97 na­tional finalists. In addition, Assaiante has continued to make it a priority to capture the top U.S. players as well.

"Out of the top 64 players who competed in the singles championships this year, 38 were foreign-born," says Assaiante. " In fac t, eight of the top ten were non-Ameri­cans." The lone exceptions were T rinity freshman Pres­ton Quick ofLakewood, CO, who was 17-1 in 1996-97, and Amherst first-year star David McNeeley. Both were the top two U.S . junior players in 1995-96 before entering col­lege this past year. "When players are choosing where they want to go, a big factor is the daily preparation," ex­plains Assaiante. "If they know that every single day they will be challenged by competing and practicing with the best players, they choose that school. I believe that is what T rinity can now offer."

One of the top selling points for attracting the best players, native or foreign, is a first-rate facility. In 1996-97, the Trinity squash facility was considered the best collegiate facility in the nation. With an intimate and comfortable gal­lery seating structure, the £o'l­

cility, which boasts eight in­ternational-sized courts, can hold up to 1,000 spectators.

"To offer an intimate set-

ting like ours is important for a young athlete who will cherish going into competi­tion in front of a large crowd," says Assaiante. It also helps that Trinity has hosted the National junior Champi­onships from 1993 to 1995 and the New England Prep School Championships three out of the las t four years. Be­ing able to host these events has given Trinity extra expo-

sure, according to Assaiante. "Those who helped de­

vise the structure in the early 1990s, including Trinity Ath­letic Director Rick Hazelton, Jerry Hansen '5 1, and George Kellner '64," says Assaiante, "had a good idea about where we wanted to go with our squash pro­gram." Based on this year's results, it is headed in the right direction.

In J 996·97, the Trinity squash Facility was considered the best collegiate Facility in the nation.

Trinity Head Coach Paul Assaiante has led the Bantam men's squash program to an impressive 40-6 record since 1994.

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Spring Events

Above, Trinity students working for Habitat for Humanity in Mississippi during Spring Break; right, a student ensemble performing a senior's thesis in dance; inset, Senator Christopher Dodd (D- CT) visits Trinity's Community Child Center; and below, Governor Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, talks to a campus audience.

"People of Good Will" perfonn at the Bistro during Black History Month, above, and below, students in a master class conducted by New York dance troupe Streb Ringside, which undertook a unique residency and performance project at Trinity.

, WRESTLING

Top, students in a Japanese class visit with the consul general ofJapan (bottom right comer of the photo). Above, before a Hartford Ballet performance, students gathered at a reception at Savannah, a Hartford restaurant; and, opposite, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (left) spoke on stage in a two­hour "public conversation" with Professor of Music Gerald Moshell at Cinestudio.

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Top, alumni organists returned for a special concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the

30 chapel's renowned pipe organ. Shown are, left to right: Floyd Higgins '85, Michael Zadig '95, Assistant Professor of Music Gail Woldu, Christo­pher Row '91, Christina Fischer '92, College Organist John Rose, Tomoyo Wakamatsu '93, and Geoffrey Greene '87; above, honorary degree recipient and pianist Byron Janis (right) with President Dobelle; and below, former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders with students.

Top, students in rehearsal for a Theater Department production, and above, Professor Clyde McKee with Jim Sanzi '98, Lynn Donahue '97, and Karen von Hardenberg '00 in the Washington office of Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (D-CT).

A senior's research:

The Mafia and economics BY PETER NICHOLS '97

I n April, the Italian Programs area at . Trinity hosted the first TriCollege Sym­

posium in Italian studies, which brought together faculty and students from Smith College, Vassar College, and Trinity.

The keynote lecture, "Women and the Sicilian Mafia," was given by Valeria Pizzini of the University of Turin, Italy. After a convivial lunch, students presented reports on their senior projects. Smith was represented by Laura Kahn ("Images of Food in Literature") and Molly Nowotny ("Galileo's Dialogue"), Vassar by Jeffrey Welch '"Baroque Italian Cuisine") and Elana Wertkin ("The Garden of the Finzi-Contini Revisited"), and Trinity by Laura Rigolosi '97 ("Early Editions of Vittoria Colonna's Poetry") and Peter Nichols '97 ("Mafia and Economics"). Rigolosi, winner of this year's Barbieri prize for achievement in Latin, graduated with a B.A. in English and Italian, with honors in Italian. Nichols, an economics major, graduated eighth in his class with honors in general scholarship . In his senior thesis, Nichols drew on his many formative academic experiences at Trinity: a summer semester at the Rome Campus, a course about "Mafia," visiting lectures by mafia experts Alexander Stille and Federico Varese, and his role as a "Mentor" in the

first-year seminar on "The Collapse of Communism and Its Aftermath: Revolution in Eastern Europe and Italy," taught by John Alcorn of Italian studies. The follow­ing are excerpts of a summary of his thesis, written by Nichols for the Reporter.

When one hears the word "protec­tion," two things can come to mind. The word can mean insulation from ex­ternal dangers, but it can also mean "protection" that is offered by a tough character from harm that he himself threatens to deliver. When a businessman says that he is paying ~ mafioso for pro­tection, we automatically jump to the conClusion that it is the second kind, or extortion. In my thesis on "The Business of the Mafia: An Economic Analysis of the Market for Private Protection," I show that this need not be the case.

11While Sicily is no longer the remote, lawless land it was in the past, and legal Sicilian businessmen do have the state to rely on, the Russia of today is like Sicily was at the turn of the century."

Drawing on the works of economists, social scientists such as Diego Gambetta, and firsthand testimony of the Sicilian mafiosi Tommaso Buscetta and Antonino Calderone, I came to four main conclu­siOns: • First, that the Mafia "family," instead of being an odd subcultural criminal "club," can be seen as a firm that supplies transaction guarantees and physical pro­tection from external predators ;

• Second, that demand for such services is self-perpetuating;

• Third, that the market for protection is noncompetitive, and that there is a terri­torial cartel among Mafia protection firms; and,

• Fourth, that although it is in their power to be purely extortionate, Mafia families will usually find it in their best interests to limit the "fees" they charge, and to offer real protection to those in their territory.

It is easy to dismiss mafiosi as extor­tionists, for their offers of protective ser­vices are often ones that "can't be re­fused." But this does not automatically mean that the protection offered is fake . In fact, even if protection is not forced on customers, it is a commodity for which demand is self-perpetuating ( ... ) If a certain street is reputed to be protected by Don Fabrizio, then thieves may sim­ply steer clear of all the stores on it, even the few who have not paid for protec­tion. ( ... )

Protection is a special commodity where, whether one wants it or not, one gets it and is required to pay for it.

What keeps a mafioso from becoming purely extortionate? ( .... ) [Mafiosi] usu­ally find it in their best interests to limit the level of their taxation and to offer real protection. ( ... )By charging moder-

ate prices, the mafiosi will not bankrupt the businesses and will thus maintain the transaction. By having real protection, client businesses will profit even more, and thus the mafioso's cut will also in­crease .

In the end, while the presence of Mafia protectors may be useful to some, this does not mean that it is a positive force. This is because those transactions that are most often protected are illegal. [Oxford sociologist] Federico Varese, in a conversation I had with him at the Gallows Hill Bookstore, pointed out that while Sicily is no longer the re­mote, lawless land it was in the past, and

·legal Sicilian businessmen do have the state to rely on, the Russia of today is like Sicily was at the turn of the century. ( ... ) While economic reform has made it possible to own. private pr~perty and to engage in many new economic transac­tions, the government laws to protect citizens in their new endeavors are con­fusing, contradictory, or absent. ( ... ) The police are not seen as credible providers of protection, and it is no wonder. The murder rate in Russia increased 70% from 1991 to 1992. There is a lawless, violent business atmosphere, and entre­preneurs find that the only way to re­main in business and to beat competitors is to have strong private protection.

This demand for violence is easily met. ( ... )The unemployment rate in Russia has skyrocketed since the market reforms, and many of these unemployed are men w ho have been trained in the use of violence. In January 1992, the KGB staff was cut from 36,000 to 2,800. Twenty-five thousand Soviet military officers have been dismissed on political grounds. The Russian police, while struggling to expand its ranks to fight Mafia groups, has found that due to low wages, many skilled officers have found it more profitable to offer their services as private protectors. ( ... ) In Russia, the Mafia does not protect only illegal busi­nesses but many legal businesses as well, and if it were to be removed, lacking both state and private protection, legal entrepreneurs would find their ordinary business dealings extremely difficult.

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J George Hume '99

Amy Souers '97

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Stephanie Wheeler '97

The work of three students fills this "Poet's Corner."

J. George Hume '99 began writing poems in the third grade, his first efforts in the form ofhaiku. "I started with what Freud would call cathexis," Hume says. "I used to write 'in the emotion,' locked up in a room, some low music playing. Now I write 'out' of the world I am in. I have turned to [Gary] Snyder, [Walt] W hitman, Lu Chi and others as a way of trying to find peace in this world that at times can be somewhat deranged and off-center."

A native of San Francisco, Hume often frequents North Beach, where, he points out, many of the Beat Generation poets "hung out in the late fifties." In the spring semester, Hume wrote this poem after Allen Ginsberg, one of his favorite poets, died.

LET YOUR SOUL RISE - FOR ALLEN GINSBERG

They say that your mother was Communist, and you iften spoke if singing your

own national anthem in dimmed rooms praising the Russian flag, while burning the stars and stripes. They say you once told a woman, cifter she made pass after pass, you would meet the next night at some hotel bar in the Village, and you never showed.

Yet your soul continued to fly, even after the blue dressed pigs came, taking you away into the night cifter you swore that it was okay to hide millions of sto­

len goods in your apartment and that you were insane, sending you to Rockland, your world upside down, wishing, dreaming, that Neal would come magically in a car and drive away with you into a setting Pacific sun .

And your soul continued to sing the songs of confusion and above poet angst. Even against the pounding fists on your door from a distant but related Uncle Sam, who wanted you to enlist, who wanted you to speak if the underworld that

you belonged to, who wanted you to watch Walter Cronkite and The Brady Bunch over cookies and milk. You knew though, you knew, you had something

they could never touch or take .... and you wrote clearly, "A ll my poems are pub­lished in Heaven."

And your soul continued to rise, and you met God, and asked him why your

mother was treated the way she was. Why they buried her wrongly, and shamed her name and you made peace with Him, over a donut, two pitchers of lysergic acid and a Kaddish.

And your soul never came down, even after fellow Beatniks, Tim Leary, even

Carl Solomon, closed their eyes and stopped muttering passages of "Whitman ..... How I, after reading Howl and America, wished to see J~u>ff? -~ pear on top of the Broadway hill in North Beach, sipping tea and

knew where Gary was. I would have hugged you, recited the end of

Flower Sutra, and asked if you could take me with you .... anywhere, including the sky ..... but your soul was still flying. Flying, even cifter the cancer and qui;i · . mood in East Village, even after your name stopped making The Times, even

after you stopped walking around City Lights, even cifter you died Allen, eve11; after you died, your radiating sea beam myopia mantra golden sun shining rip­ened free of chains permanently newly born victorious supernova

soul is still dancing .

Amanda (Amy) Souers '97 of Gaithers­burg, MD was a creative writing major and Writing Associate for Trinity's Writing Center. A Guided Studies participant, she did not start writing poems until her sophomore year, when she took a class with Professor of English Hugh Ogden. Although, she notes , "I have always kept some kind of a journal and I still have little po­ems and haiku I wrote in third grade."

After graduation Souers intends to continue her work in environmental! outdoor education, possibly in Mexico or Costa Rica. Someday she hopes to be able to combine writing with ecol­ogy, perhaps as an environmental science jour­nalist or nature writer. This poem comes from her experience teaching nature classes at the Sci­ence Center of Connecticut.

LESSON

I show the ancient leaf fossil to the girls, the brown smooth rock, each thin vein remembered; and the fish , its soft tissu~s and scales decayed, leaving skull and fan of brittle bone embedded in stone. I give each girl a homemade fossil,

metal pick, stiff brush.

They strap on oversized safety goggles and dig in to their plaster. Each girl has elaborate fingernails . One wears chipped blood-red, scrapes daintily;

others in glossy sea-green, starry purple gouge as if in a race against time. And as sunlight streams

through the dust-softened air, one girl loosens the shark's tooth with plaster-white fingers, plucks it from the hole in the mold and holds it up to the light,

her smile revealing the new gap in her gum.

Stephanie Wheeler '97 of Providence, RI started writing in the ninth grade and was "thrilled" to have a poem published with the National Library of Poetry. " It boosted my morale enough for me to continue writing," she notes.

A theater/ dance major at Trinity, she has written three plays and taken four courses in poetry writing. "Hugh Ogden has been a major source of inspiration for my writing on campus," she says, "as has Arthur Feinsod of the theater/ dance department."

Wheeler taught a poetry class at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts. Next year she will move to New York City to pursue an acting career, but she plans to keep writing indefinitely and eventually go on to graduate school for either playwriting or poetry.

A POEM

I will not forget the sound of the rush

of skirts against legs, the click of high heels. The sounds of the crowd at the airport in Belgium . Long corridors filled with the unfamiliar sounds of French and Dutch. Red

lights signaling which autobus to take, my eyes wide with independence and fatigue, marveling at the arch

of plucked foreign brows, the ·arch

of my back so stiff as I rush in search of your liquid brown eyes lost in this crowd

if black jackets and wool scarves, red

boots and a maze of long

corridors and fluorescent lights. I long to hear the gentle arch

of your voice, to feel the tip if your red tongue in my ear. I rush

to the beat if this crowd stop, tie my shoe, stand up and I see them. Your eyes

I have to remember to breathe. Those

eyes the brush if your long

fingers against my cheek. The crowd a distant hum in the background.

It's just you and the arch if your warm neck. The rush if blood to my lips as I kiss it. Red

hat on your head and red

sprigs if veins through your eyes like lace. You had no time to sleep last night in the rush to borrow a car and drive through

the long November night, the arch

if the moon above you. The crowd

comes to life around us once more. This crowd

if unknowns. I sip in air and follow the red

bounce of your hat, echoing the lurch and arch

if your step. I don't trust my eyes I am so happy. I should have known in the rush

of the crowd that I was losing you

already. Since then, my eyes have searched the eyes of others but I still long for the familiar arch of your smile,

to find that lost calm, through you, in this rush.

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by Peter Knapp '65

C ommencement is not

6nly a time for celebrating

achievement and looking

toward the future but also an

occasion for reflection . Com­mencement ceremonies at

Trinity 50 years ago demon­

strated a full measure of these

characteristics. G. Keith Funston '32, the College's

president from 1945 to 1951,

was then only 37 years old

and one of the youngest

presidents of an American

college or university at the

time. Funston envisioned

Commencement and the cus­

tomary conferral of honora1y

degrees as an important way

of calling Trinity to the atten­

tion of a wider public and of

enhancing the College's na­

tional stature. In the course of

his presidency, a number of individuals distinguished in

public life, including several

alumni, were honored at

Commencement. Among

them were politicians , busi­

ness executives, educators,

clergymen, physicians, scien­

tists, government officials, and

military figures. The 1947

Commencement held true to

form.

Commencement cerelno­

nies took place on Monday,

June 16. The Commencement

speaker was Everette L.

DeGolyer ofDallas, TX, a

petroleum executive, geolo­

gist, book collector, and

former wartime Deputy Fed­

eral Oil Coordinator. On the

preceding day, Baccalaureate

Sunday, Leverett Saltonstall,

Republican Senator from

Massachusetts, delivered an

At the 1947 Commencement honorary degree recipients posed with President G. Keith Funston ' 32. Left to right, front row, are Hinkel, Murphy, DeGolyer and Dann; and back row, Ziegler, Zimmern, Funston and Sawyer.

address in the morning, and

the Rt. Rev. Harold E. Saw­

yer ' 13, Bishop of the Episco­

pal Diocese ofErie, preached

the baccalaureate sermon at

an evening service.

The College awarded 155

baccalaureate degrees, 22

master of arts degrees , two

honorary master of arts de­

grees, and six honorary doc­

toral degrees. The graduating

class was the largest up to that

time in Trinity's history, and

included many World War II

veterans, among them 42 men

who had begun their under­

graduate careers as Navy V-

12 trainees. The Navy, need­

ing large numbers of college­

educated men for its officer

corps, particularly in deck­

officer capacities, had estab­

lished the V -12 Program early in the War, and utilized the

facilities of 131 colleges and

universities across the country

to fulfill the progra111's aca­

demic requirements . Trainees

who successfully completed

the program went on to mid­

shipman school and a com­

mission as a naval officer.

Trinity hosted a V-12 unit

from 1943 to 1945, and many

of the former V -12 trainees

who had studied at the Col­

lege during that period re­turned after the War to com­

plete the requirements for an

undergraduate degree. In ad­

dition, other veterans came to

Trinity under the auspices of

the G.I. Bill ofRights to pur­sue their education. In the fall

of 1946, Trinity was practi­

cally overwhelmed by an un­

dergraduate enrollment that

exceeded 800, some 300

more than the peak enroll­

ments in the early 1940s. Ap­

proximately three quarters of

the undergraduates were vet­

erans. In response, the Col-

lege established an around­

the-calendar schedule consist­

ing of a lengthy summer term

in addition to the two regular

terms. To accommodate the

large enrollment, class sched­

ules during the fall and spring

terms ran from 8:00 a.m. to

9:45 p.m. The College ap­

pointed additional faculty on

a temporary basis to handle

the added load, and President

Funston justifiably noted in

his annual report for the

1946-194 7 academic year that

cl~sses averaged the traditional

20 men each and that Trinity

could still refer to itself as

"The Personal College."

Of the 22 master of arts

degree recipients, five were

principals of elementary

schools in greater Hartford.

They were Marie Lipps,

Sedgwick School (West Hart­

ford); Bernice Patterson,

Charter Oak School (West

Webster School (Hartford);

and George Seiple, Brown

School (Hartford) . The two

recipients of the honorary

master of arts degrees were

Frederick C. Hinkel, Jr. '06, a

business executive and de­

voted alumnus who had

served on the College's Board

of Fellows for 20 years and

who had been president of

the National Alumni Associa­tion from 1938 to 1940; and

Francis S. Murphy, publisher

of The Hariford Times a sup­

porter of commercial aviation

in Connecticut and of the

development ofBradley Field

as an international airport,

and co-chair of the Hartford

segment of Trinity's 125th

Anniversary fund-raising

campaign then underway.

Recipients of the honorary

doctoral degrees were De­

Golyer, the Commencement

speaker; Senator Saltonstall,

the baccalaureate speaker; the

Rt. Rev. Harold E . Sawyer

'13, the baccalaureate preach­

er; Matthew E. Dann '26,

distinguished educator and

headmaster of the Trinity­

Pawling School; Sir Alfred

Zimmern, specialist in inter­

national law and international

relations, and scholar of Athe­

nian history and government;

and the R ev. Carl G. Ziegler

'97, Episcopal priest and

founder in 1895 of the Alpha

Chi Rho fraternity.

The themes of the speakers

were varied but touched on

the responsibilities to society

that a college education en­

tails. Saltonstall stressed to the

graduates that, in the face of

Communist threats to the

nation's way of life and to the

world at large, they had to

government work as effec­

tively as possible, maintain a

strong military force in sup­

port of America's obligations

as a world power, and strive

to make the United Nations a

strong instrument for world

peace. Bishop Sawyer cau­

tioned the graduates against

the fallacy of relying only on

scientific methods in the life­

long search for truth they had

begun, and reminded them

that faith would help them

achieve a fuller life. DeGolyer

spoke about the country's

natural resources - fossil fu­

els and minerals - and their

relationship to the country's

strength as a world power.

Citing the ancient silver-lead

mining district ofLaurium

near Athens and the eco­

nomic resources it provided

to sustain Athenian power for

a considerable period, he sug­

gested that projections of

quick depletion of America's

resources were over:ly alarmist

but a matter for concern, that

vast quantities of coal w ere a

safeguard, and that the dis­

covery of new forms of en­

ergy would inevitably address

the country's future needs.

In his Commencement

charge, President Funston

noted the Class of 1947's high

level of academic achieve­

m ent, both individually and

collectively, and congratu­

lated the graduates on having

" taken the leadership in re­

converting extra- curricular

affairs to a pre-war civilian

basis." H e exhorte d them to

have faith in the future and to

realize that they must play a

large part in its shaping, and

to assume the responsibilities

which educational privilege

entailed.

B I 0 I 0 I Kl S by Trinity Authors

ARROGANT ARMIES Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind TheJ:ll by J ames M. Perry ' 51 John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (N ew York), 1996, 314 pages $27.95

" N othing defines the dark side of the human race more precisely than its deadly pre­occupation with war," writes author Perry in the introduc­tion to this book. This is a fascinating history not of the big wars, but of what he calls "a special kind of war - mili­tary expeditions dispatched by imperial governments to crush native tribes or 'infe­rior' cultures in the raw pur­suit of power, trade, land, or w orld status."

The book explores 11 dif­ferent military expeditions launched by different nations in the imperial age - the 18th- through the early 20th­centuries. Each of these small wars is a separate incident, but in each case an arrogant army faces one from an "inferior" culture, sometimes with disas­trous consequences. In his introduction Perry gives as one example a British expedi­tionary army and its camp followers, totalling 16,500 people, who are forced to retreat from Kabul to Jalala­bad in Afghanistan , and only one man manages to com­plete the march. Ignorant generals, incompetent politi­cians, ineffectual officers, sol­diers too hungry to fight: Perry describes them all, using contemporary newspaper accounts, military m emoirs, diaries of soldiers and other fi rsthand letters and papers .

R oger Mudd of "The His­tory C hannel" says of this book, "Jim Perry has done, in Arrogant A rmies, what he has always done. H e has told us stories we haven' t heard be­fore . H e has explored an unmined vein of history with enthusiasm , skill , and style. History buffs will delight in

Arrogant Armies . I'm not so sure, however, about the gen­erals."

James Perry is Senior Po­litical Writer for the Wall S treet Journal. H e is the au­thor of three books about American politics : Barry Goldwater: A New Look at a Presidential C andidate; The New Politics: The Expanding T echnology of Political M anip u­lation; and Us & Them: How the Press Covered the 1972 Election. H e notes in the pref­ace to Arrogant A rmies: "Cov­ering political campaigns re­quires long, boring rides on planes and buses , and nothing is so curiously comforting, it has sometimes seemed, while traveling with Barry Goldwater or George M cGovern or Michael Dukakis, as a book about a really awful military disaster. "

THE FOUR LEVERS OF CORPORATE CHANGE by Peter L. Brill and Richard Worth ' 67, M '68 Amacom (American Management Association), (N ew York) , 1997, 178 pages, $22.95

This book for contemporary managers points the way to achieving major change in an organization through fo cus on four levers or " change driv­ers" that can be used to begin the change process and to give it momentum along the way. The four "levers" are: • understanding of human nature, • skillful and effective wield­ing of power, • wise use of group social processes, and • effective leadership .

"What I really like about this book," says Barrie Greiff, M.D., a psychiatrist formerly affiliated with H arvard Busi­ness School, "is the recogni­tion that change needs to be looked at in four interdepen­dent ways: the individual, the use of power, the social envi­ronment, and the role of lead-

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ership. That critical formula cuts out the quick fixes and the fad antidotes seen so fre­quently as companies deal with the process of change."

"We reorganize, restruc­ture, andre-engineer," says George R. Bennyhoff, senior vice president-human re­sources, The West Company, "but give little consideration to the human reactions trig­gered by these changes. Dr. Brill and Mr. Worth have given us a practical guide on what to expect from and how to best manage corporate change."

"The Four Levers of Corpo­rate Change offers sage advice and a realistic set of strategies for transforming organiza­tions. It may well be the most important organizational management book of the year," says Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D ., Director, Division of Organizational Psychiatry & Corporate Health, Medical College ofWisconsin.

Author Richard Worth has written 10 books and has more than 20 years' experi­ence as a writer and video producer for Fortune 500 clients. Peter Brill, M .D ., is a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School and serves on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medi­cine in the department of psychiatry.

SKY OPEN AGAIN by Gian Lombardo '80 Dolphin-Moon Press, (P. 0. Box 22262, Baltimore, MD, 21203), 1997, 80 pages, $10.00 hardcover

"Lombardo's masterful prose poems are a significant contribution to the genre,"

says Askold Melnyczuk of Agni. Writing in New York Press, John Strausbaugh says,

' "The pieces are enigmatic and quietly surrealistic, walking a very fine high wire stretched between the everyday and a dryly sardonic personal folk-

lore ... A harmless-looking little reality-bomb set to im­plode quietly in the imagina­tion."

Having in mind that van­tage point influences the observer's perspective, Lombardo writes sensitively of the nuances and incongru­ities of everyday life. Simple scenes are tapped for the mys­teries and magic inherent in them. In these prose poems Lombardo takes his reader from the deserts of the South­west to the coastal islands of New England, a journey dedicated to discovering the richness of the imagination. Lombardo's first two books, Between Islands and Standing Room, were published in 1984 and 1989, respectively. A small book of poems, Bifore Arguable Answers, was pub­lished in lift #13 in 1993.

NORTH AMERICAN ART SINCE 1900 International Encyclopedia of Art by C.M.E.P. Turner (pen name of Cynthia Parzych '73) Facts On File, Inc., (New York), 1996, 64 pages, $18.95 hardcover

An eight-volume series for children 10 years old and up and for adults seeking an in­troduction to art history, this encyclopedia explores the art of the entire world by region.

It includes art by won1en and people of color, practitioners in folk and native traditions, as well as the more traditional history of art. Art and artists are viewed in the context of the times in which they worked - an examination that is social, historical, eco­nomic, and cultural.

North American Art Since 1900 covers the boom years of the 1920s, the Works Progress Administration arts program, regionalism, social realism, the survival oflocal folk art traditions, the work of European artists who took refuge in New York during World War II, and the birth of the New York School in the 1940s. The book begins with the effort to preserve American Indian traditions in the face of modern American culture. Its survey includes photography, the pre-W odd War I art movements, the rise of modernism, the impact made by the famous Armory Show of 1913, and the many art movements into the present day.

Cynthia Parzych is general editor of the International En­cyclopedia, a series she pro­duces with her husband, John Turner, as well as the author of this volume. She received

her degree in fine arts from Trinity and worked at the Tate Gallery in London. Un­der the name Cynthia Parzych, she has published books on American folk art, fine art, and art for children.

THE MAKING OF INDIA A Historical Survey by Ranbir Vohra, Charles A . Dana Professor of Political Science M.E. Sharpe, (Armonk, NY and London), 1997, 331 pages

In his preface to this book, Professor V ohra laments the sketchy knowledge that most Americans have of India. "While most Americans have heard of wife burning, the Hindu-Muslim communal riots over the Ayodhya Temple-Mosque issue, insur­gency in Kashmir (an Ameri­can kidnapped by a terrorist Kashmiri group made head­lines in America), and so on," he says, "few have a meaning­ful understanding of topics such as the working of the Indian democratic system, the political parties, or even the reasons for the tensions in Indo-U.S. relations." His book seeks to remedy this, laying out for the broadly educated reader what is de­scribed as "a masterful sweep of the long and variegated history of India and its cur­rent struggle for modernity."

India's socioreligious tradi­tion is the continuum on which Vohra bases this his­tory. He seeks to help the reader to understand how the country's past lives on in its present and how the interac­tion among the forces of im­perialism, tradition, and mo­dernity have complicated the problems of state and nation building in the India of today.

Vohra has observed and been connected with India's history throughout his life­time. Born in pre-partition Punjab, he grew up in a po-

North American Art Since 1900

litical environment: his grand­father was a well-known member of of the Indian Na­tional Congress, who spent years in jail for his involve­ment in Mahatma Gandhi's pacifist freedom movement. One of his uncles was a social­ist revolutionary who, at the age of 24, was hanged by the British in the infamous Punjab Conspiracy Case in 1931.

A member of the Trinity faculty since 1973, Vohra has published widely and is the author of Lao She and the Chi­nese R evolution (Harvard Uni­versity Press), China's Path to Modernization (Prentice-Hall), and China: The Search for Social Justice (Penguin) . He is now working on a comparative study, entitled China and India: Two Paths to Moderniz ation .

Recapping the spring season

Once again, Trinity teams had many suc­

cesses in the spring season. Leading the way was the women's lacrosse team, ranked in the top five nation­ally all season. Under the di­rection of Head Coach Robin Sheppard (23rd season, 191-60-5), the Bantams earned their second NCAA playoff berth in three years. In addi­tion, four Bantams won places on the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association's All-New En­gland regional all-star team. Having outstanding seasons were sophomores Whitney Scarlett (Morristown, NJ) and Dorothy Cavanagh (Middleburg, VA), who com­bined for 103 points in 1997. Seniors J ory Waldman (Slingerlands, NY) and Jenny Dakin (Shaker Heights, OH) finished their careers (both also play field hockey) with seven play-off appearances (three-field hockey, four­lacrosse) . Waldman also earned First Team All-Ameri­can honors, while Scarlett and Dakin were named to the Second and Third Teams, respectively.

The baseball team com­pleted its ninth consecutive winning season, the seventh

Spring Highlights

under the direction of Head Coach Bill Decker (120-79), and earned a trip to the ECAC Division III New En­gland semifinal round. As a team, Trinity set 12 College records, including season records for doubles (81), home runs (34), runs scored (270), and batting average (.336). Two Bantams earned postseason accolades: senior leftfielder Ryan Shattuck (Omaha, NE) and junior first baseman Christian Burchfield (Milton, MA) were both named to the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Coaches Association's All­New England Third Team.

The men's tennis team, under the direction of third­year coach Paul Assaiante (22-17), enjoyed its second con-

secutive winning season on the hard courts. The Bantams finished with a 9-6 record, just one win off the College record of10 held by the 1955 and 1978 squads. With no seniors graduating, Assaiante will welcome back nine let­ter-winners in 1998, includ­ing this year's co-captain Tim Stringer (Bay Shore, NY) and freshman Matt Sharnoff (Or­ange, CT).

The outdoor track and field squads, under the direc-tion of Eddie Mighten (7th year) had some outstanding individual performers in 1997. Senior sprinter Michelle Miller (Hartford, CT) achieved a "triple crown" this spring. Winning the 1 00-meter hurdles event at the NESCAC, Division III, and ECAC meets, Miller qualified for Division III's national championship meet, held at the University ofWis­consin-LaCrosse. At the championships, Miller placed 37 sixth in the 100-meter hurdles, earning Division III All-American status. On the men's side, sophomore Greg Tirrell (Limerick, ME) also qualifed for the NCAA Championships. Also a first-place finisher at the NESCAC Championships, Tirrell earned a spot in the javelin event at the NCAAs, but did not place.

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The 1997 athletic award winners, photographed at the President's house, are: standing, left to right, Tim Plant, Anna Norland, Rob Johnson, Charles Baker, Alyson Guild, Ben Appleyard, Katherine Altshul, Jennifer Halstead, Margaret Modzelewski, and Joseph DeAngelis; and seated, Robert Goldsmith, Mike Poremba, President Evan Dobelle,JoryWaldman, and Jill Romano.

The men's lacrosse team (.377). On the mound, this award, given annually to courtesy, self-control, up-suffered through a tough sea- Mooradian sported a 6-4 the senior male who exhibits rightness, and honor. son, finishing 4-8. However, record with a team-low 2.73 diligence, conscientiousness, Waldman, a four-year the Bantams, under the lead- earned-run-average. manliness, courtesy, self- letterwinner in field hockey ership of Head Coach Mike At the New England control, and honor at all and lacrosse, won NFHCA Darr (18th season, 120-107), Women's Crew Champion- times, especially in athletic Third Team All-American will return several key players, ships in Worcester, MA, the contests. This is the most pres- honors last fall for her play on including a talented freshman Trinity Women's Varsity tigious award rhat a male ath- the 11-5 field hockey team, class, next season. Leading the Eight and Second Varsity lete can earn at Trinity. A co- which earned an NCAA Bantams in 1997 were fresh- Eight each finished fifth in the captain his senior year, tournament berth. In the man attacker Bobby Souers finals . Poremba was a three-year spring Waldman earned (Gaithersburg, MD) and se- starter on the highly successful Brine/IWLCA first-team All-nior Joe Lerner (Hollis, NH). Saluting the Trinity football team and was a American honors for the Souers scored a team-high 48 1997 athletic First TeamAll-NESCAC and NCAA-bound women's la-points, including 28 assists, All-ECAC New England line- crosse team (11-3). w · ch is the third-best season award winners backer for the 1996 Bantam total in Trinity lacrosse his- gridders, who finished 7-1 and ECAC Student-Athlete tory. Souers set a Trinity This year's recipients of tied for the NESCAC Cham- Award single-game record with six Special Athletic Honors pionship.

Joseph P. DeAngelis of assists in a loss to Colby on were recognized at a presenta-April 12. Lerner added 35 tion and reception in April at Trinity Club of

Springfield, MA was

points, including a team-high the home of President Evan Hartford Award honored with this award,

21 goals, and finished his Ban- Dobelle. The president was presented annually to the

tam career with 97 points. the master of ceremonies, Marjory Waldman of senior male who is voted the

The softball team, under while the athletes received Slingerland, NY won this most outstanding in athletics

first-year coach Fran their awards from their indi- award, the most coveted that a and scholarship. The Bob

Vandermeer, set a College vidual coaches and Athletic female athlete can earn while, Harron A ward winner last

record for games played (26) Director Richard]. Hazelton. at Trinity. The winner must year, DeAngelis, a letter-winner

and finished with an 8-18 The 1997 winners are: be a senior woman of good in football and track, was a

record. Freshman Beth scholastic standing and with chemistry major who achieved

Mooradian (Hopedale, MA) George Sheldon distinction in athletics. She the distinction of Optimus at

had an outstanding first season must have shown diligence graduation (meaning that he

on the diamond, leading the McCook Trophy and conscientiousness in drill, received no grade lower than

team in five offensive catego- Michael Poremba of training, and discipline, as well A-minus in all of his courses

ries, including batting average Wilbraham, MA earned as dependability in practice, at Trinity). In addition,

DeAngelis was a First Team GTE/CoSIDA College Di­vision Football Academic All-American in 1996.

Susan E. Martin Award

Katherine W. Altshul of New Haven, CT is the recipient of the Martin A ward, presented annually to the senior woman who has combined excellence on the fields of competition with excellence in the classroom. Altshul, a four-year letter­winner on the field hockey team, was an art history ma­jor with an impressive 3. 75 grade-point-average. Last year, Altshul was the recipi­ent of the Board of Fellows Award, which is given to the top junior female student­athlete.

Bob Harron Award

Benjamin S. Appleyard of Falmouth, MA earned this award for his excellence in athletics and academics. It is presented annually to the junior male who is voted most outstanding in athletics and scholarship. Appleyard was a letter-winner on the cross-country and track teams. An English major, Appleyard had a grade-point­average of3.63.

On the gridiron Kane was a member of four winning teams and two NESCAC champions.

Board of Fellows Award

This year there was a tie for

the Board of Fellows Award,

presented to the junior woman who is voted most

outstanding in athletics and

scholarship.

Anna Norland of Canton, CT was a three­

year letter-winner on both

the field hockey and softball

teams. A biology major,

Norland had a 3.483 grade­point-average.

Jennifer Halstead of Woodbridge, CT, a letter­

winner on the women's crew

team, was a neuroscience ma­

jor with an impressive 3.547 grade-point-average.

Robert R. Bartlett Awards

Margaret Modzelewski of Springfield, MA Timothy Plant of Avon, CT Modzelewski, a senior, and

Plant, a junior, were both

members of the swimming

and diving team and are this year's recipients of the

Bartlett Award, which annu­

ally honors a male and female student who have combined

excellence in athletics with

devotion to community and/

or campus service.

Larry Silver Award

Robert Goldsmith of Brooklyn, NY earned this award, which goes annually to the student who, by vote of the Athletic Department staff, has contributed most to the Trinity athletic program as a non-player. A sopho­more, Goldsmith has been the team manager for the Trinity men's squash and tennis programs for the last two years.

The Trinity Bantam Award

Dr. Mark W. Izard, M.D. of Hartford, CT received the 1997 Bantam Award, presented annually to a non-student who has made a distinguished contribution to the Trinity sports pro­gram. Izard is the Director of Health Services at Trinity. He has served Trinity and its students since 1963.

Blanket Awards

The Blanket A ward is awarded for nine varsity let­ters in three different varsity sports.

Charles W. Baker 4 Cross-Country, 4 Indoor Track, 4 Outdoor Track

Joseph DeAngelis

1 Football, 4 Indoor Track, 4 Outdoor Track

Alyson E. Guild 4 Soccer, 4 Swimming, 4 Outdoor Track

RobertW.Johnson 4 Cross-Country, 3 Swim­ming, 3 Outdoor Track

Jill A. Romano 4 Cross-Country, 3 Indoor Track, 3 Outdoor Track

Marjory K. Waldman 4 Field Hockey, 1 Ice Hockey, 4 Lacrosse

Rob Kane '98, ./1' A happy warrior"

I t was a warm April after­noon. Trinity baseball tri­

captain Rob Kane '98 had just grounded out in his fourth at­bat in a game against Clark University. Before Kane could even take off his helmet, his teammates were needling him good-naturedly about not get­ting his fourth hit of the game.

Earlier that afternoon, Kane had gotten his 1 OOth career hit Gust the sixth player to do so in the 131-year history of the Trinity baseball program), scored his 1 OOth career run (only the second), and was on base three consecutive times, creating havoc for the Cougar pitching staff.

With his genuine smile and easygoing nature, Kane is a happy warrior. His perpetually dirty uniform and bruised body reveal the costs of doing battle with wicked-hop grounders, yet he is always supportive of his teammates and upbeat. "What strikes me about Robby is his disposi­tion," explains Head Coach Bill Decker. "He is always positive, which makes people want to be around him."

For the last four spring sea­sons, Kane, a second baseman from Quincy, MA, has been a fixture in the Trinity infield. "Sometimes," says Decker, "You don't really notice him (maybe because he's just 5'5"), but he's always there. He is quiet, but he has always pro­vided a spark to his team."

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brother's death. "I had to be there for my family. Football had to take a back seat."

Seemingly calm, but emotionally scarred, Kane re­turned to practice just two days before the team's final pre­season scrimmage. In the scrimmage, Kane excelled, catching three passes , includ­ing a seven-yard touchdown reception as the Bantams rolled over Colby, 28-0

Then Kane was dealt another setback:

-·~ii..- he had torn ligaments in his thumb and would need

Kane, who will graduate in the fall, finishes his career on the diamond as one ofTrinity's all-time producers in hits (third), runs (second) , and stolen bases (fourth)- quite a record for someone who has experienced trying times in the last two years.

A member of the highly successful Trinity football team, Kane was a reserve split end his first two seasons. With the graduation of All-New England selection Tom McDavitt '95, Kane got his chance to perform in the fall of 1995. Although small in stature, Kane was a reliable receiver and dangeous kick returner, thanks to his steady hands, blazing speed, and physical toughness. Then, an ankle injury ended his season.

Though the injury slowed him down a bit during the early part of the spring, Kane bounced back, giving the Bantam hardballers the edge they needed -to earn a berth in the 1996 ECAC Division III New England finals . Hitting .272 with a team-high 27 base on balls, Kane's sure hands earned him the team's "Golden Glove" award for the second consecutive year.

With a sense of mission, Kane returned for his senior year, eager to excel on the gridiron. After just four days of practice, Kane was dealt the tragic blow of his 18-year-old

surgery. Kane remembers his disappointment on learning from the doctor that his sea-son was over. Once again, Kane had to sit and watch. "I really didn't know what to do with myself," he recalls.

After experiencing such a low point in the fall, Kane knew he had to regain his focus for his final baseball sea-son. With new intensity, Kane started off his senior season well, hitting a healthy .412 and stealing eight bases during the team's annual spring-break trip to Florida. The good start carried over into a fine season for Kane and the Bantams, who finished 17-13, their eighth consecutive winning season, and made it to the ECAC semifinal round. In addition to providing steady defensive play at second base, Kane hit a respectable .313 and accumulated team-highs in runs scored (42) and stolen bases (12) and was named to the 1997 All-NESCAC team along with teammates Ryan Shattuck '97 and Christian Burchfield '98.

"The opportunity to come to a great school like Trinity, make some good friends, and play on two great programs with some great players will always be cherished," Kane says. "I have no regrets."

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Shiva Aliabadi '99 (above, left) met with Bill Burnham '64 at his firm, Soundprints, andJolanta Kordowski '99 (below, right) met with Melissa Farley '87 at her State of Connecticut office.

Sophomores 'shadow' alumni to test out careers

::1 I& :til--During spring break, eight sophomores participated in the first-ever Trinity Alumni/ ae Shadowing Pro­gram. By spending a day with an alumnus or alumna­mentor, the studet;J.tS were able to explore careers and get a realistic picture of what a workday in these fields is like.

Participating were these

students and alumni mentors: Carmen Wong with Lisa Alvarez-Calderon '88, assistant vice president, CIGNA Cor­poration, Philadelphia; Kathryn Quigley with Francesca Borges '82, director of the New York Campaign ofThe College Fund/UNCF, New York City; Shiva Aliabadi with William Burn­ham '64, president, Sound­prints Publishing, Norwalk; Carolyn Stone with Michael Duffy '85, director of the Massachusetts Office of Con­sumer Affairs, Boston; ]olanta

Kordowski with Melissa Farley '87, director of exter­nal affairs of the Judicial Branch, State of Connecticut, Hartford; Ericka Lenz with Cris Iaboni '87, human re­source specialist/Employee Services, People's Bank, New Haven; Earl Paylor with Bryant McBride '88, director of new business development at the National Hockey League, New York City; and Tony Leung with Tom Monahan at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette, New York City.

Trinity's Career Services Office looks forward to ex­panding this program over Winter Break next semester. Any alumnus or alumna inter­ested in being a mentor should contact Melissa Regan '87, associate director of ca­reer counseling, at (860) 297-2307.

Research funded by HUD grant supports neighborhoods' empowerment ---In approximately two years'

time, the Trinity Center for Neighborhoods (TCN) has undertaken 33 research projects in response to re­quests from four neighbor­hood associations. As part of a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, TCN is funded to conduct applied research at the request of four community-based or­ganizations affiliated with the " Center. The four neighbor­hood organizations are: Asy­lum Hill Organizing Project (AHOP), Hartford Areas Rally Together (HART), Citizens for Action in New Britain (CANB), and Orga­nized North Easterners and Clay Hill and North End, Inc. (ONE-CHANE).

In the research done during the first two years of the grant, the researchers, who are primarily Trinity faculty, have studied and reported on such topics as services avail­able to neighborhood resi­dents, legislation and enforce­ment efforts directed at a vari­ety of urban problems, and model programs and efforts to address issues in other urban areas. The faculty are not necessarily expert in the area of this applied research, but all have been willing to dig in, get the needed informa­tion, and organize it in a way that will be useful to the neighborhood organizations and residents.

The following is a sampling of the topics researched by Trinity faculty members in support ofTCN:

• Contributions of Frog Hollow

Institutions to the Economic De­

velopment of the Neighborhood,

for HART, by Diana Evans of political science -

Details possible approaches to the development of the Frog Hollow area with regard to greater resident employ­ment and greater purchasing by four major institutions in Hartford: Hartford Hospital, the Institute of Living, Con­necticut Children's Medical Center, and Trinity College.

• Models for Neighborhood Revi­

talization in Historic Districts,

for CANB, by Michael Sacks of sociology -

Study of strategies used to revitalize urban neighborhoods.

• The State of the City: An

Analysis of New Britain, for CANB, by Brigitte Schulz of political science and William Hansen-

Compilation of statistics regarding New Britain, CT covering such topics as eco­nomic, demographic and ra­cial-ethnic transformations; population; income and pov­erty; labor and employment; education; housing; transpor­tation; and land use.

• Models for Riform if the

Criminal Justice System in Con­

necticut, for HART, by Sharon Herzberger of psy­chology-

Information from the Na­tional Institute ofJustice on recent reform efforts.

• Connecticut Tax Exemption

Pamphlet, for HART, CANB, AHOP, ONE/CHANE, by Stephen V alocchi of sociology-

Comparison of tax breaks from Connecticut Legislature and other programs for work­ing families.

• Abandoned Buildings: Models

for Legislative & Enforcement

Riform, for HART, CANB,

The winners of the National Alumni Association's Senior Achievement Award, photographed at the Senior Dinner with the NAA's Donna Haghighat '89 and President Evan Dobelle were, left to right: front row, Haghighat, Carmela Mazzotta, Robyn Schiffinan, Maia Fujisawa; and back row, Joseph Tranquillo, Tyler Booth, Jeffrey Pyle, Dobelle, and Joseph DeAngelis. The awards recognize outstanding undergraduate leadership, academic excellence, dentonstrated character and citizenship, commitment to Trinity and its advance­ment, and potential for

alumni service.

AHOP, ONE/CHANE, by Mark Setterfield of economics-

Analysis of the negative ef­fects of abandoned buildings on urban neighborhoods and alternatives available to redress the problems.

• Survey of CUDAG Members'

Managed Health Car~, for UCAN, by Noreen Channels of sociology -

Compilation of information from surveys addressing needs for health care coverage for people with disabilities.

• Skills Training Directory, for ONE/CHANE, by Louise Fisher of Special Academic Programs-

Inventory of job-training pro­grams and organizations in Con­necticut.

• Resources for Small Business Start-up and Operation, for AHOP, by Piero Garofalo of Modern Languages -

Listing of the mission, pur­pose, and services of organiza­tions in Connecticut which exist as resources for small businesses; associated costs and contacts are also noted.

• Summer 1997 Recreation Pro­grams in Frog Hollow, for HART, by Brigitte Schulz of political science-

Listings of recreational pro­grams available in Frog Hollow for the sunm1er of 1997.

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jeffrey S. jacobson '89, Club President

AREA CLUB NOTES

The Trinity Club of Boston proceeded through the admis­sions season with a couple of enjoyable events.

Marc Chabot '85 arranged tickets for "The Boston Pops' Christmas Concert" at Symphony Hall on December 27. This evening has become one of the most anticipated annual events for the Club. The early April snowstorm makes this holiday season show seem not so long ago.

Young alumni turned out to see President Dobelle: at the Trinity Club of Boston President's Reception were, from left, Patrick Gingras '94, Sarah Vanderweil '96 and Josh Sanderson '96, and at the Chicago Club's President's Reception, from left, Emily Beatty '95, Benagh Richardson '95, and Liz Baumgarten '93.

On April 2, Trinity alumni joined alumni from Amherst, Bowdoin, Smith, Middlebury, Wellesley, Wesleyan and

ATLANTA

BOSTON

CHICAGO

FAIRFIELD

HARTFORD

LOS ANGELES

NEW HAVEN

NEW LONDON

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PROVIDENCE

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SAN FRANCISCO

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WASHINGTON

I Williams for a lecture by C. Robertson Trowbridge on "Our Yankee Heritage- If We Lose It, Who Cares?" at the Union Club. Trowbridge is chairman ofYankee Publishing, Inc., pub­lishers of Yankee magazine, New England Business and The Old Farmer's Almanac. Thanks go to Doug MacDonald '89 who is the new contact for this college luncheon series. Also, the Club

Seth R. Price, Esq. '79

JeffreyS. Jaeobson '89

Elizabeth H. McDonald '92

Gina Zarra Blum '89

James C. Goodridge '63

MichaelS. Gilman '76

David R. Lenahan '84

Francis A Pugliese '51

Robin E. Halpern '91

Alexander Kennedy '71 *

Steven K. Gerber '87

Anne P. Madarasz '81

William M. Pratt II '87

Peter Z. Webster '57

Thomas Buchenau '72

David C. Grant '91

Michael M. Riley '89

William Villari '86*

Peter H. Kreisel '61

Elizabeth C. Smith '80

would like to express its deepest appreciation to 'Wendy Goldstein '88 who has done a great job managing the involvement of the Club in this series.

By the time of this publica­tion, the Club and I will have hosted President Dobelle in Boston on April23. We expect a great response for this annual event, which is taking place at the Omni Parker House.

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A note to all alumni: Please send address updates directly to the Alumni Office, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106-3100, or via e-mail to [email protected] or by phone, 860-297-2400 or by fax, 860-297-2312.

On the admissions front, Maureen McAloon '86 has continued to arrange and par­ticipate in Boston's activities. She has led a tremendous inter­viewing effort this winter. At the same time, Alisa Coren Norris '92 organized calls to prospective and accepted stu­dents. During the busy fall sea­son, fen Brewster jordan '88 continued her work on the col­lege fairs, while Elizabeth McFarlan '96 enlisted represen­tatives for the spring fairs.

Chjsago

Elizabeth H McDonald '92, Club President

After a few months of hiberna­tion during the cold Chicago winter, the Trinity Club got back in the swing of things with a visit from Evan Dobelle on March 26. The Accidentals performed and alumni got an update about all of the exciting things happening in Hartford. We in Chicago live for the sum­mers and 1997 will be no exception. At the time of this writing, we have plans for a Cubs game, a couple of young­alumni happy hours, and a booze cruise with the local Middlebury alumni group. Finally, Dede Seeber Boyd '81 has already offered to host our send-off picnic in August for the Class of'Ol. Keep your eyes open for invites to these exciting upcoming events.

Gina Zarra Blum '89, Club President

The Trinity Cub of Fairfield County ''Ain't Misbehavin"' -we let Martha Reeves and the Vandellas do that for us! On Sunday, March 2, the Club sponsored a theater event at the Palace Theater in Stamford. More than 20 area alumni, par­ents, and their guests attended a cocktail reception in the the­ater's art gallery prior to the show. After the reception, the audience enjoyed the musical revue ''Ain't Misbehavin'" star­ring Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. The lively perfor­mance featured singing and dancing to the music of the '30s and '40s. It was a spectacular evening enjoyed by all. With the support of a very helpful executive committee, janice Kunin Castle '82 did an excel­lent job planning this event.

Coordinated by Gwynne MacColl Campbell '77, the Trinity Club of Fairfield County has done another excel­lent job in assisting the admis­sions office this year. Letters and phone calls to applicants, and then again to admitted can­didates, helped with any ques­tions prospective students may have had and encouraged the students to choose Trinity. Many of our volunteers cop­ducted alumni interviews and their recruiting efforts are sin­cerely appreciated. Many thanks to the following inter­viewers: Betsy O'Herron Swindell '82, Sabrina Farrell '88, j osh Lahey '95, Lisa Trocki Smith '88 and Maud Hecker Purcell '72. Our dub can proudly boast that through both the Early D ecision I and II Admissions Programs, a total of 13 students from all over Fairfield County will be attending Trinity in the fall!

Club membership is at an all­time high - many thanks to all of you dues-paying members for your support! If you are interested in becoming a mem-

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The Accidentals perform at the Trinity Club of New York event, held at the home of Libby and Jim Tozer '63.

ber, please call Ted &Jf '63, Club Treasurer, at home at (203) 255-6982.

The Trinity Club of Fairfield County has many exciting events in the works for this summer. Plea!.e check your mail for details. If you have an idea for a Club event, please contact Gina Zarra Blum '89 at home at (203) 329-7477.

Ha[$ford 11 Theresa A. Caldarone '86,

Club Secretary

The Trinity Club of Hartford had a successful winter season, which started out with the ever-popular Christmas service, "Lessons and Carols," held at the Trinity Chapel on December 8. Eight dub members served as ushers for this service, which featured traditional Christmas music and was a perfect way for the Trinity alumni to get into the holiday spirit!

On January 21, the Club hosted a very informative "Neighborhood Initiatives" lun­cheon at the Smith House. Kevin Sullivan '71, the Vice President of Community and Institutional Relations at Trinity, gave a slide presentation on the revitalization plans for Trinity's neighborhood. Forty­one alumni gathered to hear Kevin's presentation on the

exciting plans for Trinity's future.

The first meeting of the Trinity Business Exchange, which was held on February 4 in Trinity's Rittenberg Lounge, was a success that attracted some 20 attendees. In additon to providing networking oppor­tunities for alumni from the Greater Hartford business and legal community, the Trinity Business Exchange was also established to provide a net­working and informational resource for Trinity students. Many thanks to our first guest lecturers and Club members Peter Sturrock '65 and Sam Bailey '62, who addressed the interested group on the topic of succession planning for closely held businesses.

In an attempt to beat the winter blues, the Hartford and New Haven clubs co-sponsored a "Winter Doldrums Alumni Family Day'' at the Ferris Athletic Center on March 2. Those who attended had a great time enjoying the facilities at Ferris.

On March 25, Professor Ralph Morelli treated area alumni to a lecture on "Cyberspace and Trinity'' at Trinity's computing center. Professor Morelli demonstrated how to surf the web and visit Trinity's home pages to find out

about Club events and Trinity happenings.

We look forward to seeing Hartford alumni and parents of current students at future Club events!

Los Am!eles 19 MichaelS. Gilman '76,

Club President

On Thursday night, February 20, more than 70 Trinity alumni, parents, and visitors from the College had a grand celebration at Tommy Tangs on Melrose, one of L.A.'s best and most chic restaurants. Spirits were high as everyone enjoyed seeing one another, dining on the delicious California-Thai cuisine, and hearing the comments of President Do belle and the melodious sounds of the Trinitones. All were impressed by the positive trends at the College, and look for­ward to the next gathering.

New york

john Dalsheim '87, Club Committee Member

The New York Winter Alumni Party adopted a new tone this year. Less than 48 hours prior to the mixing of the first cock­tail, the venue was changed from the spacious (read 300-500) 24 Fifth Avenue Ballroom

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to the rather cozy (read 100) Metropolitan Republican Club. The caterer was dismissed, the martini glass rental cancelled, the cigar purchases returned as the NY Trin Club committee began chopping vegetables, arranging flowers, liquor shop­ping, and searching for just the right plastic cocktail "glass." We managed to pay the band, Deep Banana Blackout, and remark­ably, the spirit of this all-but­impromptu event, eulogized only hours earlier, burned brightly into the wee hours.

February 13th brought 150, including the Trinity Accidentals, to the Tozers' home for the annual President's Reception. While the Accidentals delighted and amazed, it was tough to com­pete with Mr. Dobelle's admis­sion, ''I'm not that competitive a kind of guy." We continue to

hope for more Trinity support­ers with the generosity and risk tolerance of the Tozers to make these gatherings possible.

This May a large group of young alumni, including William Sharpe '86, in from Paris, met at the new dub Decade. The group chatted excitedly about summer plans and the upcoming "Wednesday Night Clubs" meeting at New York's Trinity Pub. (First Wednesday of each month .. . Don't miss it.)

Phi'adelphja II Steven K Gerber '87,

Club President

The Trinity Club of Philadelphia's ad hoc College Speaker series continued on Thursday, March 27, at the Racquet Club in Center City. Our guest speaker, Ellsworth Morton Tracy Lecturer and Professor of Religion Frank Kirkpatrick '64 presented "Why Religion Refuses to Die in Secular America: or Why Red Sox Fans Cannot Shed Their Calvinist Notions of Eternal Damnation and Original Sin." Professor Kirkpatrick's thought-

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provoking and witty discussion was enjoyed by an intimate gathering of about 15 Trinity loyalists, including Rick Campbell '91, Ted Coxe '85, Craig Cullen '61, father and son David Gerber '61 and Steven Gerber '87, George Graham '59, Charlie Kurz '67, P'99, Mickey Lloyd '60, P'88 and '94, Ned Montgomery '56, Andrew Newcomb '91 and his father, Adam Ondricek '95, David Peake '66, and Charles weston '66. Aside from addressing the infamous Babe Ruth trade, Professor Kirkpatrick and the attendees enjoyed lunch, while contemplating the continued presence of religion as an enduring force in American culture. Club Executive Vice President Andy Newcomb '91 organized this event.

On Wednesday evening, April 9, Dean Walker '70, Henry Mcilhenny Senior Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, treated nearly 25 Trinity faithful to a guided tour of the Portraits of Franklin Exhibit organized to celebrate the Philadelphia Museum of Art's acquisition of Jean-Antoine Houdon's renowned 1779 mas­terpiece marble bust of Benjamin Franklin. Attendees included Michael Beautyman '69, Ted Coxe '85, Sally and Dan deDominicis P'OO, Henry Farnum '62 and his wife Priscilla, Steven Gerber '87, Amy Kestnbaum ]anzon '89 and her husband Jakob, wendy Kershner '83, George Kramer '55, Carl Levitsky '68 and his wife Caryn, Scott MacColl '86, Ned Montgomery '56 and his wife Susie, Clair Pingel '95, Howard Rapp '58, Lloyd Reynolds '63, and Bob VanBrott '54 and his wife Nat. Dean Walker's scintillating discourse on the importance and context of Houdon's Franklin was greatly enjoyed by all in attendance, and the Club is greatly indebted to Dean Walker '70. Co­Executive Vice President Molly

Gerber '92 organized this event. Meanwhile, on Thursday,

February 27, the young alumni met at Chaucer's in Center City. Vice Presidents for Young Alumni Adam Ondricek '95 and Elizabeth Rhodes '95 organized this event, where a nice crowd

contact Mary Whalen in Trinity's Admissions Office (860) 297-2174.

We look forward to seeing many Philadelphia-area alumni and parents at future events activities.

The home of Charlie Stewart '76, right, and his wife, Franny, was the site of the Pittsburgh reception for President Dobelle.

gathered for rwo hours and enjoyed discussing Trinity memories as well as catching up on new jobs, new degrees, and the latest career moves. We look forward to seeing you at the next Young Alumni event.

In an ongoing effort, Eve Streisand Markman '87 and jennifer Janke Lindsay '88, Club Vice Presidents for Admissions, with the help of more than 20 alumni volunteers, interviewed more than 20 Trinity applicants

. and ensured a Trinity presence at numerous area college fairs as part of our lasting mission to . promote Trinity throughout the Philadelphia region. Eve and Jenny also made over 80 follow­up phone calls to admitted applicants following the release of admission decisions. Many applicants and their families expressed their appreciation for the personal outreach from Trinity. Thank you to all who volunteered. If you are interest­ed in becoming an alumni admissions volunteer, please

The beautiful Victorian home of Franny and Charlie Stewart '76 provided the setting for a March 27 reception for President Evan Dobelle. The unusually mild weather meant cocktails could be served on spacious back porch where more than 30 alumni, parents, and their families gathered and visited with the President and KAren Isgur '92 from the alumni office. The evening got off to a great start with an outdoor per­formance by the Trinity College a cappella singing group, The Accidentals. Everyone then moved inside where they were welcomed by Club President Anne Madarasz '81 and got to view a new video that was sent to recently admitted students. President Dobelle addressed the group on the extraordinary increase in applications to Trinity over the past two years

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and the high quality of the Several Trinity events were held Young Alumni event with other brought excellent reviews. The applicant pool this year in par- during the their stay in our East Coast colleges, volunteer gallery description says it all: ticular; the status of the lovely city. days, baseball games, cookouts. "Bruce's paintings and drawings College's neighborhood revital- First, a reception for new Any requests or want to get record the visual similarities ization initiative and on-campus student applicants and their involved? You let us know by and differences of two rich his-master planning effort; and families was held in downtown calling the alumni office or toric areas: England's thatched plans to embark on a College- SF at the ANA Hotel and, from Dave Grant '91 at (415) 921- houses and old cathedrals and wide strategic planning effort the evening's presentation, I'm 7564. Again, thanks for the New England's covered bridges that will result in the strength- sure Trinity is now the over- consistent help from the and white spired churches." ening and strategic positioning whelming first choice of all who Executive Committee, which is On March 23 and 24 the ofTrinity for the next century. attended. President Dobelle greatly appreciated! Kennedy Center, in conjunc-A spirited question and answer and Christopher Small, vice tion with its Millennium Stage session followed. The president for enrollment man- liliigillllill • Series, featured the Trinity Accidentals provided a musical agement, were the honored

Maclear jacoby, Jr. '51, Accidentals. This writer was in

close to the evening, joined in speakers, the Trinitones were attendance at the opener, as their final number by Michael the melodious singers, and Scott Club Secretary

were quite a few other alumni, Robertson '95, one of the found- Gerien '90 was the man in

The Capital "Hilltoppers" have and I can vouch for the fact

ing members of the group. charge. Thanks to Scott and to that the concert was thoroughly Special thanks to Executive Kelly Dixon '88 for their efforts

survived an election year, with enjoyed by a standing-room-

Committee member ~de Close in making the evening such a its inauguration ceremonies and

only crowd of close to 300. '55 for his help in planning the success. Overall, it was a great

festivities, and rivaled the politi-Their music, variety of offer-

cal arena with its own well-evening and to the other alum- event and presentation for

attended and diverse activities! ings, and very obvious enthusi-

ni sponsors of the evening: Trinity College. As always, the "Young

asm brought them considerable Charlie Stewart 76, Dr. George On February 19, the annual

Alumni" have maintained their applause and a standing ovation

Bent '66, john Craig '54, Arnold President's reception was held at regular get togethers, thanks to

at the conclusion of the pro-Friedman '62, Tom Miller 79, the Pagliaros' residence in gram! and Walter "Bud" Toole '53. Burlingame. As the parents of

the impetus provided by such Our spring events, underway

Jill '97, a member of the 'Tones, distinguished members of the

as this article goes to press, Class of '94 as Emelie East and

Bonnie and Frank Pagliaro were A. J Kamra! In addition to the

include a tour of the U.S. gracious hosts and even got a

traditional "Happy Hours," a National Arboretum arranged

45 couple of solo efforts and spe- by Marian Kuhn 77, a recep-

David C Grant '91, cial requests in appreciation.

group of about 15 attended a tion with President Dobelle,

Club President With more than 65 Trinity January 25 skating party at the

and - with thanks to Ford alumni, parents, students, and

Smithsonian Ice Rink. Of par-Barrett '66 for making the

The Trinity Club of San College staff in attendance, the ticular note was an early

arrangements - a talk by Francisco kicked off the New

night was basically a blast! February gathering of more

Professor Michael FitzGerald of Year with the Phonathon on

President Dobelle wowed the than 25 at "Ozio's," the rather

Trinity's Fine Arts Department January 27, with the biggest crowd with his "State of the

unique "Cigar and Martini at the National Gallery where

caller turnout in California College" address. Speaking for

Bar." Finally, a small group eel-he will provide us with his

(Target Cities Challenge points everyone there, we were

ebrated Washington's Birthday expertise on the Picasso exhibit.

there!). Our thanks to the impressed with the vision, with a competitive outing at All of this will be topped off by

alumni and parents who progress, and effort that is tak-

"Car Pool Billiards" in the annual Club picnic in June

worked the phones for Trinity. ing place to better the College,

Northern Virginia! It was at the Potomac Boat Club, thus

On February 18, President now and in the future.

indeed an "active" winter for bringing to a close a most inter-

Dobelle and his traveling Bay Area alumni!!! Check the

the "recent" grads! esting, diverse, and productive

Trinity entourage made their mail for some great events this

On February 1, an opening year for many of the participat-

annual pilgrimage out West. spring and summer including: reception at the Mickelson

ing Bantams! Gallery on G Street for an exhi-

The Trinitones brought their singing talents to a recent Trinity-Club of bition by Bruce Macdonald '56

San Francisco event.

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ENGAGEMENTS

1990 ALEXIS BRASHICH arid Louis

J. Morledge

1992 COLLEEN CURRAN and

Joseph J. Parsons

1993 SARAH MOLDENHAUER and

Jay Salazar CLIFFORD SWAIN JR. and

Meaghan Rooney

1994 PATIENCE QUINN and

George Chaplin

WEDDINGS

1981 LISA HALLE and John Hunt,

Jan. 11 , 1997 .

1983 AMY JO BENNETT and Robert

Borst, June 1, 1996

1985 BROOKE BALDRIDGE and

Scott Whitham, Oct. 4, 1996

1986 KRISTINA KINSLEY and

Patrick Woodley, Sept. 28, 1996

1987 JOHN DOGGETT and

Michelle Lacey, Dec. 21, 1996

1988 DEBORAH DORTON and

Joseph Dolan, Nov. 30, 1996

1990 HELENE KIRWAN-TAYLOR

and Matthew Lorentzen, Nov. 23, 1996

MARY VERBECK and John Spilman V, Feb. 7, 1997

1992-1993 AARON CLARK and CRISTA

DEMASI, Nov. 23, 1996

1994 JENNIFER REAGAN and

Michael McCleery, Dec. 28 , 1996

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BIRTHS

1970 Mr. and Mrs. TONY DIBELLA,

daughter, Ana Lucia, born February 1996, adopted November 1996

1972 PETER and Suzanne

WITTMAN, daughter, Hannah Curry, Oct. 15, 1996

1973 DANIEL and Ellie ROSWIG,

daughter, Elizabeth Helen, Oct. 15, 1996.

1979 Daniel and MARION DEWITT

COOK, daughter, Elizabeth Whitney, July 8, 1996

1980.1983 SCOTT LEVENTHAL and

TIZA LONDON, daughter, Jamie London Leventhal, Feb. 1, 1996 '

1981 William and TRACY NEWMAN

BENHAM, son, Jonathan William, Aug. 12, 1996

1982 Chris and LEILA GORDON

DYER, son, J. McLean, July 8, 1996 \

1983 Tracy and ALICE ERICSON,

daughter, Natalie Jane, July 3, 1996

Michael and MARGARET MORRIS GOLDBERG, son, Charles Morris, Sept. 19, 1996

Mr. and Mrs. JAMES MAFFI­OLINI, daughter, Alicia Kay, July 9, 1996

PETER and Donna O'BRIEN, son, Kyle Devin, Jan. 24, 1997

Paul and QUE HO WIHK, daughter, Kelsey Rose, Oct. 16, 1996

1983-1985 C. MARK and KATHLEEN

O'CONNOR BOELHOUW­ER, daughter, Alexandra M ., Nov. 26, 1996

1987 Ted McNamara and MAUREEN

NEYLON, son, Kellen McNamara, October 1996

CHRISTOPHER and Kelly SMITH, daughter, Caroline Joan, Dec. 5, 1995

1988 MATTHEW and VIRGINIA

KEATOR, daughter, Amanda Medbury, May 23, 1996

Philip and ELEANOR LLOYD TIMON, son, Lawrence Lloyd, Oct. 27, 1996

ANDREW and Laurie WAXLER, daughter, Abigail Rebecca, Oct. 23, 1996

1989-1990 MATTHEW and JENNIFER

BURNS COST, son, Pearson Gustave, Oct. 23, 1996

1990 David and SUZANNE DAVID­

SON TALBOT, daughter, Hannah Louise, April10, 1997

1991 Rick and MICHELE WILLIAMS

BOVELL, son, Nathaniel Ajani, June 7, 1996

MICHAEL and KATHRYN BRENNAN ERSEVIM, son, Christopher Dana, Dec. 6, 1996

1991-1992 KIMBERELY KOLESAR KRZY­

WY and HENRY KRZYWY, son, Simon Patrick, March 28, 1996

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following member of the Class. Any informa· tion as to how the individual can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

E. Bristol Cooper

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Adrian R. Avitabile Carl B. Newman

m The alumni office has no current

mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Robert J Barlow Daniel W Prince john Reindle, Jr.

m The alumni office has no curr.ent

mailing address for the following member of the Class. Any informa· tion as to how the individual can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Franklin W Owen The Rev. Canon Francis R. Belder

411 Griffin Rd South Wmdsor, CT 06074

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

john B. Meeker Harold R. Reed Charles E. Schiffinacher

Class Agent: G. Jerome "W)rckoff

The alumni office has no cur­rent mailing address for the follow­ing members of the Class. Any information as to how the individ­uals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Daniel F Hurley William S. Merritt

The alumni office has no cur-rent mailing address for the follow­ing members of the Class. Any information as to how the individ- \ uals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Robert M Andrews, Jr. William W jackson, Esq. William D. Moore

Charles A. Tucker, M.D. 7 Wintergreen Ln.

West Hartford, CT 06117

One ofTrinity's most faithful boosters, JACK ZIETLOW, visited the Holy Land last fall and was impressed with the ruggedness of the land and its army. Also, he studied in preparation for a trip he took with the Trinity Continuing Education Program over the Christmas holidays. We are await­ing his report on this event.

DR. ART HAZENBUSH reports that it was good to read news of his classmates in the recent edition of the Reporter. He and wife, Mary, travel extensively -recently enjoying a cruise around the Greek isles - and are planning to leave home in Stuart, FL for another extensive boat trip down the east coast of South America, through the Drake Passage and then up the west coast.

ROBERT RODNEY explains why he settled in Montana: In 1967 he took his wife and daughter out there to accept the deanship of arts and sciences at Eastern Montana College. They liked the city, the moderate climate, and the mountain environment so well that they stayed on for retirement. After completing a number of books on Mark Twain, Rob has just finished a light satire on the foibles of mod-

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ern America. He spent years in the Air Force Reserve.

ORSON HART, M.D. writes from New Canaan that he is spend­ing part of his golden years bugging Congressmen about Social Security, taxes, and spending. He concludes that they are not very responsive. He also enjoys reading news of his classmates. All we need is for more of you to provide the data to YOUR CORRESPONDENT.

JACK MAHER, having received a recent Trinity football program, marvels at the changes in staffing. His '34 team enjoyed the services of two coaches, Dan Jessee and Joe Clark, but now there is an assistant for almost every position. However, no team has ever done better than finish undefeated, as did ours. His remedial philosophy is that every­thing keeps spinning upward, the expanding universe! Jack and I are perhaps the only survivors of that undefeated team and we read with deep regret but with many fine memories of the death of Joe Clark, our assistant coach. Note: if there are survivors, we would appreciate hearing from them.

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TOM and Frances HAGARTY are still getting around, having been seen at the Class of '36 half century dinner. Let us hear from you, too, Tom.

ANTHONY CACASE writes that he is "grateful for the fact that God has blessed me with sufficient­ly good health so that at the age of 83 I am still able to drive from Connecticut to Florida for my annual winter season (October through April), then drive back to my summer home where I spend the milder five-month period of May through September. Not a bad lifestyle, I'd say. I plan to enjoy this program as long as the Man Upstairs permits it."

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following member of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individual can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

joseph M McKenna

m

R. Pearce Alexander 2775 Inverness Dr. LaJoll~CA 92037 fax: 619-453-8073

Class Agent: John E Zietlow, Jr.

I'll start this piece with reference to LOUIS STEIN, who is probably our most vigorous member- now and maybe 60 years ago. He writes from his home for winters in Sarasota to say that he saw

DOLPH HOEHLING recently, as he resides in Englewood, only 20 miles away. Lou also mentions Ruth and BILL HULL '37 and BERT SCULL, who also live in' Sarasota but in different retirement homes. As usual, Lou has played in a few tournaments, one of which was in Laurel Oak, the home of the Monica Seles. There he reached the finals. Guess age must be reaching for Lou just a little. But, he received the gold medal for tennis in the Senior Olympics for the Gulf Coast. He is doing great.

JACK HANNA writes that he still enjoys his two "walk-jogs" daily for a total of three miles, plus rigor­ous calisthenics at the University gym. Wife, Inga, goes there for an early morning session called "Heartline," for those with mild cardiac conditions. Jack has given up' skating and skiing, but still prefers plodding through snow to ice-covered sidewalks. Somewhat of a contrast to Lou.

And me. I am wobbling as I walk and do about everything else people do, enough so that I have seen a neurologist who suspects Parkinson's disease; but the tests do not confirm it, so I am going for a study at the UConn Medical Center, Dempsey Hospital, in Farmington in March. But I still walk one-and-one-half miles with Priscilla every morning and follow with 500 yards in the "Y'' pool in New Britain three days a week. But I just sold my snow blower and lawn mower, and miss the effort I used to put into those activities.

Had a talk with SHERRY RAY­MOND. He and Grace are enjoy­ing living at The Village Gate in Farmington. Sherry found that the Hartford Chapter Insurance City Barbershop Chorus rehearsed there and, as that is right up his alley, he joined, and once again is in the activity he enjoyed so much when they lived on Cape Cod. In the conversation with Sherry, and inci­dental to it, I learned that our class­mate, FRANK MANION, will very soon be married and will be leaving Village Gate for Farmington Woods, a condominium establish­ment. Frank had lived the bachelor life in at least two senior centers, but no longer.

And about BOB MCKEE, who must be about the most indomitable member of our Class. Since our 60th Reunion, he has experienced a stroke. I quote: "I have regained most of my skills but my vision is impaired." He has given up driving and reads with dif­ficulty. He has regained most of his skill at the piano, but, as he cannot read music, he is trying to retain the pieces he had mastered in the past. "All things considered, I am a

lucky guy." Bob's older daughter is a consultant in the bio-technology and semiconductor industries. His younger daughter is married to a physics professor, has two children, and is working towards an advanced degree in music.

But, since learning the above, I found out that Bob has had further trouble. On March 18, he had a triple coronary by-pass but, at this writing (March 22), he spoke with me on the phone, as usual, and gave every indication of doing fine.

I hope all you fellows who are doing as well as Bob will send me a note to prove it.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Peter F Mitchell Henry Hurlburt Hale john Bernard Preston

Robert M. Christensen 66 Centerwood Rd.

Newington, CT 06111 Class Agent:

Sherwood H. Raymond

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following member of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individual can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Stanley N Fisher Michael J. Scenti 226 Amherst St.

Wethersfield, CT 06109 Class Agent:

William G. Hull

Reunion '98: June 4--7

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Charles T Harris Neal F Holmgren Raymond A. Perry

James M. E Weir 27 Brook Rd.

Woodbridge, CT 06525

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m own. He did the same work in the 1!1 East Hartford. Charlie is retired military, where he developed a from the Metropolitan Water food-training program for the Air District and lives close to Trinity in

The alumni office has no cur- Transportation Service. He told me The sad news of HERB Newington. He has some trouble

rent mailing address for the follow- he was pleased to receive a special FELDMAN's death (see In walking after a heart by-pass a cou·

ing members of the Class. Any commendation from the Memory) is a reminder that our ple of years ago, but is otherwise

information as to how the individ- Commanding General. These days, ranks are thinning. I am indebted okay. Charlie was a pretty good ath

uals can be contacted should be keeping in touch with his family is to DICK BLAISDELL for sending Ieee but I remember him most for

sent to Alumni Office, Trinity a priority, involving trips to the me Herb's obituary. As I told Dick, his dilapidated old Essex convert-

College, Hartford, CT 061 06- West Coast to visit a daughter and although it is my melancholy task ible coupe in which he used to give

3100. Thank you. four grandchildren. as Class Secretary to watch for obit- me rides to school. On sub-zero

Arthur H Campbell DICK MORRIS was kind uaries of classmates, I missed days it was like riding in a

G. Victor Hamilton, Jr. enough to send a note indicating Herb's. Conestoga wagon.

William H Light, Jr. that he is "surprisingly busy," deal- In his annual Christmas message, Chatted withAL GRANATEK.

Reginald D. Taylor, Jr. ing with various publishers. Naval CHICK KIRKBY gave the follow- After a long residence in New York

Sherwood V. Martin History accepted an article and so ing modest summary of his current he is now in Arizona. AI must have

4461 Stack Blvd., #E 230 did Highlights for Children. He was status: something of a Noah complex

Melbourne, FL 32901 most pleased to learn that "I didn't get fired. (How can you because I caught him fixing down·

Class Agent: University Press will do a paper- fire someone who is retired?) spouts - in Arizona? AI has had a

Ethan E Bassford back, a second edition of his book, I didn't get arrested (yet). long successful career in pharma-john P. Holland, Inventor of the I didn't get sued (yet). ceuticals: 35 years with Bristol

m Modern Submarine. As a true I didn't go bankrupt (yet). No Meyers, doing creative work on Trinity supporter, he urges us as a one shot me (or even at me. Yet). antibiotics. He then spent a half-Class to contribute to the Class of I didn't die. (I didn't even get dozen years as vice president of '40 Memorial Scholarship Fund. sick.)" International Medical Systems, and

I regret to report the recent AL HOPKINS, although It is good to know that all is well after his second retirement from

death of classmate, THOMAS acknowledging he is getting older, chez Kirkby (as yet) . that firm, he is still doing consult-

MCLAUGHLIN (see In Memory). continues to go to work every The alumni office has no current ing work. AI strongly believes in

He bravely attended recent morning and does keep in touch mailing address for the following giving scientific investigation its

reunions even though hurting badly with classmates. He and Jean wish members of the Class. Any infor- head; for instance, don't hamper

with shingles. I am sure that all of to send sincere warm regards to all marion as to how the individuals cloning research. On an optimistic

us remember his passion for run- classmates. can be contacted should be sent to personal note: AI and his wife are

ning, both cross-country and track, It seemed timely to hear from Alumni Office, Trinity College, taking care of his 105-year-old

as an undergraduate. DUNCAN YETMAN, who served Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank mother, who is still in good health.

In quite a different vein, I am as principal of Hartford Public you. Great genes, AI.

happy to share my good news - High School in the '60s "when it Charles J J Barolis Also talked with ART

48 the birth of our fourth grandchild, was a good school with a strong era- Richard F. Hanley URBANO, who went into chemi-

a girl, born on March 23, 1997 to clition dating back over 300 years." Philip J F. Parvus cal engineering. AI was a teacher

Catherine and Robert Grandahl. He was aware of the problems at Robert J Rebman who managed to retire 17 years ag1

She will have three brothers to con- the school today, only as reported G. Kent Stoddard AI is a bachelor; maybe that's why

tend with. by the news media. He feels that Courtland P. Vtm Voorhis he could retire so early. He plays

I managed to reach ARVID President Dobelle's redevelopment Frank A. Kelly, Jr. golf, bowls, travels, is a Mason and ENGEL, who lives in nearby program is a splendid idea as I am 21 Forest Dr. a churchgoer. Right now he's ready

Wethersfield, CT. He enjoys work- sure we all do. Duncan is active in Newington, CT 06111 to launch forth to Vancouver and

ing in a garden on a half-acre of the Institute for Retired Class Agent: the Canadian Rockies.

land. I wish I had his energy. He is Professionals at Fairfield University, Edward A. Smith Heard from our Hartford

also very active with family in New a senior adult learning group, where stringer, MIL RHINES. Mil ran

York and Florida and is busy help- he serves on the advisory board. He into Trinity Athletic Director Rick

ing friends in need. He has had a has taken several courses in creative H azelton in a convivial setting

long retirement, starting at the age writing and film and literature where the talk naturally got to Ray

of 57 and going strong at the age of which he found fascinating. Other Oosting, long-time Trinity athletic

79. activities are: board of directors of Had a nice letter from DON faculty great. Talked about BILL

It was interesting to talk with the Trumbull Library and board of VINCENT, correcting a couple of SCULLY, our star pitcher who law

HARRY NICKEL again. I didn't directors of the Trumbull High things I said about him in my last switch-hit as statistician at Trinity

realize that he was a two-career School Scholarship Foundation. He report. He is not a painter but he home football games. Unfortunate·

man. He spent 10 years as a banker also finds time to swim daily at the does do stained glass and has been ly, Bill is now ailing, but his son is

with Glastonbury Savings Bank, Fairfield YMCA. Now there is a doing it for the past 25 years. True doing the stars.

which was a great preparation for a "young fella" for you. to an old Trinity tradition of Thinking about Bill stimulated

second venture in the insurance The alumni office has no current strength in the insurance business, Mil to call DON VIERING, not

field, running his own agency. He mailing address for the following he taught about a variety of insur- only our Class President Emeritus,

continues to be involved on a part- members of the Class. Any infor- ance matters for three insurance but also Trinity College athletic

time basis so that he can play some marion as to how the individuals companies. Continuing his cultural committee member for 45 years.

golf when he is so inclined. He also can be contacted should be sent to pursuits, Don took up the organ at Don reminded Mil about our senio

enjoys traveling. He and his second Alumni Office, Trinity College, 72, rekindling an interest nourished year when the baseball team beat

wife just returned from a trip to Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank at Trinity by master organist, both Princeton and Yale. Don was

Arizona to escape our New England you. Clarence Watters. Don is also a first -string catcher for four years, so

winter, only to find that January in Stephen A. Langford ham operator, but not as fully good that NED MAXWELL, an Arizona isn't exactly summer weath- fames L. Lathrop equipped as JACK BARBER, with excellent catcher for St. Thomas,

er. We reminisced briefly about Deforest Manice whom he has talked. Don remind- had to play in the outfield.

school days and our Sigma Nu Norman Slater ed me that he was one of our class- Got a note from BOB PILLS-

brother, DICK LINDNER. Clarence B. Grandahl mates whose studies were interrupt- BURY and an illustrated brochure

ERNEST WHITE stayed in the 87 Frederick St. ed by the War. He finished in on the Lake Superior Center for

greater Hartford area after graduat- Newington, CT 06111-3807 1947. which Bob is a principal fund rais-

ing and was involved in the food- Class Agent: Reached CHARLIE FRESHER, er. In fact, he has raised $1 0 millior

service business in a firm of his Stephen M. Riley; Esq. one of my fellow townsmen from of the $31 million needed. I

described the Center in the November issue of the Reporter.

BOB WHITSITI wrote to us. He's in touch with NORBERT PROULX, who has moved from St. Louis to San Jose," CA. Unfortunately; Norbert is in the hospital now, but has recovered from strokes. Bob himself has recovered from two heart surgeries.

And, of course, I talked with MARTY WOOD about the 55th Reunion. Marty had just come in from comet-watching. Where he lives may be isolated but he sure has a great view of the sky. Marty is quoted about the 55th in the latest communication from Trinity. He's coming, of course, and would like to see the maximum number of you there, too.

Adios for now. Hope I saw you in Hartford in June.

The alumni office has no cur­rent mailing address for the follow­ing members of the Class. Any information as to how the individ­uals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

john R. jones Stanley A. Lightfoot

Joseph J. Bonsignore 9105 Santayana Dr. Fairfax, VA 22031

Class Agent: Martin D. Wood

Reunion '98: June 4--7

BILL GREY writes to YOUR SECRETARY from his residence at 501 Joshuatown Rd., Lyme, CT 06371-3033, afrer transmitting a check to the College in support of '43's War Memorial Fund, as fol­lows: "Better late than never. Hope you are well and in good spirits. O ur 55th is coming up in '98. Will look forward to seeing you and others there. Best regards. Bill."

DREW BRINCKERHOFF, of precious memory, is called to mind by letter from his widow, Barbara Kane Brinckerhoff Reese: "Dear John: Thank you so much for relaying my check in Brinck's memory to the right source at Trinity. I think of all the good times we had with you and Elaine and hope all goes well for you and your family - extended a bit.

"Brinck was the last of the Brinckerhoffs in his line of descen­dancy and now we have eight Brinckerhoff boys to carry on the name. Barbie is the only one with two girls. Peter in California­directing, Bill in Denver with Paine Webber, your namesake John in Chicago with Donaldson,

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Lufkin, Jenrette, and Barbie in Beverly; MA. So, I keep busy flying off to see them.

"Do wish you and Elaine would stop by on your way to Florida and see us. Excuse stationery [CBS], but am still trying to get rid of it.

"Love 'n' hugs to you all, Barbara."

We will come one day, Barbara, ... promise.

Brinck was a special friend and roommate in the Alpha Chi Rho house at 114 Vernon St. We also played on either side of centers FRANKFASI '42 andJACKFAY '43 as "running guards" on Dan Jessee's teams in the early 1940s. In fact, there was one day in practice when we ran into each other with near-disastrous results. DON VIERING '42 is able to give an hilarious recitation of this event which YOUR SECRETARY is unable to refute because he has no recollection of it. The appreciation of the Class and the College go out to Barbara for her contribution in Brinck's name.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Donald W Heseltine Lawrence J Kavanar:gh

John L. Bonee The Bonee Law Offices

One State St., Suite 1510 Hartford, CT 06103

fax: 860-522-6049

DONALD C. PAINE of Manchester, CT and his 20-year­old electric car are the subjects of a feature article printed in a Dec. 5, 1996 edition of The Hartford Courant. Tooling around Manchester when he's in no special hurry to get from here to there, Donald has no plans to trade in his 20-year-old vehicle "ever." Don says the car costs him about $20 a year to operate. It requires no tune-ups, runs without ignition, spark plugs, transmission, or gears. The frame is non-rusting aluminum. The body is plastic, and maintenance is mainly washing the windows. Don has owned the vehicle, a Citicar model made by Sebring Vanguard of Florida, since 1977. It originally cost him $1,600. It can go at 40 m.p.h. for 50 miles before needing a recharge. Named "Gatorade" because of its color, the car is often shown off at his grandchildren's school on "show and tell" days.

After Trinity, Don earned his engineering degree from Yale on the G.I. Bill. A confirmed tinkerer, he claims that he has never had a ser­viceman at his home. He has repaired radios, television sets, VCRs, washing machines, and his furnace.

The car is Don's special "baby," says Don's wife, Ruth, to whom he has been married for 48 years. She says that since Gatorade has noth­ing that will ever wear out, it meets Don's belief that "nothing ought to wear out."

YOUR SECRETARY continues to receive notes from Trinity alumni (including people from other classes besides '44), speaking of the great value of a Trinity education. One such missive, from JAY GEIGER '50, speaks of those undergraduate days as "true learning times." He mentions the late GEORGE COOPER H'44 and Dan Jessee among those who "truly educated me as to what life was all about."

We have also heard since the last Reporter edition from Class of' 44 members DONALD H. SHAW, C. JARVIS HARRIMAN, fellow Class Agents MERRITI (Moo) JOHN­QUEST, BOB (RT) TOLAND, and Dr. HARRY GOSSLING, our Class President.

Speaking of the Class of' 44, we are really proud of you guys for your continued support of our alma mater afrer the record-setting 50th Reunion Class Gift. The Annual Fund "highlights" bulletin lists our Class of' 44 among the five leading classes of Alumni Fund donors for 1996-97 to date. We have reached 85 percent of our annual giving goal as of the end of January 1997.

Even on the basis of percentage of participation, we stand at nearly 50 percent as ofJan. 31. Thank you for your generosity and your loyalty to Trinity College. Last year we posted a 67 percent participation record, the highest o£ the past 50 years and second-highest overall. If you haven't yet joined the alumni giving fund this year, please come aboard before June 30. And don't forget our special T' 44 Scholarship Fund targeting undergraduates from extended families who have never previously sent a boy or girl to college.

And please let us hear from you about your doings and your fami­lies, too. Thank you, and be well.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Felix F Arnstein Robert R. Cooper, Jr.

Franklin Hoar Myles S. Phillips, Jr.

Elliott K Stein 215 Gibbs Ave.

Newport, RI 02840 Class Agents:

Harry R. Gossling, M.D. Merritt Johnquest Robett Toland, Jr.

We were saddened by the recent death of our Class Agent, DREW MILLIGAN '45 (see In Memory). Drew's dedication to Trinity, and particularly to the combined Classes of'45, '46, and '47 will long be remembered. A number of Trinity alumni attended Drew's services at Saint Timothy's Church, where Drew had been an active parishoner and lector. Among those in atten­dance were: JOHN DALY '47, TOM TAMONEY '42, BOB NICHOLS '42, DON VIERING '42, JACK GUNNING '49, JOHN BONEE '43, "MUSH" GUILLET '43, and YOUR SEC­RETARY. We all extend our deep­est sympathy to his wife, Madeline Ann.

MARK LEVY '47 is enjoying his retirement from the practice of law. He rece~t!y returned from a Caribbean cruise where he basked in the sun on Barbados. He's now taken up skeet shooting. He's always been an avid fisherman, so now the birds have to beware as well.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of our Classes. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

1945 Sydney W Morrall Bertram L. Smith, Jr. james P Vogel Jr. 1946 Franklin C Anderson jack R. Field Lewis P ]ohmon Robert 0. ]ohmon William VP Lecour PaulC Mezer Thomas H Walker 1947 Kenneth E Child, Jr. LeRoy Kent, Jr. Robert B. Richardson

Arthur E. Fay '45 18 Gloucester Ln.

West Hartford, CT 06107 fax: 860-522-2390

Class Agent: Irving]. Poliner, M.D. '47

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Reunion '98: June ~7

For those who entered Trinity through the Navy V-12 program, the cover photo of the Feb. '97 Reporter with the NavyV-12 band marching on the Quad led by KEN WYNNE precipitated a flood of memories and the impetus to pick up the phone and call Ken in Vero Beach, FL. We had a great conversation. It was just a year ago that his wife, Pat, died. So the days are different and thankfully he is close to his four children and grandchildren. He'll be off to Ireland soon where he spends summers.

Ken and I are committed to being in Hartford in 1998 for our 50th. What about you? If you have a moment, let me know what you're up to and whether you were able to be at our 50th Reunion: OTIS CHARLES, 3774 20th St. #4, San Francisco, CA 94110; or you can phone: 415-550-1078; fax: 415-522-1198; or e-mail: [email protected].

JOHN FANDEL, our Class poet who gave his first poetry read­ing in 1943 while a senior at Gorton High, Yonkers, gave his most recent reading at St. John's University, Queens. John is profes­sor emeritus of Manhattan College, as well as professorial lecturer at large and the oldest surviving founding member of Manhattan's Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Last spring he read the Phi Beta Kappa poem at the 25th anniversary of the chapter's founding. His book on poetry and prayer, The Eighth Morning, (available from Forward Movement Publications, 412 Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH 45202) was a best seller at the Religious Book Conference in Philadelphia.

ARTHUR WALMSLEY and I connect regularly at meetings of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church. Together with a group of bishops we are the owner publish­ers of Millenniu~, a print and on-line publication sent to all 13,600 active clergy in the Episcopal Church. Our web site is: http/ /www.millennium3.org. Have a look and while you're on-line visit http/ /www.diocal.org/oasis, home page for the gay and lesbian min­istry of the Diocese of California of which I have been the executive director for the past year.

The alumni office has no cur­rent mailing address for the follow­ing members of the Class. Any information as to how the individ­uals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-

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3100. Thank you. john W Ghent, Jr. john P Harrigan Robert E. Hess Arthur A. Lavine Elliot A. Murray

The Rt. Rev. Otis Charles 3774 20th St., #4

San Francisco, CA 94110 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agent: Donald J. O'Hare

m The alumni office has no current

mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Raymond P Hoffman, Jr. Arthur H Michaud Martin Parlan, Jr. Robert B. Sernoffiky Robert P "\Vttgner Robert C. Wilson, Jr.

William M. A. Wilson 43 Spring Glen Dr. Granby; CT 06035

Class Agent: John E Phelan

I have been in touch with JIM VAN LOON who owns and oper­ates Sterling & Twine Co. which knits specialty fabrics.

WINKlE BENNETT's two children who are Trinity grads, AMY '83 and WADE '85, are mar­ried. His third son, Matthew, a lawyer who graduated from Villanova Law School, will marry in June. Dr. Bennett is still practicing internal medicine in Paoli, PA.

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around here for another year or so." Summer will be with us by the

rime you read this! Perhaps it's not roo early to be thinking of Homecoming '97!

P.S. Keep the news flowing! The alumni office has no current

mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

William P Cooper DanielL. Davis Richard N Davis George E. jones III Edwin F Kalat Robert H Kalinowski Clayton C Perry, Jr. Donald H Reed Carmelo G. Russo Richard H Smith Ernest W Sternberg William G. Stevens

Donald B. Read 116 Sheephill Rd.

Riverside, CT 06878 Class Agent:

T. Gerald Dyar

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, H artford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Ronald M. Gagosz Francois T Hyde David J Logan Don S. Mastriforte john B. Newlin William K Rhodes Alain R. Roman Guy R. Shea Hillel $inoway Donald J Vtzlz

E. Wade Close, Jr. 622 West Waldheim Rd.

Pittsburgh, PA 15215 fax: 412-391-3052

Class Agents: Robert I. Hodes, Esq.

Joseph Slotnik Michelson

I talked with MERRILL CALLEN recently, who brought me up-to-date on his life and times. Merrill retired from Collins & Aikman last year and culminated _/ his last month on the job with a trip to Austria and other central Europe places. Since then he has been dividing his time between his

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home in Charlotte, NC and his weekend retreat on Lake No~man, north of the city. He has always loved boats and sailing, and enjoys repairing and fine-tuning wooden boats. His personal choice for rac­ing is the very fast Y-Flyer Class boat, an 18-foot scow which is very popular in the Midwest. The Callens have two daughters who live nearby- Lisa works at First Union Bank and Tori is a nurse with the Charlotte Medical Center. Finally, Merrill is taking a course on how to be a building contractor at Central Piedmont Community College. When he completes it he can get his license and become an official contractor (if he wants to).

PHIL STILES wrote me to underscore the fact that he had attended our 40th Reunion last June, even though he was not pre­sent for the Class picture or the Friday lobster dinner. He had regis­tered on Thursday, stayed on cam­pus, but left on Friday for Bates College, where his wife, Elise, had a reunion. He was accompanied by the very much alive, JOHN SWETT, whose wife, Diane, also went to Bates. He made it back to Trinity for the Class dinner Saturday and chapel service on Sunday.

On Feb. 1, my first art exhibi­tion successfully opened in Washington and GERRY PAULEY was there, along with his wife, Anita. It was wonderful to see him and we· all went on to dinner after the opening at a lively restaurant on the Potomac in Georgetown. As you can imagine, we laughed most of the night.

I called RON BOSS, in Westminster, CA (near Los Angeles). He was very upbeat and energetic, recommending the state of retirement without reservation. Ron was a pilot with American Airlines for about 30 years, flying Boeing 767s and 757s, mostly on domestic routes. Since retirement, he spends time enjoying the out­doors, swimming, and traveling, and refinishing old furniture. His two sons, Stephen and Jeffrey, have furnished much of their homes with his output.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Walter M L. Brown D. Harvey Cha.lfe Hugh E. Crilly john Gill Louis D. Hurr joseph P Kurmaskie Kirby J Malcolm-Smith john V Marino

William L. Melamed Robert L. Phipps William K Reed Martin C Stearns john M van Deventer Wade Woodworth Barton R. Young Alastair L. Taylor

Bruce N. Macdonald 1116 Weed St.

New Canaan, CT 06840 Class Agents:

Gerald E. Pauley, Jr. Henry M. Zachs

DAVID GIAMMATTEI has a good excuse for his absence at Reunion. He's retiring that week­end and a party is being planned at which 1,800 guests are expected!

MANDEL SLATER writes that BOB ROSENFELD lives in Farmington with his wife, Dale. Manny retired from Gillette and practices patent law "on a very lim­ited p-;;t-time basis from a home office.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

William F Keating Vincent J Bruno CarlL. Christensen

_Donald H Duff Edward S. Ferguson Russell B. jones, Jr. Douglas J Kimber Norman P MacFarlane Peter A. Makrianes Jeremiah H McKelvy Stuart S. Poole john D. Shields Frederick P S. Sill C Frederic Snider Robert K Taylor . joseph A. Therrien, Jr. P Gordon Whitney David L. Williams james D. Wilson David D. Doolittle

Paul A. Cataldo, Esq. Paul A Cataldo and Associates

55 W. Central St. P.O. Box435

Franklin, MA 02038 fax: 508-520-0699

Class Agents: Neil McPherson Day, Esq.

B. Graeme Frazier III

Reunion '98: June 4--7

GEORGE ENEPEKIDES and his daughter, Anna, visited campus recently. George gets to the United States. several times a year and always makes a point of stopping by. He entered Trinity with the Class of '60, but graduated with us. He lives in Athens and has been with Tupperware for many years.

JIM FLANNERY returned to campus last fall to participate in a special program ofirish music. Jim sang traditional Irish songs accom­panied by Janet Harbison, one of Ireland's most accomplished tradi­tional harpists. They performed both at the Austin Arts Center and downtown at the Old State House.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Hermann J Barron Norman M Blomberg H Douglas Coleman Robert J Couture Timothy T Holbrook Alan H Lapidus Douglas M Nelson Nicholas J Rucci J Dutton Smith George A. Steinmuller, Jr. Peter A. Tjler William W Warder Eugene I Wojcechowskyj

The Rev. Dr. Borden W. Painter, Jr. Trinity College

300 Summit St. Hartford, CT 06106

e-mail: [email protected] fax: 860-297-5111

Class Agents: John M. Catlin, M.D.

Joseph J. Repole, Jr. Edward B. Speno

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any infor­mation as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Frank C Barrie Robert J Brett Robert P Coyne Richard Hess Frederick B. Hewitt jerald E. Jessen Ki-Won Park

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Robert A. Wt:iser he will be scratching his wanderlust ingly, his business manages hotels, engaged, and Peter himself is busy W Theodore Franz by traveling in areas that he has townhouses, and condos. Some of filing important stories from The

Shepard M. Scheinberg, Esq. overlooked because of his work. them are on the beach and a few New York Times' Washington 1 Bayside Ave. Keep a Barlow watch out for him are in the Orlando area. Old Pete's bureau. His son, DAVID '90, got

Post Office Box 871 in the Napa Valley and Aspen. He'll dearly not working too hard together with PETER KREISEL in East Quogue, NY 11942 be the one drinking the best wines. though, 'cause his handicap is a Burlington, VT

Class Agents: Mal tells me that he was with most respectable six. And with that Never let it be said this column Robert D. Coykendall JOHN MCKELVY for John's 60th he was complaining a little. Gimme doesn't provide some hot stock tips.

Walter J. Graham birthday recently and reports that it a break. That's great golf, Pete. Any PAUL IAZAY is president and was a grand affair. John has recently ofyou.who want to sample the CEO of Advanced Telecommunica-

m chosen to step down from a long southern life early ought to rent a tions Modules Ltd., a California-and successful teaching career and is villa next winter from Pete. He'll based operation whose products spending a good deal of his time on give you the special Bantam deal. transport and switch voice, data, his rather spectacular boat. Mal, Time to go for me .. .l've got a and video traffic. He says the com-

Last night (it's early April as I again my source, tells me that John division to sell. Sure hope I'm with pany may go public in late 1997 or write this), I took the lining out of has made a number of transatlantic the package! early 1998. Paul and Joan will be my raincoat. This, along with its voyages on this boat, a Hinckley, I Stay healthy and happy, gang. dividing their time between Palo being light when I drive to New believe. John, if you ever are look- And write or call me when you can. Alto and their present home in York, is an annual "upper" that I ing for a crewman to pull lines, I'm Until next time. Groton. treasure more than just about any- only a phone call away. Sounds like The alumni office has no current There's more, but we can't print thing that relates to work. And a wonderful way to spend some real mailing address for the following it 'til we get it. Surely our Class is speaking of work, something that I quality time to me. And John, members of the Class. Any informa- full of retirement and professional must continue to do for a few when you next put into Nantucket, tion as to how the individuals can be achievements, grandchildren, travel, more years, my division at The call me and I'll give you an island contacted should be sent to Alumni and the like. Let's hear about it via New York Times Company is being tour, a cold frosty, and a shower! Office, Trinity College, Hartford, fax, e-mail, or whatever. sold. By the time you read this it I roomed with Mal in Elton 312 CT 06106-3100. Thank you. The alumni office has no current will have been sold and with a lot our freshman year and catching up James W Shetter mailing address for the following of luck, I may have found a new was fun. Another roomie of mine, Graham J D. Balfour members of the Class. Any informa-home in the process. It's a long who was also my best man a few William K Barcl:zy III cion as to how the individuals can be story and not really appropriate for years later, is JACK LAMOTHE. Adolph J Bodine, Jr. contacted should be sent to Alumni this column. But it does affect this He reports in with some spectacu- Richard M Brenner Office, Trinity College, Hartford, set of Class Notes as I have been larly good news on a couple of Martin V. Dagata CT 06106-3100. Thank you. completely distracted and busy fronts. BARRETT (Class of'91) is Donald J Gal:zti Jeffrey R Corey dealing with suitors, our invest- now finishing up at Duke (Fuqua) Thomas S. Grubbs II Stephen J Crockett ment bankers, and a host of other and has met the man of her destiny Karl W Hochadel Gilbert H Mackin related, if not very much fun, areas. there. She is tying the knot June 14. William J Huffer, Sr. William C Mcnulty, Jr.

52 My notes are one of the casualties. Both she and her fiance will be William H Mac Dermott Norman Mitchell Sorry. working in Boston so they will still Robert L. Puffer Edwin P. Paar

I did have the chance to talk be dose to the old folks. Still on the William C Sargent Robert E Perdue with MAL BARLOW Many of LaMothe dan, Jack's oldest, Kim, Christopher L. Sturge Horace B. Riley you know that Mal has been a has just been appointed to the Oliver Swigert Bruce D. Stewart long-time biggie at SrnithKline Harvard faculty as a lecturer in reli- James M Turman Edward B. mzggoner Beecham Pharmaceuticals. His gion. Congratulations, Kim. That is Anthony F Vignone William Kirtz whole career has been there. In truly extraordinary. Michael Washington 26WymanSt. fact, as I write this, he is about to I saw MICKEY LLOYD a cou- Thomas F White Newton, MA 02168 retire afi:er 35 years. Mal is current- pie of weeks ago at Trinity. You may john WWinam e-mail: William=Kirtzo/oFaculty% ly VP of SrnithKline's government know that Mickey is hard at work Richard W Stockton [email protected] and industry affairs for the interna- raising money for the College in 121 Whittredge Rd. Class Agents: tiona! operation. In that capacity, the Philadelphia area. And he is Summit, NJ 07901 William P. Kahi there has been just about nowhere doing a great job. He also looks e-mail: [email protected] Edward P. Seibert in the world that one would like to great. He was looking tanned and fax: 212-499-3563 Vincent R Stempien go that he hasn't been to; and, he is fit and generally ready for the next Class Agents: quick to add that he has been to big push to find more of us who George P. Kroh m lots of spots that he'd just as soon will step up to the plate and partici- Curtis M. Scribner forget. pate in the great and exciting activi-

I had to laugh when I asked Mal ties going on at Trinity. If you have

El what he was going to do afi:er he lost touch, I urge each of you to Hope you didn't forget our 35th retired. A common answer for most reconnect, fast. It is a wonderful Reunion! I'm sure you received a of us, of course, is "We are going to story at your College these days. flyer on the weekend. Cancer spe-travel." Well, for Mal that is also I have a little personal news to BRUCE MCFARLAND cialist, DR DAVE ALBERTS, the answer, but since he has trav- report as well. My son, RICK enjoyed accounts of our 35th spoke Friday afternoon of Reunion eled around the world for the last (Class of'91), is tying the knot on Reunion, but noted that he could weekend. His subject was "Eat, few decades so much, his travel will May 31. He is marrying a terrific only positively i.d. JACK Drink and Be Merry While likely be to and through the good girl and it seems likely that they will ANGELL. He encloses this head- Preventing Cancer." Hope you were old U.S.A. Mal was quick to tell live in our general area of the world line: "It's great to see old classmates able to hear it! me however, that even the United so Barbara and I feel very lucky. -if you can recognize them." Bruce ANDY MILLER wrote that he States traveling had to be put The wedding will be a pleasant runs a kite shop in Charleston, SC and his wife, Donna, expected to be somewhat on the back burner, as memory by the time you read this but reports that he still has time to at the Reunion. He also sadly he has rejoined SmithKline for the and we will have two of our three enjoy the sunrise over Folly Beach reports that our classmate, TOM next year or so as a contract execu- children married and on their way. from his Little Oak Island home. KELLY, has died (see In Memory tive to do some special project Talked with PETE JOHNSON CARL ZIMMERMAN recently Nov. 1996 Reporter). He lived in work as a consultant. Not bad ... the other day. He is a successful made his television debut, as the Bryn Mawr, PA and had been an sounds a lot like having one's cake entrepreneur in Florida where he is bell expert for a St. Louis show on assistant to the president of Albert and eating it, too ... or something the co-owner of Beachside Realty area churches and synagogues. Tire Co. Andy also reports that he like that. When he does find time, Management Group. Not surpris- PETER KILBORN's daughter is and Donna have become grandpar-

ents recently. He is still head of the trading department at the Winchester Group. ,

In February, SAM BAILEY was on a family business planning panel at the College. Sam is president of T.O. Richardson Company, an investment advisory firm. He is an expert on investment management and securities law.

Our classmate, HANK KISOR, continues his outstanding career as author, book editor and critic for the Chicago "Sun- Times. (See Feb. 1997 Reporter for a feature article on Hank.) Hope you were able to come back for Reunion, Hank. We haven't seen you in ages!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alwnni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

james E. Maryak Hans P. Bauer William E. Byrne William j Coad III Mark E. Fairbanks Robert C Field, Jr. Walter A. Frey III Robert E. Harned Peter A. Hendricks Richard P. Kroczynski Boris M. Luts Richard Mac Craw james H McConnell Peter C Mitchell Graham J Neary Kevin L. O'Brien Albert W Rudis, Jr. Charles W Sargent

Frederick M. Pryor TFC Financial Management Inc.

176 Federal St. Boston, MA 02110 fax: 617-951-0274

Class Agent: Thomas E Bundy; Jr.

Reunion '98: June ~7

Don't forget to come to Homecoming '97 on the weekend ofNov. 7-9 for our official 35th Reunion kickoff gathering. In February; you received a little sign­up card, covered by a letter from VIC KEEN, urging you to do some little part in putting together anoth­er great milestone gathering of our great Class of'63. If you have not already done so, please call Vic (215-979-1945) or SCOTT REYNOLDS (860-297-2093) even at this late date, and sign up. Your participation will make a big differ­ence. Lots of hands make light work.

DAVE WICKS says, "It's great to be "back in the Northeast," if you

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can call Long Island that. Dave made the move last summer from Houston as director, new media project management for Cablevision. This is a return to an industry which has labeled him as an industry pioneer for financing CATV in the 1970s. His boss, the vice chair, was quoted as saying that "David's business acumen'' (Kenny Cameron loved that word) "and industry knowledge will play a key role in helping us reach our cus­tomers with new and exciting ser­vices. ~ We are counting on you, too, Dave. CATV is long overdue on delivering new and exciting ser­vices.

STAN MARCUSS wrote to say that he was co-captain of this year's Cambridge University Alumni Eight which won, for the second year in a row, over the Oxford boat. The 1,700-meter race happened on the Potomac just above Georgetown. Stan went on to report that wife, Rosemary, is an appointee on the DC Tax Commission, which has set out to straighten out DC finances. This apparently is a collateral duty for her, in that she is assistant director of tax at the Congressional Budget Office. Why is everything multi­syllabic in Washingron except the word "tax''? Daughter, Elena, is now finishing up at Georgetown Law and son, Aidan, will be entering Dartmouth this fall. Stan saw STEVE HAARSTICK at the Annapolis Boat Show last fall. He uses Steve's sail company for his boat's sails and recommends Steve's services highly.

Elizabeth and I had a nice visit with JIM and Lucy GOODRIDGE during our annual fall visit to the campus last Homecoming. Jim has set up his own financial planning group in Hartford afrer doing for others all these years. Several former clients moved on with him, includ­ing Stan Marcuss, who says that Jim is a delight to work with! All Trin alums take note and thank you, Stan, for all the endorsements.

I voice-mailed SAM WINNER a few weeks ago to see if he and Julie could host my wife, Elizabeth, and me .overnight while I was near Del Mar for a weekend meeting. He voice-mailed me back that they'd be out of town, taking son, Sammy, to the Coast Guard Academy for a look-see and a possible football scholarship!

Speaking of academies, both CHARLIE MCGILI.:s son, Charles, Jr., and LOCKETT PITMAN's son, Kyle, are at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Charles has been there many years and may have harassed Plebe Kyle sometime this past year. Would Charles do

anything like that! "Unthinkable," quoth proud dad, Charlie. Those who know Charles would tend to agree unless they knew his "old man" during his wilder days.

KIRBY TALLEY called into the alumni office to report that he was married last Nov. 25 to Jane Siena. Jane is president, St. Petersburg International Center at Gelly Conservation Institute. We are assuming this is in Florida and not Russia, Kirby ... So, can we expect that you and your bride will join us for our '35th?

Speaking 'of brides - LLOYD REYNOLDS brought his new bride, Lee Darden, to Trinity last Homecoming. Lee is a delightful addition to our jolly Class family and more than makes up for Lloyd. But, Lloyd, you know we love you anyway, just the way you are!

I have just gone back to work as a full-time employee for the first time in seven years, as director of real estate/network expansion for ICG Telecom Group, Denver, a new CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) phone company, my fourth client afrer MFS, TCG, and NetLink. The work takes me everywhere east of the mile-high city; and my team members operate out of Dallas, Cleveland, and Columbus. I am still out of Boston and my boss is in Denver. Without Internet, e-mail, cell phone, a sub­note book computer, pager, e-tickets and plenty of credit on my Gold plastic, I and my bag of clothes and files would never get through each week. While daunting, the challenge is fun and has become old hat by now. My wife, Elizabeth, barely misses me since she works long hours, full-time with explosive­growth Molten Metal Technology, Inc., Waltham. We miss our chil­dren, but they call ofren. Daughter, Frances, was married last September to Patrick Delaune. They have a cat, a house in Austin, and will be get­ting a dog soon. Son, Jordan, is still searching for the right oyster, er .. pearl of a job.

While in Austin for the wedding we stayed with Lockett and Sue Pitman. While we have kept in touch through the years, the last time we saw each other was in Chu Lai 31 years ago. So we had a great catch-up time. Lockett has just retired from IBM and is now reori­enting himself into a higher plane for his next career. Courses and trips to Vermont have become part of the formula. More later.

RICHARD TUTTLE was the subject of a review in the Feb. 16, 1997 edition of The New York Times. An exhibition of his work was on display recently at the main branch of the New York Public Library.

Quick notes from JIM TOZER's Vectra Management aerie in N.Y. C. give us more news .. . Re JIM BORDEN's vaunted reputation as one of the top experts in foreign exchange, Jim's recent move to Bank of Boston from Chase Manhattan has caused a stir. BILL HOWLAND has had a big promo­tion ... Bill, write home and tell us about this synthetic fiber stuff you are selling at Allied Chemical. DICK FIELD is chairman of Master Card International, which is over and above his usual duties as senior EVP retail, Bank of New York. Thanks, Jim.

More later .. .if you write! Come to Homecoming!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the .. i;l!ldividuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Peter H Bogert W Lewis Campbell Phillip W Correll Laurence L. Dawson Wesley V Feshler Kevin Y Gebhard Malcolm S. Graham Paul T Hannigan john R. Hebel E. Bruce Hill III Dwight Holbrook David E. johnson David A. Lander W L. Linberg Donald E. McCormick Allen W Merrell Jr. Robert F Petti III Peter Williams Potter Richard W Wheelock T Anthony Wright IV Robert Zimmerman, Jr.

G. Alexander Creighton 117 Lincoln Rd.

Lincoln, MA 01773 Class Agent:

Scott W. Reynolds

The annual fire-fighting robotics contest, held in April and spon­sored by Trinity's engineering department, featured DICK GANN '65. Dick is a friend of DAVE AHLGREN, professor and department chairman of engineer­ing at the College.

PAUL KADLIC was elected vice president/ sales for the sheet prod­ucts unit of U.S. Steel.

Professor of Religion FRANK KIRKPATRICK appeared on a local Hartford radio station, addressing ethical issues relating to the subject of frivolous lawsuits. Frank also spoke to the Trinity Club of Philadelphia in March and

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to the Trinity Club of Hartford in May,

Trinity's Associate Academic Dean RON SPENCER, along with Hartford Mayor Mike Peters, wel­comed students from Kingswood­Oxford School when they carne to Trinity to attend a "Symposium on the City of Hartford in 1997."

The alumni office has no cur­rent mailing address for the follow­ing members of the Class. Any information as to how the individ­uals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

john K Bailey Richard A. DeMone Robert A. Feimchreiber Albert E Holland, Jr. John C. Hussey Lawrence S. james II j ohn G. Mcintire Kenneth W Parsom G. Randolph Plass, Jr. Harry D. A. Pratt john C. Rowlett Robert C. Schwartz David W Tompkim David H Tower Richard H Towle

Theodore T. Pettus 455 E. 51st St., #6B

New York, NY 10022-6474 fax: 212-867-5177

Class Agent: Kenneth R. Auerbach

DICK GANN, chief of the fire science division of the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), arranged for NIST to co­sponsor with Trinity's engineering department the annual fire-fighting robotics contest held on campus in April. This was the first time N IST had co-sponsored the event, and its support helped underwrite some of the associated expenses. Dick's interest in the program grew out of his longtime friendship dating back to undergraduate days with DAVE AHLGREN '64, professor of engi­neering and department chair. Dick agreed to provide contest winners a trip to the N IST labs in Washington, DC, and he was a fea­tured speaker at the event. NIST co-sponsorship gave a great boost to the contest which already had attracted considerable interest and attention nationwide. Thanks for your help, Dick!

BARRY ROSEN sent YOUR SECRETARY a lengthy and wel­come e-mail message about what he has been doing since graduating 'neath the elms. After receiving his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Connecticut, Barry

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spent several years as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell, and then served 15 years as a faculty member in the department of biological chemistry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. For the past 10 years he has been chair of biochemistry and molecu­lar biology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. H e is conducting a major research program in the area of heavy metal and drug resistance, and travels nationally and interna­tionally in connection with his research. In March he lectured at a symposium in Austria, and in April spoke in Canterbury, UK at the British Society of Experimental Biology's symposium on metals and genes. In addition, he actively col­laborates with research groups in the U.S., Canada, England, China and Russia. Barry reports running into BUZZ GORSKY in Hawaii some years ago, and hopes to visit Trinity in the near future. Thanks for the update, Barry!

In February, PETER STUR­ROCK participated in a program on campus sponsored by the College's new Business Exchange Program designed to serve as a forum for the exchange of business information and ideas for alumni, students, and members of the greater Hartford community. Entitled, "Succession Planning for the Successful Family Business," the program addressed a number of planning issues related to family businesses.

In January, at the College's request, YOUR SECRETARY agreed to prepare the final three chapters of the modern history of Trinity which will cover the College's development from 1920 to 1995. Co-authored by Dr. Glenn Weaver, emeritus professor of history, the manuscript's comple­tion is scheduled for December 1997 with publication of the illus­trated history occurring in late fall of 1998 in conjunction with the College's 175th anniversary. ANNE KNAPP M'76, YOUR SECRE­TARY's wife, is serving as research consultant on the project.

T hat's all for now, and remember to keep me posted on news of note.

T he alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

james A. Bard Rodney H Brown Robert L. Dawson Richard J Goodwin Peter B. Hollenbeck Robert M Hurwitz Samuel L. jenkim

Randolph C. Kent joe R. McDaniel Chikungwa M Mseka joseph C. Noyes III Kenneth D. Phelps, Jr. Patrick G. Pierce William E Reyburn Harvey R. Royce joshua A. Smith III Habit W W Wejuli

Peter J. Knapp Watkinson Library

Trinity College 300 Summit St.

Hartford, CT 06106 e-mail: knapp@mail. trincoll.edu

fax: 860-297-2251 Class Agent:

Laurence D . Bory

Trinity Professor of Psychology and Director of the Counseling Center RANDY LEE participated on March 6 in a session entitled, "Connecticut's New Diet Law," presented by Trinity's Women's Center and the Office of Faculty Grants. Randy was also appointed

to a six-person national task force on "On-line Psychotherapy and Counseling" by the Board of Professional Affairs of the American Psychological Association.

Trinity Professor of History SAM KASSOW was a panelist for a February presentation by the College's history department called, "Ordina.ty Germans in the Holo­caust: The Goldhagen Controversy."

T he alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Douglas Braidwood Malcolm N Carter Jonathan D. Cook Paul B. Crapo Roland 0. DeNoie Ariel R. Depetris Vincent J Donato Paul Edmonds Thomas L. Israel Thomas G. johmton Hamilton S. Leach William F Merrill Peter G. Mills Lawrence Wm. Moore

Donald M. Bishop '67 is among seven U.S. Foreign Service Officers recently honored by the State Department for their work to end child labor in the garment factories of Bangladesh.

.Assistant Secretary of State Robin Raphe/ cited the group at the American Embassy in Dhaka for '"forging an agreement" that ensured '"the welfare of underage workers." The ilccord, signed by the garment manufacturers and international organizations, pro­vides for child laborers to be Identified, removed from the facto­ries, and sent to schools.

The use of child laborers as cutters, sewers, loom workers, and helpers in Bangladesh's garment factories had been publicized by human rights organizations and journalists. Because many Bangladeshi families would be forced by their poverty to find other, more hazardous employment for their children if they lose their jobs in the garment factories, the agreement also provides that the firms give the families a stipend, to cover some of the lost wages, and hire another family member. The garment manu­facturers and the ILO provide the monthly stipend to students and UNICEF funds the schools.

Giving the seven the State Department's Superior Honor Award, Assistant Secretary Raphe/ said they '"pioneered a groundbreaking alliance ... that marks an important milestone in efforts to eradi­cate child labor worldwide." An ILO official called the program '"the first of Its kind ever In the world."

Bishop, counselor for public affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, received degrees in history from Trinity and Ohio State University. Since joining tire Foreign Service in 1979, he has served in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Washington, and Bangladesh. In 1991 he was a Congressional Fellow on the staff of Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey. His wife, Jemma, is a consular associate at the American Embassy in Dhaka; they have three sons.

Ellis M Ratner Jeffrey R. Seckler Alfred G. Stauffer Hubertus V. Sulkowski

E. Ford Barrett III 3822 Fordham Rd. NW

Washington, DC 20016 fax: 202-874-5279

e-mail: [email protected] Class Agents:

David C. Charlesworth, M.D. Lindley C. Scarlett

MIKE FERGUSON writes, "As a result _of ~orporate reengineering, reorgamzatron, merger, etc. (the whole nine yards), I have recently relocated from Tehachapi, CA to southern New Mexico, a process which included moving my family, dogs, cats, and several horses by interesting, overland motorcade from our former mountainside retreat to a pleasant pecan grove/ river valley locale outside of the little adobe village of Mesilla, NM." Mike is now associate gener­al counsel ofEI Paso Energy Corp. He further notes, "Needless to say, I spend much of my rime in my car or on airplanes, although the won­ders of computers, fax machines, etc., have allowed more time at ~orne than in pa;t years. Family mcludes my wife, Alison, plus chil­dren, Ian, and Caitlin."

The alurrmi office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent ro Alurrmi Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Peter Andersen Raymond A. Beaudin Michael 0. Billington Robert D. Cushman Perry E Di Cola J Richard Fusco Kenneth L. Hasnosi Michael L. Herbeck Alfred E Hicks Thomas W McConnell Peter A. Resnick William J Rosenbaum john H Rutter MichaelM. Sargent Miles Scull III Lauren R. White Auden 'Witter

Jeffrey J. Fox Fox & Co Inc.

34 Dale Rd. Avon, CT 06001

fax: 860-677-5349 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: Bradford L. Moses

James H. Oliver

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Reunion '98: June 4-7

MIKE LESTZ, a history profes­sor at the College, along with Political Science Professor Gitte Schulz, served on a panel focusing on Hong Kong, sponsored by the West Hartford League of Women Voters. Mike gave a historical overview of Hong Kong from the time it became a British colony to the present. On Feb. 11, Mike took part in the 1997 Institute on Regional Economic Growth spon­sored by BankBoston Connecticut. His keynote speech to the group was entitled "Opening Global Markets to Connecticut Business."

YOUR SECRETARY has just become an officer in the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery, recent­ly reorganized at Woodbury; CI This is a Civil War reenactment group. The original regiment was organized in 1862 at Litchfield. In November 1863 it was converted to heavy artillery and redesignated. During the campaigns around Richmond in 1864-1865, General Grant needed more infantry and turned the regiment back to infantry, although it kept its artillery designation. Any member of the Class in Litchfield County, or near­by, who would like to join up should contact me. If you didn't serve in Vietnam, this is your chance!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alurrmi Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

David K Bloomgarden Francis X Daly Karl N Enemark Paul R. Goldschmidt Robert A. Gutzman Bruce K Harvey Randolph N Horner Scott L. Horton Colin E Kaujinan john H Lowe III Jeffrey E Lucas Paul C Mortel Ames M Nelson William B. Paul Jr. Kenneth G. Pavel jonathan B. Reilly jonathan S. Sanders William P. Schoo Scott R. Smith Stephen Wadsworth

William T. Barrante P.O. Box 273

Watertown, CT 06795 fax: 203-879-5310

Class Agent: Stephen Peters

Received a blast from cyberspace from DAVE SEIDEL who is alive and well, living in Southbury, CI He operates an investment manage­ment firm from which I am certain although he is too modest to say, h~ makes lots of money for his clients. You can e-mail Dave a note at [email protected].

Also received an e-mail from Kiev in the former Soviet Union now Ukraine, from JAMES SCHU­MAKER. He is currently the deputy chief of mission where he has been posted since January 1995. Afrer Trinity, Jim spent four years in the Army, mostly as a Russian inter­preter at the White House Communications Agency. He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1973 and for the past 23 years has spent time not only in Washington, DC, but also in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Moscow (twice), Leningrad, and Kabul, Mghanistan. ?ounds like it was fascinating. His job presently is to guide the growth of the United States presence in Ukraine as it experiences what he describes as "explosive growth," as well as to manage the Embassy there. He e-mailed me because he was concerned at the paucity of entries for our Class Notes in the Trinity Reporter. He can be reached by e-mail at schumaker@ kievwpoa. us-state.gov.

The United States Attorney in Boston announces the appointment of RICHARD HOFFMAN as chief of the asset forfeiture unit where he had been assigned for two years, concentrating on prosecu­tions of white-collar and organized crime. Richard was a partner in the litigation department of Boston's Hale and Dorr before joining the U.S. Attorney's Office. He got his law degree from the University of Connecticut Law School and a master's degree from New York University.

The alumni office reports that ALDEN GORDON, Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Art History at the College, has written a review of the "Grand Tour" exhi­bition in tl1e Tate Gallery in London. The article appeared in ''Apollo," an art magazine published in London.

YOUR SECRETARY has become a parrner in the real estate section at Robinson & Cole in Hartford. Robinson & Cole has offices also in Boston, Stanlford and Greenwich. I can see the Chapel tower now from my office window. Please drop me an electronic or other note and let me know what's gomgon.

The alurrmi office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as ro how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alurrmi Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

R. Diedrich August David C Bartlett Darrell H Burstein Kenneth R. Casey "Walter A. Clearwaters Leslie A. Dowd Howard H Harris William A. Hastings james N Hayes Stephen H Horemtein William D. Hough Stephen E Hume Ebrima K ]obarteh Michael]. Karp Mark M Kindley Lloyd J Kramer Norman Kramer jonathan M Logan Frederick S. Lowe PaulS. Lundgren P. Barry Lynch Jr. M jerome Makramky Manuel G. Martim Nick Arnold Melito Swami Tjagananda Peter M Miller III Edward T Parrack, Jr. Michael J Plummer Barry R. Scatton fohn T M Shumate 55 Robert E Starck -Richard C Welton Vtm Cartwell A?ford

Edward S. Hill, Esq. Robinson & Cole

One Commercial Pl. Hartford, CT 06103-3597

fax: 860-275-8371 office e-mail: ehill&rc.com

home e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: H. Graham McDonald, Esq.

Brian Keiili Titus, Esq.

YOUR SECRETARY hosted President Dobelle on his volunteer television show in West Hartford titled "Inside/Out" during February. The discussion covered many topics, including Trinity's upcoming 175th Anniversary, the r~le of the liberal arts, filllding for h1gher education, Trinity's neigh­bor~oo~ initiative, and the surge in apphcatrons to Trinity over the past two years. Evan Dobelle proved to be a wonderful television personali­ty, in addition to his many other well known talents.

Our Classmate, TONY DIBEL­LA, has traveled to Guatemala with his spouse to pick up their adopted daughter, Ana Lucia, who was born

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in February 1996. JUDY DWORIN, professor of

theater and dance at Trinity, con­tinues to get terrific local press. She recently led fifth-graders at the Parkview Community School in a performance ofThe Native . American Myth through dance, made possible by a grant from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. She hopes to get the students to be more physically active and interactive in order to express their creativity and improve their literacy and language development. In addition, she directed a piece at Hartford's Old State House with her ensemble titled "Burning," a performance piece about the perse­cution of witches in New England. · The first woman to be accused and convicted as a witch in America was hanged at the Old State House in 1647. Yes, the Constitution State has quite a varied history. Judy also directed a performance at Bates College as part of the American College Dance Festival Regional Conference.

RAY MCKEE has recently been promoted to executive vice presi­dent and general tax counsel at the Bank of America, where he heads up a tax department with 85 employees. He writes, "Never made it to San Francisco in the '60s, but doing just fine here in the '90s." Which reminds Your Secretary that San Francisco is a great city. He plans to attend the A.B.A. Convention there in August, as Hartford County's delegate to the A.B.A.'s House of Delegates. If there are any of you who plan to also attend or have some good ideas for a mini-reunion there, please write.

The alumni office has no cur­rent mailing address for the follow­ing members of the Class. Any information as to how the individ­uals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

john R. Anderson William Robert Anderson Witter F Brooke Michael P. Davidson Gene P. Dusseau Drew T. Fleisch Samuel C. French Edward J Garofolo james R. Golmon Richard C. Heinz Charles R. Hosking Alan D. ]ohmon Berardo Jurado George R. Lawrence john H. Leidler Charles J Lemonier Ray L. Me Allister Roy C. McCord Patrick W Mitchell DavidM Moss

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julian C. Nichols, Jr. john P. Osler Howard W Pearson ]oseM Peman Keith C. Pye Paul H. Serafino Brian A. Taylor Karsten T.K Thompson james B. Webber Martyn H. Williams

John L. Bonee III, Esq. The Bonee Law Offices

One State St. Hartford, CT 06103

fax: 860-522-6049 Class Agents:

Ernest ]. Mattei, Esq. Andrew F. Stewart, M.D.

SHELDON CROSBY and a partner have recently formed [ARC Architects in Avon, CT, and among its projects is the transfor­mation of the former Hartford restaurant, Spencer's, into Corny T's, a combination restaurant, jazz dub, and dance dub. It is due to open this spring. Sheldon has an architecture degree from the University of Washington (he was once a coffeehouse owner in Seattle), and a business degree from Dartmouth. His first restaurant design was for a coffeehouse in West Hartford and his new firm is also designing Coach's and Cafe Noir, both due to open soon in Stamford, CT.

BILL REYNOLDS has been appointed senior vice president of development at CapStar Hotel Company. His responsibilities will include identifYing individual prop­erties for acquisition, and negotiat­ing and structuring deals through all phases, from the financing to the dosing stages. CapS tar is one of the largest hotel management compa­nies in the country, and since this information comes from a Washington newsletter, I think I am right in assuming it is based in DC. Bill was formerly with Dallas­based Metro Hotels.

A year ago, CHRISTOPHER MASSEY was appointed corporate general tax counsel for BHP, a large, multinational, natural resources and steel company, based in San Francisco.

SUSAN HABERLANDT orga­nized a "Symposium on the City of Hartford in 1997" at Trinity on Feb. 19. The details of this event will surely be reported elsewhere -perhaps in this very Reporter- but I should say here that based on the writeup I have seen, it clearly was a huge undertaking on Susan's part (especially considering she is full­time director of the upper school at

the Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford - all the school's eighth through 12th graders attend- · ed). The day included panel discus­sions, workshops, and bus tours.

PETER LAWRENCE and his wife, Susan, hosted a Trinity Club of Fairfield gathering at their home in Darien, CT at which President Evan Do belle was the guest of honor. He spoke about the College's neighborhood initiatives, on-campus plans and projects, and admissions endeavors. His message was well received by the many who attended.

The alumni office has learned that MARK FORMICA will serve as chairman of the board at Citizens Bank.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Raymond WAcker Robert A. Caputo Robert V Carr III Victor N Castagna Richard E. Christemen David Galbraith Donald J Ganley Craig M Greaves james H. Hardy Christopher J M. ]ohmtone Robert J LaRose D. Bruce Mahaffey Nicholas G. Maklary john C. McLoughlin William J Montgomery Rodney Patmon Spencer S. Reese john A. Reeves PaulS. Regnier Georges P. Roumain Richard W Schultz R. j. Smith Ke'f)t W Tarpley Peter J Wizite Arthur M Weber

Starr Badger Shippee 248 Lake Ave.

Greenwich, CT 06830 Class Agents:

Kathleen L. Frederick L. Peter Lawrence

William H. Reynolds, Jr.

These notes should find you basking in the summer sun with thoughts of a Trinity Reunion fresh in your mind. In March (when these notes were written) our 25th Re­union showed the promise of many classmates returning to campus.

One classmate who felt he would not be able to return did write to bring us up-to-date. LARRY SICHEL is a monk who has been

living in Buddhist temples in Asia, the United States, and Europe for about 20 years. He is now in Korea and will spend the summer on an annual three-month retreat. He sees himself in Asia for the foreseeable future.

Closer to home, PETER WITTMAN writes that he has returned to Pennsylvania afrer his job in the paper industry brought him to New York City, Atlanta, Stamford, and Chicago. Currently, he is president of the New Jersey division ofWWF Paper Company, as well as the corporate executive VP of business development. WWF is the largest independent paper merchant in the United States. Peter brings three children (Meredith, 15, Peter Jr., 13, and Christopher, eight) to a new mar­riage with the former Suzanne Bloom (the wedding was Oct. 14, 1995). Hannah Curry, the newest addition to the family, was born on Oct. 15, 1996.

Meanwhile, another industry, Standard Products Co., announced the election of RICHARD N. JACOBSON to the position of general counsel and secretary. Standard Products manufactures sealing, trimming, and vibration control systems for the automotive equipment industry (ifl under­stand the news dipping correctly) .

Richard had previously served as the senior corporate counsel for The B.F. Goodrich Company in Akron and also had served in the legal department at Joy Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh. Afrer Trinity, Richard graduated from Boston University School of Law.

DEAN HAMER's name appeared in an article which addressed the question of whether our potential for happiness is genet­ically sealed. Dean is a psychologist who has researched happiness and heredity at the National Institutes of Health. The article quotes him as saying " ... happiness is 50 percent genetic." Hopefully, he came to Reunion to explain his work, which sounds both fascinating and com­plicated.

Finding out what everyone has done since Trinity is what makes reunions terrific. We are all strewn about the globe in a variety of pro­fessions which may not have even been a dream back in the '70s. Keep Trinity posted. In between reunions, it's great to read about you here.

Watch for the next Reporter for Reunion details written by a newly elected Secretary!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be

contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Robert M. Atwater WadeR Cole Raymond V. De Silva james M Doyle Alva A. Garnes fane Ginsberg Roderick john M Hancock Robert T Hollister Charles R. King DavidA. Lee A. Bruce Mac Donald Carlos M Martinez Thomas McGuirk Thomas M Milligan john M Randall Donald E. Ratliff Lesley Dill Sagerman Thomas R. Savage Michael Schwartz Raja Changez Sultan Gerardo Tramontozzi William Vtzn Auken

Kristin Anderson 32 Linebrook Rd.

Ipswich, MA 01938 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: Thomas M. Buchenau, Esq.

Douglas T. Lake E. Lawrence Minard III

Reunion '98: June 4-7

BARBARA BROWN writes, "I fulfilled one of my lifelong dreams this past year - I went to Egypt. I took a cruise down the Nile, rode a camel, and experienced the Pyramids at Giza, even venturing inside two of them to the interior rooms with empty sarcophagi. The trip was all I expected and more.

"Also took part in a very reward­ing and happy occasion, as Trinity held a luncheon and reception for DR [MICHAEL) CAMPO '48, celebrating 25 years ofTrinity's Rome Campus and the Cesare Barbieri Center. I was the sole rep­resentative from the first class to spend an entire semester in Rome ....

"Speaking of the Cesare Barbieri Center, I can't give high enough praise to the inspiring and enter­taining readings and interpretations of The Divine Comedy, led by scholars visiting Trinity from throughout the Northeast, and sponsored by the C. B. Endowment for Italian Culture. Bravo!"

SUSANNAH HESCHEL, an internationally respected scholar of religion at Case Western Reserve University, continues to teach rather than research and write full­time. She says, "I have to teach. I can't not teach." Her authority on

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Jewish feminism, Jewish-Christian relations, and the relationship of religion to the environment makes her a frequent guest lecturer, researcher, traveler, and writer.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

julian W. Birch Alan] Child john] Coyne Neville S. Davis Adelaide Beacham James D. Evans III juliet Rogers Vtzllee Michael J Gross Richard C Gurchin jeanne Frawley Knecht Alan S. Landry Sarah W. Masters Sari Miller Kauahikaua Eleanor S. Pedersen Thomas S. Perakos Philip L. Poirier Patricia A. Powell Tijan M Sallah Matthew D. Schor Richard P. Sieger George E. Spencer III Robert B. Thiel Jr. Adrian G. P. Thomas ]ejftey M Tucker Richard V. Vtzne Deborah j veis La Leace V. Williams Nathaniel L. Williams Robert D. Wilson III Donna R. Zito Susan H Coverdale Eleanor Crosby Hall

Daniel M. Roswig, M.D. 3 Stonepost

Simsbury, CT 06070 Class Agents:

The Rev. James A. Kowalski Patti Mantell-Broad Paul B. Zolan, Esq.

STEPHEN SAXE notes, "I have been busy for the past 20-some­thing years. I received an M .S. degree in biochemistry from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from Wesleyan University. I was then a staff fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD and followed that up by becoming an assistant profes­sor at the Albany College of Pharmacy in Albany, NY. I then decided to enter the field of patent law. I became a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. I entered law school and became a patent agent while attend­ing law school. In May of 1996, I

graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. I passed the Virginia Bar exam and am working as a patent lawyer, specializing in biotechnology, at Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP in Washington, DC.

''Along the way I got married to Xiaosha Ge and we now have three children, Andrew (eight), Benjamin (six), and Zachary (two). We are living in Centreville, VA which is about 20 miles outside of Washington, DC."

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

james W. Adams janet A. Babb Giorgio Barone Lisbeth Bensley-Pino Patricia A. Brown Cheryl Hahn Carney Michael S. Chearney Marilyn Lewis D'Alessandro Frederick A. Dahl jonathan C David Gregory L. Forte Barbara L. Frazer Elizabeth Grady Merkin Richard B. Hall Martha T Hamblin Karen L. Harris Edward W. Heiderich, Jr. Cathy Young Hoffmann R. Lianne johnson Vtzlmore T jones Steven C Kasel Adron D. Keaton Susan Dunham Russell Phillip S. LaBove Gordon B. Madge Scott M Me Bride John J McCook Duane P. McKay Dennis M McKearin Cristina Medina S. Michael Minard Susan W. Moore Betty l Morningstar Elizabeth Pelgrift Boak Stephen 0 . Pember E james Robinson Mitchell Rosenberg Leslie S. Simmons R. Steven Walker Saul Wiezenthal AnnM Wolf Richard H Wolfram joyce Laughlan Yelenak

James A. Finkelstein 17 Bracken Ct.

San Rafael, CA 94901-1587 Class Agents:

Stacie Bonfils Benes Jon H. Entine

The Class Notes for 1975 this time include a wonderful report on a heretofore-unknown 15-year card game. The following carne in from CHRIS LANE:

"It has been years since I have written with any news, so I thought it was about time to send in a note. The most interesting news for me is that in October I won the 'Honest Hearts Trophy' in the 15th annual Trinity Hearts Club tournament. The four finalists, all Class of 1975 , were myself, JAMES GOMES (now living in Boston), TONY PICCIRILLO (having returned from England and living in Lyme, CT), and JEFF KELLER (who lives in Tenafly, NJ). I have actually won the finals three of the last five years, so I am on something of a roll. The finals were held at Jeff's house this year, and next year the plans are for holding the tournament on Cape Cod.

"I have not seen any other Trinity alums recently, though I did get to chat with Drew Hyland when he carne down and gave an excellent talk at the Trinity Club in Philadelphia. As for myself, I have recently published a pair of guides on collecting antique prints (I am co-owner ofThe Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.) and have just had an article published in Mercator's World, an international publication on antique maps. I have also been asked to give a lecture at the Philadelphia Antiques Show next April, which is a nice honor as this show is considered by many to be the most prestigious in the country.

"Looking over this letter I am embarrassed to have written so much of 'what I've done,' but I guess that is how news gets into the Class Notes. This awkwardness is why I haven't written in such a long time and probably won't for anoth­er long time. Anyway, I decided to write this, so here it is."

As to other news, BOB ANDRI­AN was reported, for yet another year, as a top soccer coach in New England. I drove by Bob's work place, the Loomis School, a few months ago on the way to a busi­ness meeting, and remarked on the quiet beauty of that old New England main street. [Editor's note: See "Notable" about Bob.]

YOUR SECRETARY is in the midst of some interesting times. My firm, A. Foster H iggins & Co., has been acquired by William M. Mercer as part of the sale of Johnson & Higgins to Marsh & McClennan. We are all excited about the global reach of the new combination, which creates the

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Saving tnore than souls

Minister tends to more than city's spiritual needs The following article about the Rev. Emily Holcombe 74 was published in The Advocate in Stamford, CT It was written by Advocate staff writer, Beth Cooney. ©Copyright 1996, The Advocate, reprinted with permission.

T hore ~ no tim' fut emergency medical response in physical trawna," she said. The hot and sour soup or Stamford. West Hartford native was once a prayers. In her SEMS uniform, stock- litigator with a big Hartford law

On this night, the Rev. Emily ing an ambulance with medical firm, but career disenchantment Holcombe's mission was more supplies or sticking an IV tube coupled with volunteer work in physical than spiritual. There into the arm of a semi-conscious the oncology ward of Hartford was a 78-year-old woman in cri- man, Holcombe is all business. Hospital confirmed a spiritual sis, a 15-year-old basketball Her colleagues call her Emily. calling. player with a dislocated knee, a And there is little, outside of her "I knew as I was holding the chronic alcoholic passed out in soothing way with patients, that hands of these very sick people the cab of a pickup truck and a reveals the nature of her day job. that the place to go for me was young man with a major trau- "I may pray for the people I the ministry," she said. "And rna - his aorta severed after he see here, but to myself," she once I was doing that, I got was hit by a car. said. "Usually; it's hours after more interested in science as I

There were scared families to I've seen them and I'm home spent time in places like the soothe, vomit to catch, legs to and I think about how their oncology ward, with renal (kid-splint and intravenous tubes to lives have changed in a matter ney dialysis) patients or working insert in the arms of combative of seconds. Here, my job is to with AIDS patients. I could help patients. There were strange sto- tend to their physical needs. If with the spiritual stuff, but I felt ries to sort out at accident they want prayers, I can help like I could help them more if I scenes. with that. But it's only if they understood what was happening

On Medic I, Stamford ask And usually the people who in the physical sense." Emergency Medical Services ask know me because they are She squeezed in the 3 50 Inc. ambulance assigned to members of my congregation." hours of training required to Stamford Hospital, Holcombe Holcombe became a SEMS become certified as an EMT was there to reach the sick and volunteer six years ago, after and, later, an intermediate EMT, injured. relocating to Stamford from which can administer more

Three or four nights a New Haven, where she had pre- advanced lifesaving techniques. month, the associate pastor of pared for pastoral work at Yale When she came to Stamford Stamford's First Congregational Divinity School. to take her first ministry assign-Church sheds her role as a spiri- Her rounds spent as a chap- ment as an associate to First tual healer and responds to the lain at Yale-New Haven and Congregational's pastor, the Rev. call of 911. She dons blue chi- Saint Raphael's hospitals in New Gary Brown, she signed on as nos, practical shoes and a Haven influenced her decision soon as she learned SEMS stethoscope to ride the ambu- to seek medical training. She actively solicited certified volun-lance as a SEMS volunteer. described her 24-hour on-call teers to supplement its profes-

She is one of 50 people who chaplain duties as "five episodes sional ambulance crews. supplement SEMS professional of 'ER' rolled into one. "For me, it was a chance to staff by serving as a third set of "There were a lot of times get involved in a new communi-hands and medical skills on the when I felt like the best thing I ty in an exciting and very differ-ambulances for the private, non- could do for people there was to ent way. A lot of people think profit agency that provides jwnp in and help deal with the the need to contribute would be

filled by my pastoral work, but I'm paid for that," she said. ''I'm very comfortable helping people through prayer, but I'm also one of those people who thinks not everyone has to go to church to connect with God. This is a way for me to connect with people on a completely different level. I have a very strong sense when I'm doing it that it's a job that matters. "

Holcombe also speaks with a high regard of other volunteers who, she says, "give much more than I do."

"I am amazed at the nwnber of people who give many nights a month, despite careers and family commitments," she said. "I am in no way above average in my commitment."

No time for dinner During her Monday night

tour with SEMS Paramedic John Kalotai and intermediate EMT Karen Ann Simmons, Holcombe and the crew had plenty of helping to do. Their 6 p.m. shift started slowly; with plans to get a meal of Chinese fast food. Holcombe, busy run-ning the church during Brown's vacation, had skipped dinner. Hours later, Holcombe and the crew managed a few sips of cold soup and sticky rice after mane~vering Medic I from emergency to emergency; with minutes to spare between calls.

Within minutes of coming

on duty, 911 dispatchers had volunteer EMT with the Simmons relayed the details street, whack his head against a them en route to a house in Norwalk Emergency Medical by radio to physicians at the utility pole, fall, then climb into Westover, where an .elderly Service for a decade. hospital as best she could. the truck's cab. He called 911 woman was unconscious. "I don't think of her as a vol- "You want them to know when he couldn't rouse him. Holcombe followed Kalotai and unteer bGcause I kn'ow her train- what we're dealing with. It helps Reeking of alcohol, his stupor Simmons i,nto the house, haul- ing. It's the same training I the trauma team get ready," she seemed impenetrable. As they ing supplies and equipment. have," said Simmons. said as she maneuvered the pushed him into the ambulance,

Because she is a volunteer, "I was nervous when I. started ambulance on the less than 30- Simmons and Holcombe lauded Holcombe is not adverse to because I thought people might second trip to the hospital. "But the young boy who stayed near playing the role of back-up on be a little nervous about the how do you explain the the stranger's side. calls. "If it means I'm stocking minister thing," Holcombe said. strangest things in the world?" "You are a good Samaritan, " the ambulance or working "But I think what matters to The crew had no time for Holcombe yelled as she closed calming the family while they them is that I'm an EMT and I answers. They would later learn the cab. work on the patient, that's fine," can do the job." the man's aorta had been severed Enroute to St. Joseph she said. ''I'm comfortable with after he was run over by a car, Medical Center, Holcombe the more intense stuff, but I also A needed luxury but they left the why of it all to tried to give the man an IV believe my role here is to let the Kalotai said in some large police officers. infusion of vitamins, a common professionals call the shots." cities, a third person riding the As soon as the mysterious vic- treatment for chronic alcoholics.

In the ambulance, she com- ambulance is required. "It is very tim was in the emergency room, As soon as she pricked his arm, forted the revived woman, nice to have the extra set of they had another call. the man roused, flailing his telling her repeatedly she was hands and knowledge," he said. At the Yerwood Center, they arms and protesting in a foreign not going to die. "You're con- "When you think we're hauling had to splint together the legs of language. Blood spurted and scious and speaking to me and 45 pounds of equipment into the 15-year-old basketball player Kalotai and Holcombe spent that's a very good sign," she told every call, maneuvering through with a dislocated knee. It was a the ride trying to calm their pas-the woman. "We're going to get traffic where people don't pull delicate maneuver, intended to senger and finish the procedure you to the hospital very fast and over and dealing with some very keep his inflamed knee stable while Simmons slowed the you'll get what you need there." sick people, you want all the skill while trying to transfer him ambulance and warned of

At the hospital, Holcombe you can have in this vehicle." from a bench to a stretcher. bumps and hills. "No good," asked the emergency room staff Moments after getting their Outside the Stamford Hospital Holcombe said, wiping her

78-year-old patient into the ER, 59 to try find the woman a doctor ER, Holcombe greeted relatives brow as the ambulance pulled -fluent in Italian. "She's new to the crew was off again. and directed them to the into the bay. the country and she speaks This time, they arrived at teenager. She grabbed her cold After he was safely in the English, but she's more comfort- Mickey Lione Park on Stillwater Chinese food and said, ''I'm emergency room, Holcombe able with Italian," Holcombe Road to find a scene that bor- beginning to think I should returned to the ambulance and said. "Everyone who works the dered on the surreal: A small car pray for a meal." Simmons spoke with affection of the ambulance tries to help out with wedged between a tree and a insisted Holcombe down an young boy who found their !at-this kind of detail because we fence with an unconscious man orange juice to keep her blood est victim. She was struck that learn a lot about the patient." in the passenger's seat. A woman sugar up. she never learned his name. "In

And though she defers to the hovered around the crashed car, Good suggestion. The crackle just a few seconds you meet paid SEMS staff to make the screaming the man was on of the radio told them Medic I some incredible people on this calls on her role at the scene, the drugs. But the man was covered was being dispatched again. rig. That kid should be an crews say they do not view her with grass, rocks and glass, and Everyone laughed. This time the EMT. I'd like to find him and as "just a volunteer. " there were no signs of damage ambulance headed down tell him that," she said. "You see

Like many SEMS volunteers, on his side of the car. A check of Atlantic Street into the South some bad things, but you see Holcombe's partners on this his vital signs revealed he was in End. There, a young boy on a some really good things, too. night were longtime volunteers. serious trauma, but the ambu- bicycle waved them down and Plus," she said, lowering her Kalotai had been a volunteer for lance crews were at a loss to directed them to the cab of a voice to a whisper as she the former Stamford Ambulance piece together the circumstances . pickup truck, where a man lay reached for the bag of ignored Service (SEMS predecessor) and in critical moments. unconscious. The boy had seen Chinese food, "You can't beat Simmons, now a full-time the man stagger down the emergency room nurse at Stamford Hospital, was a

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largest benefits and HR consulting firm in the world. The integration will bring some challenges, but more opportunities! I'm sure there are some Trinity alums at Marsh Mac.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

D. Scott Adams Kathryn C Barnes Mark E. Bartelt Thomas A. Bray judith Bulson William R. Carpenter janet C Cochran joan M Copperman Philip Demke Anne W Donnelly Aetna K Dowst Agustin J Edwards Ann Egbert Melissa A. Everett Rand Foreman-Bergman Stephen L. Gardner Madge J Kaplan Linda G. Landon john L. Latz Roger S. McCord Michael E McGrath Carey Moler Karlan Anne S. Newhall Robert A. Orsi Donna S. Pelter Leslie D. Pollock Bolling R. Powell III Elizabeth L. Provost Gregory Read Janet L. Ries George B. Roberts III LisaK Roth NeilS. Stratton james E. Sumler

Andrew P Taywr Michael]. Willett William P Yelenak

Christopher G. Mooney 626 Esplanade

Pelham Manor, NY 10803-2403 fax: 203-353-6565

Another year flying by. Hope it is treating you well!

In February, the Trinity Club of Los Angeles was treated to a visit from President Evan Dobelle. MIKE GILMAN, president of the Club, organized a fabulous event at Tommy Tang's, a well-known Thai restaurant on hip Melrose Avenue. President Dobelle updated us on the exciting developments on cam­pus and in the Trinity neighbor­hood and we were treated to musi­cal entertainment from the Trinitones. Mike, I hope those Thai snacks helped your carbo-loading preparations for the L.A. Marathon. Yes, Mike is a multi-year veteran of the marathon - I went out to cheer him on.

For those of you who missed it, The Post and Courier in Charleston, SC recently had a wonderful feature story on WILLETTE SHARP BURNHAM. Willette is the direc­tor of intercultural programs at the College of Charleston, having served as the College's Upward Bound program director until last summer. The article highlighted Willette's professional achievements but paid particular attention to her personal experiences growing up in Williamsburg County, her having to move around the country due to

Robert K. Andrian '75 has been named national private/parochial school coach of the year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. A teacher and head coach of boys' soccer at Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT since 1977, he was one of six regional winners. He has served as chairman of the history department at Loomis Chaffee.

her father's Navy career, her deci­sion to attend Trinity, and her becoming a fourth-generation col­lege graduate and teacher. Willette has obviously been an inspiration to a lot of friends, colleagues, and neighbors.

It's a sl].ort report this month; maybe everyone's hibernating for the winter. Please write to me or the College and share your news with classmates.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Charles A. Andrews, Jr. Peter M Baker M Pamela Berman Barbara L. Clark Virginia Clark Church Seth H Cohen Virginia Conti Anne Corneel Young Catherine A. Eckert Marie L. Farnstrom Sheila M Faulkner Debra Heidecorn-Goldman David Hobbs Barbara M. Husum Katharine E. Ingram Michael C johnson T Kimball jonas Susan H Kepnes Bennet Lapidus Anthony S. Lapolla Carol A. Livingston Michael M Madore Lydia D. Manchester Robert S. Martin Savas P Mercouriou Robert D. Mesnard John Stuart Neill George H Niland III

He was also named New England Independent School coach of the year for the second consecutive year. He has a 21748-31 record in 20 seasons and has won the New England Class A title twice since 1993. Andrian has served as presi­dent of the Western New England Prep School Soccer Association. He received a service award from the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association in 1987.

Photo by AI Ferreim, reprinted with the permission of the Wethersfield Post

He played soccer for three years at Wethersfield (CT) High School and for.four years at Trinity. He eamed his master's degree from Wesleyan University. His parents are Dr. Gustave W. Andrian '40, John J. McCook Professor of Modern Languages, emeritus, and Margaret Andrian M'66, both of 94 Midwell Road, Wethersfield.

Mark J Petronzi Gregory P Potter june Cowan Roelle George P Rose Elihu B. Rubin Deborah A. Scott Linda Roseboom Seifert Gordon R. Smith Leigh H Standish Laura G. Stell Stephen J Swiatkiewicz Thomas S. Thacher Robert P Thompson, Jr. Caroline L. von Stade Patricia J Weinthal Kathryn A. We/cum Barbara Hosendove White Cameron MeL. Wicker Robert Williams

Elaine Feldman Patterson 824 South Ridgeley Dr.

Los Angeles, CA 90036 fax: 714-985-6350

Class Agents: John P. Clifford, Jr.

Harold A. Smullen, Jr.

SOPHIE BELL AYRES has joined the New York firm, Russell Reynolds Associates, as managing director. She focuses on global banking assignments and is based in the New York office.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Timothy B. Angle William E. Bond Nanette Brown J Gilmore Childers, Esq. Mary Coolidge Engelsted Elizabeth L. Doolittle Gregory A. Ferguson Roanna E. Forman Howard L. Garrel Raquel A. Gimenez Lawrence J Golden Marie A. Granata Robert S. Greenawalt Mary Catherine Hogan Gabrielle W ]ervey W Rae ]ohmton Frank V judson Olabode 0. Kayode Timothy R. Kirschner Paula M Klein Richard G. Lupton Karen M Magnuson Carolyn Mindnich Bemon MarkS. Moore Gregory S. Murphy Luz E. Ruiz-Figueroa c

Cyd C Scardino Sandra Smith MichaelS. Stein Elizabeth K Tjson Yvette Vartanian Baroian

Michael P Weaver Mary Desmond Pinkowish

15 Lafayette Rd. Larchmont, NY 10538

fax: 914-834-5259 Class Agents:

Harriet E Smith Stephen M. Sunega

Reunion '98: June 4-7

NANCY MCDERMOTT is featured in a full-page American Airlines "Legends of Business" advertisement running in NCAA sports programs; the ad is printed on this page.

OLIVIA PAINE was named "Volunteer of the Week" by The Annapolis Capital on Dec. 22, 1996, from which the following information is taken. Olivia Paine is a volunteer whose dedication has enhanced the programs of several local organizations. Twice per week from October through December, Olivia gives her time to the Anne Arundel County Holiday Sharing program, whose mission is to match donors with clients, or "adopting a family," during the hol­iday season. Olivia enters informa­tion into the computer system to match organizations and individuals with families. She also spends time on the telephone assisting people who need help or information, and finds someone who can make a referral when necessary. Holiday Sharing, says Olivia, is "really con­sistent, conscientious and kind," and is always looking for a way to improve their mission. Olivia is the co-chairman of the membership committee for the Jones Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, and an assistant coach for boys' soc­cer and lacrosse. She is also a board member of the Epilepsy Association of Maryland, for which she recently served as co-chairman of ''A Date with Martha Stewart" at the Baltimore Convention Center, which raised $118,000 for epilepsy programs, including a camp for children with epilepsy. The Epilepsy Foundation, says Olivia, is "always interested in seeing the organization move forward."

YOUR SECRETARY has recently passed the baton on the position of Hartford Area Phonathon Chair and assumed a voting position on the Trinity Club of Hartford Executive Committee. In March, I sang in the chorus and did the stage makeup for the cast and chorus of"Jesus Christ Superstar" at St. Andrews Church in Colchester, CT.

Please keep those news tidbits

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AmericanAirlines" Official Airli11e Jar NCAA Championships.

Nancy McDermott '78 was featured in American Airlines "Legends of Business" ad series. The ad ran in NCAA sports programs.

coming. Please send them to me in care of the alumni office, which is very efficient in getting them to me.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Gary S. Ankuda Nicholas D. Benson

Frank S. Berghausen Susan Coe Brown Maria I Castells Walter L. Champion, Jr. Elaine M Cohen Scott D. Coyne Brian K Crockett Gladys K Dowd Ira N Goldman james G. Gregg Gary F Henrikson Susan D. Hertz

Ann Hester Sokolov Tara L. Himmelstein Adam S. Hojjinger judith Kerr-]arrett Cooke Kathleen M Kess Michael L. Klinger Gail Lebowitz Ferraioli Alain Levanho John D. Liptak Jane W Y. Low Elsa C. Medina Ahmed S. Mohamed

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Floyd D. Monroe Larry j Moody Edward H Pfeiffenberger Bruce A. F Polsky Sarah P Rogers Thomas R. Romano Mary T Royal Jamie P Scangos Maria R. Segarra jennifer j Shearer Michael L. Smirlock Douglas Thom III Aaron B. Thomas Nancy M Thornton-Reycraft Richard D. ~ng

Kathryn Maye Murphy 6 Kneeland Rd.

Marlborough, CT 06447-1225 Class Agents:

Gary D. Markoff James P. Smith

CHARLOTTE MILLER MCCARTHY writes that she ran the New York Marathon in November and finished in the top 1 0 percent of all women in the race and in the top 10 percent of women in her age group- 30-39, with her time of three hours and 53 minutes. Charlotte says that run­ning and finishing the race were among the most exciting things she's ever done. Charlotte also com­petes regularly in triathlons, having completed seven as of her corre­spondence date. She plans three or four more this summer and fall and hopes to run in the Boston Marathon (this spring). When she's not running, biking, or swimming, she continues her free-lance public relations consulting and is very active in the lives of her three chil­dren, Billy (10), Phoebe (eight), and Hanson (three). I hope I spelled all those correctly, Charlotte. Charlotte writes from Glyndon, MD.

DAVID ROSENBLATT, an environmental specialist with the Boston law firm of Burns & Levinson, appears in the 1997-98 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. David, chairman of the firm's environmental department, also appeared in the volume's 1995-96 edition. He joined Burns and Levinson in 1982 after graduation from Boston College Law School. David lives in Newron.

DAVID WHALEN, president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa divisions of Bausch & Lomb (muir-national eye-care company), has been elected a corporate vice president. David recently became president of the Europe division, the company's largest division out­side of the United States. He is responsible for managing all com-

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mercia! aspects of the contact lens, lens-care and sunglasses businesses in the 10 subsidiaries that comprise the region. Dave joined Bausch & Lomb in 1991 as a vice president of business development in "Eyewear." He later was vice president of mar­keting for "Eyewear." He became general manager of Bausch & Lomb in the United Kingdom in January 1995, and assumed the additional responsibility for eye wear marketing for Europe in January 1996. Before joining Bausch & Lomb, Dave was a con­sultant with Booz, Allen and Hamilton and a senior brand man­ager with General Foods. He received an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the University of Chicago. Bausch & Lomb was founded in Rochester, NY, where it retains its corporate headquarters. The company employs about 13,000 in 35 countries.

ERIC FOSSUM, an internation­al authority on solid-state image sensors and the principal inventor of the CMOS APS technology developed at NASA's jet propulsion laboratory, has joined the company, Photobit, as chief scientist. Before joining Photo bit, Eric was a senior research scientist for NASA's JPL. I promise to do more on Eric's career in the next issue when I have time to run the press release by some people who will help me under­stand it better. This month I am strapped by working from my par­ents' Massachusetts home while my father is undergoing emergency coronary bypass surgery.

CHRIS MOSCA's appointment as principal of Goffstown, NH High School warranted a front-page story in a Bedford, NH-based com­munity newspaper. Mosca was named principal in April 1996. Before taking on Goffstown, he was principal of Springfield High in Springfield, VT. More on the com­prehensive article concerning Chris's future and views of the edu­cational system in the next edition.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

TedA. Emery john TAdams E. Brooke Anthony Garratt Frederico H Borgenicht Peter T Bronsky Dawn W Burney Robert H Chaffee Helen M Chamberland Stuart L. Cohen john G. Cryan Sherry L. Burns Victoria F Elmblad Anne Fairbanks Childers

janet Ferber Goff Lauren Glass Bartlett jane Goode Horan Amy D. Katz Daniel G. Keefe Thomas V. Keenan, Jr. Francine Kersch Stephen C. Lattanzio BrianT Lee joseph F Longofono, Jr. SusarJ E. Matthew Lucinda M Green Carole A. Me Cabe judith L. McMahon Robert R. Ribeiro Deborah A. Silverman Russell G. Sturges Bernice Tripp Gibson Christine L. McCarthy

Deborah A. Cushman 1182 11th St., Apt. 30

West Des Moines, IA 50265 fax: 515-286-2504

Class Agent: Jane Terry Abraham

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Bettina Bernstein-Lieblich Mary Atwood Lamo Nancy A. Clayton Marc S. Cohen MariaM Da Costa Terence P Dalton Michael Elgunise Kevin j Fahey Peter C. Greenleaf Marie T Hickey Virginia Irwin KrisA. jackson David M W King Michael B. Lansbury Robert D. Lanzner Robert j Levy Leonard D. Lortie Leslie j McCuaig Michael McGovern Carol Melcher Hatch Carol L. Moore Evan C. Polley Cynthia P Rogers Robert D. Snyder Elizabeth H Thrasher Rosina Whitney Fleming janice T Wilkos Susan Wingler Boode-Petersen Galen A. Centeno P john Wicknertz

Anita I. Spigulis 182 Hill St.

Holliston, MA 01746-2345 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: Mark A. Leavitt

Elizabeth Curtiss Smith

Greetings, Class of 1981. Like the comet Hale-Bopp which I can see passing outside my office win­dow, 1997 is flying by. Spring has bloomed here in central Virginia after a mild winter. I hope the rest of you had a chance to thaw or dry out from the winter of 1996.

Those I've heard from have tack­led the winter doldrums in unique ways. LISA (HALLE) HUNT moved off to San Marin County in California, married John Hunt, and is working as an advertising consul­tant. Now that's living! STEW BECKWITH decided to relive his 20s and bought a four-wheel-drive Wrangler for some off-road dri­ving .. in Washington, DC?? STEVE GIBBS, a former South Campuser and old baseball colleague of mine in the Trinity and pre-Trinity days dropped by with an electronic mes­sage that he's doing great and finally learning to use the electronic media.

ALEX MAGOUN writes that he has "effectively tripled" his income by leaving his part-time post as col­lege archivist in Philadelphia for a full-time position as nanny to two nieces in Chappaqua, NY. He con­tinues to work on a dissertation on the history of the phonograph record and will return to the D.C. area in September.

Via the print media, the alumni office sent me a dipping from the Boston Globe with a feature story on ERIC TRURAN and his wife. They apparently have become small business icons, creating a "Courierware" shoulder bag which they produce in Vermont. Eric had only blessings for the Trinity six­year undergrad program.

YOURS TRULY is busy work­ing and trying to climb the acade­mic and administrative healthcare ladder - the patient-care part is fun and exciting, the administrative quite the challenge.

Speaking of challenge - I chal­lenge you all to forward some news about yourselves for the next issue of the Reporter. Good luck and stay well in '97.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Allison Ake Calovich Patricia A. Beaird Marla j Hexter Richard Kermond Cynthia Leinwand Bressler john Leisenring Isabel Lerman Mahalick

Richard R. Leroux Seth M Levenstein EngSeng Loh Karen L. McDonald Steven A. Nisbet William D. Paine Peter W Paulsen Gail L. Powell Mary E. Queenan Michael K Rauseo Leslie A. Richardson C Madison Riley III Timothy D. Rosa Persheng Sadegh-vaziri Nancy L. Stringer Dorothy Sunenshine Andrew M Wt:iss Brian S. Zaff Catharine Cummins Coats Katherine M. Booz Andrew A. Hastings Mark E. Eckel Peter A. Sanchez

Robert Orenstein, D.O. 2530 Cedar Cone Dr.

Richmond, VA 23233 fax: 804-675-5437

e-mail: orenstein.robert@rich­mond.va.gov Class Agent:

Richard P. Dahling

STEVE ELMENDORF has been named chief of staff to Congressman Richard Gephardt.

NCS HealthCare, Inc. of Cleveland, OH appointed]. PATRICK MORRIS to the posi­tion of senior vice president.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

joan Thompson Kwaku B. Sintim-Misa Sandra B. Y Chin Alden D. Fallows john A. Hankins Laura Hewitt Riley William J Huffer, Jr. Cynthia Wallace Hume W Alison Huszar Mark P. Italia Carol Janovsky Holmes Sarah D. Lay Deanna Lund J Paul Mattaliano Mark D. Murphy Leslie A. Petch james S. Phelps Peter M Phillips DavidS. Pike Andrea E Parle Elizabeth J Rube Terry E. Samper-La Valla Peter A. Smialek Sandra E. D. Smith Catherine A. Snodgrass

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Llewellyn P. Snodgrass H Edward Stick Amy Thompson ]olanta Stec George VA. Hamilton Valerie R. Lee-Mazzola Bizabeth S. Powell Scott D. Sullivan Mark D. Shepherd

Steven R Andsager 1255 Cromwell Ln.

Naperville, IL 60564 fax: 312-609-9800

e-mail: [email protected] Class Agents:

Victoria S. Aronow, Esq. Rhea Pincus Turteltaub

Reunion '98: June 4-7

JIM MAFFIOLINI writes that he has had a very busy year. He and his wife are pleased to announce the arrival of their third child on July 9 (see Births). He notes that their lit­tle girl is a very happy baby. Jim also says that work has been going well. He has been promoted to con­sulting principal at CSC Continu­um, formerly Vantage Computer Systems. Last December Jim received his Associate, Customer Service designation from the Life Office Management Association. He says, "If all that wasn't enough to keep me busy, we had a ne~ . home built this summer, movmg m at the end of August."

HOLLY MOONEY has moved to Orange, CA where she bought a house that was built in 1923.

PETER and Donna O'BRIEN are happy to announce the birth of their first child (see Births). Kyle was born at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital; he weighed five pounds and 14 ounces, and was 17 inches long. Peter writes, "Daddy was pleased to have a son arrive in time to see Daddy's home team, the Patriots, play in the Super Bowl. Kyle was pleased to be born in the San Francisco area where the home team can win a Super Bowl." Peter, Donna and Kyle are settled into Sonoma County where Peter devel­ops and markets coronary implants and Donna is a recently retired 911 dispatcher.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individ~s can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Rochelle G. Winderlich Lisa G. Carroll Michael W Bannett Mary C Darby Tracy Kimber Rosenthal Nancy L. Wilson

Elliot R. Levine Mason McKean Hoefler Paul J Merrigan Peter K Miller james E. Myers Christopher J Oakley Margaret Reimer Katharine H Ross Schuyler Samperton Coffin Andrew D. Simons Kevin C Slattery Brian M O'Connell Diana M Tighe Curtis C Walcott Rashne Desai E Prescott Bowden N Francis E. Stodolink Kevin P. Higgins Dorothy Neville Martin

Class Agents: Margot C. Blattmann Bruce C. Silvers, Esq.

Greetings. The e-mail thing real­ly worked - I had news from so many people I hadn't heard from before. I encourage all of you to use e-mail to send me your news and news of your fellow classmates.

Before I begin, I apologize to STEVE TALL. Something hap­pened with the e-mail software I use (it isn't the first time) and I could tell the message was from Steve, but I couldn't ever open it. So I apologize, Steve, that your news isn't here. I encourage you to send it again.

First, from NEIL SCHNEI­DER. Anne and Neil gave birth to their second daughter, Katherine Anne, in November. "Older sister, Madeline, is coping with the new addition to the family as best as she can. (I think she really wants her new sister to visit her grandparents on a more permanent basis!)" Neil was full of news: ANDREW LOFT and his wife, Carni, live in the San Francisco area and had a baby boy, whom they named Ty. Neil was bubbling over about LORRAINE SAUNDERS WHITE's wedding last summer where he caught up with lots of classmates, including NANCY KATZ, KATIE VANWA­GENEN, LINDA KAPNECK BROWN, Andrew Loft, MARC SELVERSTONE, and MICHELLE ROSNER SAUN­DERS. Anne sang at the wedding and was accompanied by Marc Selverstone on guitar (how long it's been since those days of rockin' out to "Katy Lied" and "Dialogue" in Elton ... ).

NICK DEPPEN and his wife, ALEXA BERLOW '86, have a new baby boy! Isaac Berlow Deppen joined them last July. "This is our

first child and we are coming to grips with parenthood." ~exa has continued working part-nme as a planner for a local city government and Nick is international sales sup­port manager for Data I/0 Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor programming equipment ("finally a job that takes me back to China!). We are approaching six years in Seattle and continue to enjoy it. "

As usual, NANCY KATZ wrote with a great story, and I'll use her words, because you can just see it happening ... "So there I am riding up the ski lift in Alta, UT on a triple lift. Me on the right, Paul (my husband, oh my god) in the middle and a stranger on the left. It's snowing, we're wearing goggles and hats - bundled to the nines. And, we're having a friendly chat up the lift with our new friend. Minutes from the end of the ride up the mountain, the conversation turns to employment and our stranger tells us he works for Travelers and parenthetically says, 'I'm sure you've never heard if it.' I say, 'Well, I went to school in Hartford, so I know all the insur­ance companies.' He says, 'Did you go to Trinity?' I say, 'yes' and we simultaneously lean forward to see if we know each other. Not only do we know each other, but we're in the same class. 'Ed!' I scream. 'Nancy!' he screams. Yes, ED MCGEHEE. We didn't get to chat much because he was skiing off to meet a friend and the lift ride was over, but wonders never cease."

The ever-conscientious AMY SNYDER FORMAN is in touch, thanks to the help of a new house­hold computer. Aside from the addition of the computer, Amy and Adam have a new baby. Olivia Madeline was born last September, and joins two older brothers, Joshua (five) and Ethan (three). Amy reports, "It is hectic, but won­derful." Amy and Adam built a house in Swampscott, MA right next to her parents' home in Swampscott. "It is wonderful to finally have some space after living in a two-bedroom condo. We have no furniture yet, so our boys have plenty of running room!"

Finally, a word from MATT GOLDING, who secretly moved back to the West Coast after finish­ing business school and havinga baby. Matt is doing the markenng thing at Mattei, working on Mattei Sports "which includes classic toys like Frisbee, Hula Hoop, and Hacky Sack, as well as wacky and wild Wham-0 stuff" Matt is trying to convince everyone that "although it's a toy company, it's still work!" Yeah, right. Dawn is working a few days a week at a local nursing

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home, and Rebecca, their daughter Mark B. Guthrie expecting her third son who would daughter, Kealey Anne, on Nov. 28. born in 1995, is doing more every Thomas J King join brothers, Matthew (five), and They are living in Telluride where day. Matt reports, "she's saying hi to Susan J Lewis Ryan (three). Karen and her family Patricia is a manager at First everybody and getting good at Peter H Lundstrom are still living in Colorado and very National Bank of Telluride. Her doing cow and duck impressions!" I Steven M Moheban much enjoying the skiing out there. husband is a director for the ski guess she takes after her father and john E. O'Brien In August, Karen visited with company, Telluride Ski & Go!£ his fine liberal arts education. Michael A. Ziskind MELISSA BROWN NEUBAUER Not surprisingly, skiing is a big part

SUSAN PLACE GIORDANO john C Reidy and ROBIN BOWMAR of their lives and it's been a great wrote about a year full of changes. PaulE Remmes RABIDEAU on Cape Cod. Melissa season. MARC CHABOT was out Brave woman, she got married Oct. Christopher E. Silva had her second daughter, Tessa, in recently for skiing and "spa-ing." 13 (yes, Friday the 13th), 1995. Melanie A. Bridges May. Tessa has a big sister, Hayley, I'm not sure what spa-ing entails, Happily, she and her husband, jeanette Y Sui who is t.hree. Robin brought her but it sure sounds nice. Gary, had their first baby (Grace Mary E. Tudor three boys, Nichols (seven), I heard from MIYUKI Ellen Giordano) last July. "Grace Jane Melvin Mattoon Michael (five) and Brett (three), KANEKO at Christmas but she has been the joy of our lives, 2535 N. Orchard St., #lN and was pregnant with her fourth, threatened me to not print any-although this working mother stuff Chicago, IL 60614 Amanda Charlotte, who was born thing she said, so I'll just say she is is a lot harder than it looks. " Susan fax: 312-220-6558 in November. Karen had her third still well, still an attorney, and still can be found in Hartford, where e-mail: [email protected] son, Evan Downing, on Feb. 15, in New Jersey. along with hanging out with Grace, nett. com 1997. Congratulations to Karen, STEVE O'BRIEN wrote to say she is a business systems analyst in Class Agents: Melissa, and Robin on all those he is living in Boston, pursuing a the patient accounts department at Salvatore Anzalotti III new babies. master's in real estate at M.l.T. Hartford Hospital. Susan sees JAN- Stephen J. Tall More good news on the baby I saw a TV interview with an ICE ANDERSON all the rime front. KATHLEEN O'CONNOR actress, Laura San Giacomo, duriug since she works two floor-s away. BOELHOUWER and husband, which they showed a dip of her "It's hard to believe it's been 16 Marc, welcomed their first child, new sitcom, "Just Shoot Me," and years since our days on first-floor Alexandra Margot, on Nov. 26, who do you think was the actor in Jarvis as freshmen." Susan's e-mail 1996. And on Dec. 12, 1996, the dip? Our own CHRIS address is SGIORDA@ I remember an occasion late in JULIE BREENE ZIEBOLD had HOGAN. Well, Chris, if you read HARTHOSP.ORG. our senior year when I found her third, a son, William this, write and tell us about this TV

TOM DASILVA wrote, roo. myself in the computer lab in the Townsend. stuff. Tom is working for Kaiser middle of the night trying to help MATTHEW MOORE says "my Well, that's all the news. Thanks Permanence. If you're limping my roommate retrieve her thesis career is my life." He is v.p. sales again to everyone who wrote and · around these days, Tom's your guy which had somehow become "lost" and marketing for a niche-market congratulations to all the new - he's doing foot and ankle in the computer. Why I was trying entertainment company in Los moms and dads. Our new baby, surgery- hard to believe that he's to help is beyond me since I was Angeles. Matthew has seen the Will, is five-months-old now and been doing it for going on seven still hunting and pecking on my company grow from three to 40 sleeping through the night, so this

64 years now. Recently, he stayed with old IBM with the broken "H" in employees in under three years. He mom is starting to feel like a IAN MCFARLAND at his home those days. Anyway, someone carne enjoys living in L.A., travels a fair human being again - hooray! in Honolulu. "He [Ian] is doing to our aid and here I am, years bit, and encourages anyone travel- Hope you're all well! well also, and looking for teaching later, reasonably computer literate. ing through to look him up. The alumni office reports that positions around the country" after All this is my long-winded way of What a great update from REX TYLER JONES served as general recently completing his Ph.D. saying "aren't computers great and and suzy DYER. They are kept manager of the Connecticut Pride,

The alumni office notes that don't you love e-mail." Thanks to very busy by their two sons, Rex a professional basketball team in the ANDREW YURKOVSKY all of you who heeded my call to Richard (three and one-half) and Connecticut Basketball Association returned from a Fulbright the computer and sent so much Graham (one). Suzy decided to stay which has been recognized as the Fellowship in Slovakia, where he great news and also to those who home with the boys after Graham's developmental league for the writes that he was studying the situ- did it the old-fashioned way. So birth last January. She had previous- National Basketball Association. arion of that country's "Ruthenian- here's what some of you have been ly been an Assistant U.S. Attorney. The alumni office has no current Ukrainian minority." Andrew is up to lately. Rex is still in home textiles manu- mailing address for the following enrolled in Columbia's School of BROOKE BALDRIDGE mar- facturing in New York City. They members of the Class. Any informa-International and Public Affairs. ried Scott Whitham (UConn Class recently had a great reunion dinner tion as to how the individuals can be His focus is on the history and poli- of'81) on Oct. 4, 1996. She and with ANGELO LOPRESTI and contacted should be sent to Alumni tics of eastern Europe and the Scott honeymooned at the Outer his new wife, Ellen, and were also Office, Trinity College, Hartford, newly independent states of the Banks Invitational Craft Brewers joined by ANNETTE BOEL- CT 06106-3100. Thank you. Soviet Union. Festival in Manteo, NC. Scott is an HOUWER. They are also in touch Steven C Brenman

All is well in the windy city. I'm owning partner of Rock Creek with TIM RAPTIS. Tim and his Alexander S. Burger not here much as my job still takes Brewing Co. of Richmond, VA. wife, Jennifer, just had their second Louise B. Conway me to Asia on a regular and fre- Brooke is still a systems analyst for daughter, Kelsey Merritt. Rex also Steven J Duggan quem basis. So, send me an e-mail Media Computer Systems in hears from JOHN PICONE and Barry A. Frank or I'll catch up with you on a Raleigh where they are both VERY his wife, Maureen McCormick, Michael Y Georgy transpacific flight - I really could active members of the Raleigh who are living in the San Jose, CA Cathy L. Hatfield run into Nick Deppen (thanks to Jaycees. area. John took the California Bar jean E. jabouin his e-mail, I know). MIKE DUFFY was profiled in exam this summer and is with a David E Janney

Please stay in touch and let me February in Mosaic, the campus growing firm in San Jose. David E. Kaye know your news. newsletter, and that article is JEFF KISE just graduated from Laurie A. Maher

The alumni office has no current reprinted here. Mike has been pur- Drexel University with an M.B.A. Ann Marie Mal/at mailing address for the following suing politics in Massachusetts since in finance and information systems Seth A. Manaker members of the Class. Any informa- 1990 and in November 1996 was and has just started as director of Michael T McCormac cion as to how the individuals can be named director of the Massachusetts finance and operations for Medical Vincent P. Melvin contacted should be sent to Alumni Office of Consumer Affairs and Care Management Systems. Jeff's Grace V. Miller Office, Trinity College, Hartford, Business Regulation. He "has sister is applying to Trinity for the Margaret Robb Bartlett CT 06106-3100. Thank you. become a highly visible figure at the Class of'Ol. '01, doesn't that make Karen Rodgers Miller

Christopher L. Champion formerly low-profile agency." you feel old? OmarA. Shennib Robert l Devlen KAREN REVALVY LEJEAL PATRICIA MAXON and her Peter B. Starkey Adrienne j Marquet wrote twice, once to say she was husband, Dave Zaumseil, had a Ann E. Stifel

Catching the political gauntlet in midair

To say that Michael Duffy '85 enjoys challenges is an

· understatement. His first run for public office makes that perfectly clear. In 1990, in a district in Boston where Demo­crats outnumber Republicans by a 10-to-1 margin, the then 27 -year-old Republican new­comer challenged a four-term Democratic incumbent for the 9th Suffolk District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. After feverishly campaigning, he g~nered an impressive 44 percent of the vote, but lost the race. In the process, how€ver, Duffy gained public recognition, the atten- . tion of Republican Governor William F. Weld, and the

· opportunity to make his mark on public service in the Bay State.

Losing the 1990 election only whetted Duffy's political appetite. He hopes someday to run for Congress. In the mean­time, he is facing, and sur­mounting, new challenges on behalf of the Massachusetts' cit­izenry as an appointed official. In 1990 when Governor Weld riamed him chairman and com­missioner of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), he faced a backlog of some 6,000 · employment discrimination cases, limited funds, and a dwindling staff. He turned the agency around by reducing the time required to resolve case investigations, instituting an innovative alternative dispute resolution program, and pio­neering the use of undercover investigators. "It was tremen­dously satisfYing to be able to get people reinstated to their jobs with ~back pay' and dam-

• ageS for distress, and then see" " their faith in government restored," he claimed.

He has gone on to face other challenges. Following Duffy's success at MCAD, Governor Weld named him director of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation in November of 1996. He is charged with pro­tecting the interests of con­sumers and overseeing agencies that regulate insurance, utilities, racing, doctors, banks, and liquor sales. He has become a highly v:isible figure at the for­merly low-profile agency, cau­tioning residents on dangers ranging from Super Bowl ticket fraud to the illegal sale of liquor to minors via the Internet.

The realm of ideas and debate

Until the Florida native carne to Trinity, he remained on the sidelines of politics, he says, content to read about the latest issues in the newspaper. His vicarious partic­ipation ended when he enrolled in Political Science Professor Clyde McKee's fresh­man semmar. "Professor Mc:Kee is someone who encouraged his students to get actively involved in politics," Duffy noted. He took McKee's advice to heart. While at Trinity, he registered as a Republican and served as a research assistant in the Connecticut Legislature and the British House of Commons. "I gravitated naturally to the realm of ideas and debate," Duffy remarked. When he could not find a vehicle for his conserva­tive political views, he started

The Trinity Observer, a conserva­tive student newspaper, with his friend and roommate, Lee Coffin )85.

Professor McKee remembers Duffy as a person "who took the opportunities at Trinity very seriously. His activities on cam­pus led him to appreciate the excitement of politics and pub­lic policy. He's doing things that are very important," McKee said.

Recipient of the G. Keith Funston Prize in Economics, Duffy graduate_d Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity, earned a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 1987, and served as

.finance director for Connecticut Congressman Christopher Shays' first bid for Connecticut's Fourth Congressional District. He later worked for the Massachusetts Republican Party· as communications director.

.. Evolving personally Of his political careerand the

challenges he has taken on, Duffy readily admits, "I do identifY with the underdog, with people fighting an uphill battle." He continues to face

challenges, though not always of a political nature. Just as Duffy has evolved politically from a conservative to a pro­gressive Republican, he has evolved personally; he says. Prior to running for office in 1990, he informed his parents that he was gay and ran as an openly gay candidate. "The process of coming out is a grad­ual one. It happened over the years I was in college and accel­erated when I was at Harvard," he said. Duffy believes that pro­viding Trinity's students with a supportive environment is important, and in 1995 he co­founded Trinity's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alumni Association with Caitlin Dean '89. With support from Eugenie Devine, the College's director of alumni relations,

(Above) Governor William Weld introduces Duffy at the time of his appointment.

they a:re working to build inter­est in the organization and to

improve the campus climate for gay students. Duffy hopes that ultimately the group will help to recruit gay students and establish a scholarship fund for them.

"Trinity contributed to mak­ing me who I am. My roots in politics go back to Trinity." he said. "I really owe the school a lot."

--Suzanne Zack

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Ellen S. Voynow Helen S. Wechsler Elizabeth A. Schick Rala f Potter David W Wagenknecht Leslie R. Blair Maria D. Petrucci

Alison Berlinger Holland 2339 Delverton Dr.

Dunwoody; GA 30338 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: Marc A. Chabot

John Triplett Wuson

Hi folks. We have a pretty good passel of news this time around, thanks in large part to a telephone conversation I had last night with PEG HARGRAVE BERRY. Peg and her husband, Dave, welcomed their daughter, Delaney, into the world in February, and are loving their new status as adoring but exhausted parents.

Peg had news on several '86ers, including my former French House roommate, LISA IANNONE DORAU. Lisa recently received a promotion at the recruiting firm of Hobson Associates, and now man­ages all recruiting activities for the firm.

Congratulations, Lisa. She and her husband, Dave, and five-year­old daughter, Jayna, live in Southington, CT, and as Peg reports, they keep themselves busy with a variety of home-improve­ment projects. They are currently working on remodeling their kitchen. Lisa, Peggy and I are both impressed that you guys are doing all the work yourselves! I bet you still do an hour of Jane Fonda every morning, too.

MARIA GARCAO is also living and working in Connecticut. Maria works as a conference planner for MassMutual, now located in Hartford, and she and her hus­band, Bill Gallagher, recently bought a house in Simsbury. Not far down the road are TOM MAD­DEN, wife PHEOBE ('87), and dog, Fitz. Tom and Phoebe uproot­ed themselves from Greenwich to West Hartford late last year when Tom got a job, practicing securities law with a Hartford firm. (Sorry, Tom, Peggy didn't know which one. She did say that it had a cou­ple of names in the tide, which of course narrowed things down con­siderably.) They have settled in a delightful old carriage house, Pheobe is teaching part-time, and Fitz is evidently adjusting well to the move.

Another Connecticut teacher and dog-owner is ELLEN LYNG,

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who teaches biology and physics at Darien High in Darien, CT. Ellen, husband, John Dunn, and dog, Pooch, live in Fairfield, CT.

Moving beyond Connecticut, SANDYTARULLO-JACOBS is now living in Gahanna, OH, and working in the insurance industry. Sandy and her husband,Doug, had their first child, Coby Joseph, in October. Congratulations, folks! Even further to the west is GREG CARTER, who began coaching swimming at the University of Wisconsin in August. Greg, drop us an e-mail. We want to know if it's still freezing out there in Madison, and whether you've taken up ice fishing.

The news is also good from BILL PFOHL, who e-mailed us from Mt. Kisco, NY, where he is the pastor at the United Methodist Church. He and wife, Pam, have been there for four years, and are kept very busy with their church and community activities, not to mention twins, Billy and Josh (three and one-halD, and Nate (15 months). Bill reports appreciating his proximity to both urban and rural excitement. He enjoys New York City, but also gets out to the Appalachian Trail, averaging about 100 miles of hiking each summer. Sounds like you're leading a very balanced life, Bill. Did you get to any Trinity basketball games this year?

The Trinity alumni office picked up some news on the wire about JUSTIN LILLEY, who has just moved from his job at the Washington, DC law firm of Halprin, Temple, Goodman & Sugrue to become the telecommu­nications counsel to the House Commerce Committee. According to the article in "Roll Call," Justin will be working on telecommunica­tions as it applies to public policy, corporate, and regulatory affairs. Congratulations on your new posi­tion, Justin. It seems like an excit­ing time to be involved in those issues. Drop us an e-mail to let us know how it's going.

Justin, you might run into TOM SHEEHY over in the halls of Congress. He was recently appoint­ed staff director of the House Sub­committee oq Mrica, of which his boss is the chair. Tom and wife, ELIZABETH HESLOP SHEEHY, are both excited about the move, since it brings them back into the Mrican Embassy social circuit, of which they were a part when Tom worked on Mrican issues for the Heritage Foundation.

The alumni office received a copy of an article in the Feb. 5, 1997 edition of the WOrcester Telegram & Gazette. The article describes a special Valentine's Day

dinner that KAREN CARNEY GOTTELMANN and her hus­band, John, were designing at Struck Cafe where they work together as execu rive chefs.

And that's all the news, folks. If you missed seeing your name in these pages, you have only one per­son to blame. It's never been easier to let yo~r former classmates know what you've been up to. Our e-mail addresses are listed below, and we are waiting by the keyboards. Thus far, we've gone through a lot of Snickers bars (Gotta while?). We want to hear from YOU!!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hanford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Peter C Ammirati Adrienne M Corbin 1Jler M Clements Lisa R. Shelton Peter]. DePatie Scott T Gowell Pamela L. Guardo Donald E. Henry, Jr. Lisa Hoffinann DePatie Karen S. Hubbard David R. Kramer Robert G. Mann Paul 0. Marden Anne Morris Salinas Laura A. O'Bryan joseph A. Zoppo Michael D. Petrarca Trini M Rivera Laura A. Silverstein jon H Tolson Diane Warshauer Marshall jason F Williams Michele Berrigan Dolan Virginia L. Thompson Kurt E. Finkbeiner Clint R. Chamberlin Antonia Lee

James N. Mancall 187 Bedford Ave., #11 Brooklyn, NY 11211

Jennifer Maloney Markey 644 Massachusetts Ave. NE, #101

Washington, DC 20002 Class Agent:

John C. Stratakis

As I sit down to write these notes, it is hard to believe that I have been doing this for five years. But with our lOth Reunion just finished, this will be my last edition of Class Notes. Hopefully, you will u·eat your next Class Secretary as kindly as you did me and keep the information coming. The notes are very boring to read if there is nothing to read about! So with a sentimental mist in my eye, I commence ...

I received another great note from ANDREW CONWAY. I had given an update in a previous Class Notes but by the time of publica­tion, just about all my news on Andrew was yesterday's news. So here is the updated version. Andrew completed his M.B.A. at the London Business School in July 1996 and then moved to New York City in August, where he is contin­uing his new media consulting practice. Andrew is also now an associate of the Institute for Technology and Enterprise at Polytechnic University. Andrew works partly from his home on the Upper East Side and partly on client sites in "Silicon Alley'' down­town. His sister, AMY '91, and her fiance, Amid Capeci, live upstairs (Amid's sister, CLAIRE, graduated from Trinity in 1988!). Amy writes for Martha Stewart's Living and Amid is an art director at Newsweek.

Now that Andrew has returned to the States, he's been catching up with many Trinity friends. JAMES MURPHY and his wife came to visit, as did JOHN DUGGAN and fiancee, KATHY GRAHAM. Andrew also has seen MEREDIT H LYNCH, and run into KATHY NEMSER several times. Andrew has a new website at http:/ /home, dti.netfaconway for anyone who'd like to say hello. Thanks for a great update, Andrew.

I also received a great update from ELISSA PERRY. She has accomplished so much since gradu­ation, but here is the Reader's Digest version. Elissa received her master's and Ph.D. degrees in organizational behavior and theory from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991. She is currently an assistant professor in the Institute of Labor and Indus­trial Relations at the University of Illinois and has been there since graduation from Carnegie.

While at Carnegie, Elissa met her husband, Phil, who works for a financial trading company in down­town Chicago. Currently, Elissa commutes between Champaign (where the U. oflllinois' main cam­pus is) and Chicago on the week­ends. Elissa says the commuting arrangement is an interesting one as they currently have two of every­thing, but it seems to work Elissa is up for tenure in the fall of '97.

Elissa provided some good update on other classmates. JULIE BERSON received a certificate in museum studies/museum education from Tufrs University. She is cur­rently the education outreach coor­dinator at the Addison Gallery of American Art, as well as an inde­pendent curator. Jul ie is living in Newton, MA. LESLIE SHAW graduated from Harvard with a

(Right) LORRAINE SAUNDERS "84 and HeiJry Wlrlte Ill 11We IIJIJI'ried on Sept. 14, 1996. Tlfnlty alumnl/ae attendiiJ6 were: (1. to r.) Andrew Loft '84 (and his 11011, Ty), Michele Rot11181' Saunders '84, Rob ,.,., '81, Kate vanw.genen Spetty '84, Bill Sail,.,.,. '58, ~ g,oom, Man: Selvei'Stone '84, Nell SdJnelder '84, Nancy Katz Aresu '84, Unda Kapnek Brown '84.

(Left) STEPHANIE COCKRELL 'BB and Batry Lyon were marrllfd o.u Sept. 11 1H7 In saratoga, CA. Tdnlty alunrnl/ae aft.,. were: (1. tor.) ll/leillln SUllivan Luciano '88, Tony Luciano '88, t:aren Dunn Simeone '88, ;oom, lllfde. KaiiJietln .....,.. '8B, John Coclcrell '91.

(RIIIhf) ELIZABETH VANLANEN 'BB and John......, werelftlllrled on May 2B,. VIIHJ. Tlfnlty aiUifllll/ae ~were: (first I'O"S I. to r.) Albert Smltll '54, groom, bride, David Roberta '55; (second I'O"S L tor.} Searl,.,..... '88, Elfn CMIIte '88, Cbrfsty ~ 'BB, JenniJ'er ,_, '881 Todd,.., '88; (tiJird rott; 1. to r.J John Tindall '88, Tracl Tindall 'BB, Klltlrle Murren 'B8, .,...,. Clalfte •so, Geoff...,. '87, Julie $huff '88, Kim Patlfflf' '88, Cllarla van Lanen '54; (fourfh rott; 1. to r.J ,.,.. Mc:Laren Mowat '89, DeboriJIIt Dolalf '88, IIIJyttnl Jobmlon '88, Clltls t:1oney '88, HutdJ RoiJIIIa 'BB, Greg Rlc:lrardiiOII '87; {not plcturetl: William V.. Lanen 'G, WI,_, ,.,.. '54}.

Ph.D. in cell biology. She lives in Brookline, MA and is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at Beth Israel Hospital. Last but not least, STEPHANIE LIPKA lives in Watertown, MA and works in the admissions office at Harvard University. Thanks for the news, Elissa.

I received a great letter from my long-lost friend, ERICA LEWIS CAHILL. Erica and her husband, Kevin, had a beautiful baby girl, Gretchen Bennett, in January. They still are in awe of their little one and can't believe she's actually theirs. Kevin and Erica are living in Acton, MA, only 15 minutes from where Erica grew up. Erica is still a consultant for Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, but is on maternity leave at the time of this writing. Her job has her traveling quite a

bit, sometimes to exciting places like Russia, but most of the time to Texas and Michigan, so she is hop­ing to cut back a little on her return to work in April.

Erica is also trying to finish her master's degree in civil engineering at Tufts. She began the program four years ago and should finish this summer if her thesis is not the death of her. Upon completion of her degree, Erica would like to get into industry, "some type of manu­facturing (food, pharmaceutical, or consumer products)." .

Erica keeps in touch with a few Trinity friends, including SARA . MAYO, BETSY BOTHWELL STEPP, and JULIE QUIGLEY. She reports that all are doing well and expanding their families. So good to hear from you, Erica!

ROBIN SCULLIN sent news

ftom the nation's capital. Robin is currently working for C-SPAN and was fortunate enough to have gone to the White House to tape a BOOKNOTES interview with President Clinton hosted by C­SPAN chairman, Brian Lamb. Robin enjoyed her trip to the White House but was totally bummed that she didn't get to meet Socks. But with that blow aside, she has spent the past seven months researching and writing a book that will be published by Times Books at Random House in May 1997. It's called BOOKNOTES; Stories of writing from C-SPAN's Author Conversation Program by Brian Lamb.

Besides work, Robin has been catching up with numerous Trinityites, including KARIN BENNETT MICHELETTI '86,

SARAH OMAN '86, and DAVID and LISA MCNAMARA HUGH­ES, who have two little girls. See you at Reunion, Robin!

LIZ BURNE completed her M.S.W in May 1996 at UConn School of Social Work. She is cur­rently training her springer spaniel puppy, Lionel, to be a therapy dog. She plans to use him for humane education programs which create awareness and eventually break the cycle of violence that includes chil­dren, adults, and animals. Liz has also been racing mountain bikes and was seventh in beginner women at the World Cup at Mount Snow last June. Keep up the good work!

PAM SIAFLAS recently called to say hello from Hamburg, Germany. She sounds like she is doing great and she and her husband, Phil, are

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expecting their first baby. MUR­PHY recently caught up with ED MEYERCORD. Ed is working for Tel Save Holding, Inc.

Murphy and I were lucky enough to host a very funny evening for a number of Trinity folks when BIZ '88 and PETER VOUDOURIS came to visit us in January. Peter and Biz brought along their two sons for the week­end, and LISA CADETTE DETWILER also stayed with us with her daughter, Charlotte. So for two exciting days, we had five children under age four in our house. Wow! When ISABELLE PARSONS LORING showed up with her daughter and new baby, George, there were seven under age four. It was like a daycare center, but fun, we think?!? Also joining us for the evening were Suzie and JOHN MONTGOMERY (who are expecting their second baby this summer), GINNY SPAHR KEATOR '88 (mother of two girls), PAM INGERSOLL, and Bret and JENNIFER BREWSTER JORDAN '88. We all laughed so hard! It was a very fun get-together. It also proved to be fruitful for my Class Notes. I learned that BOB EDMUNDS and WENDY

SHELDON are both engaged to be married. ROB and KATHERINE GODFREY BEEDE are redoing a house in Acton, MA. VIC and DEDE DEPATIE CONSOLI '88 had a baby girl, Olivia, in December. SCOTT ZOELLNER and his wife are expecting their first child in June. STEPHANIE LEVIN opened a pottery-painting store in Baltimore. LAURA DANFORD is the head of public relations in New York for Castle Rock Entertainment. TRACY MORGAN MANTHOUS has a little boy, George. And I think that was it.

The alumni office learned that WILLIAM MANSON works as a background painter at Disney. After Trinity he went to the Art Center College of Design at Pasadena and then went on to coloring comic books and teaching art classes.

As for the vanderVeldes, all is going well. My boys are growing so fast (they're four and two) and were among only a handful of people who actually enjoyed the April Fool's Blizzard of '97 that put Wellesley under 30 inches of snow and left us with no phone for four days. I was back in the hospital in March for another surgery, but with

Robin Scullin '87 got to meet President Clinton when she went to the White House to tape a BOOKNOTES interview with the President as part of her wolfe for C-SPAN. See '87 Notes for more on Robin's meeting.

that behind me and an encouraging second opinion from the UPenn Cancer Center, things are going well and I feel terrific. While in Philadelphia, I was lucky enough to get together with DR. INGRID KOTCH ROWLAND and her husband, Michael. They are doing great, although the residencies are keeping them quite busy. Other than that, I don't have much else to report. But for one last time, I will ask the famous question .. . Where are you PAUL ASTLE, RITA COLASACCO, MARY GIURLEO, PAM KATCH, DOUG KIM, SUZY MURO, CINDY PHELPS, JACQUELINE POU-RIVERA, and REED WHITMORE? Be kind, and write to your new Class Secretary!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Timothy B. Anderson Jennifer B. Rathaus David D. Boone Robert T Bush Albert G. Gill CarlaF Gray Nicholas J Juliano Gregory C Keating AnneM Kelly Gregory J Keochakian Erika C LaCerda Mary Beth Long Sean S. Maloney Vira Mamchur Fiona M Mellish ]ejfrey S. Novak Diane L. Papay Victor W. Park DavidS. jenkins Stephanie G. Ross john C Shiffman Alice Storey Thorpe Thomas C Swiers Lawrence J Travers Francis H Whitney HowardS. Young Scott S. TJ!er

Nanny Tellier vanderVelde 48 Radcliffe Rd.

Wellesley, MA 02181-6623 Class Agents:

Melissa Bronzino Regan Anthony A. Sirianni

R. Kevin Smith

Reunion '98: June 4-7

As usual I have to begin with a complaint that the mail doesn't seem to be rolling in to me for the Reporter. However, I did hear from a few new voices who received the March issue and were inspired -

to you I say, "thanks!" My recent travels, along with a quick e-mail solicitation, provide the bulk of the · news this time around. For next time ... send me e-mail and not only can I save it to report on, but I can put you on the list for contacting when I write my report each quar­ter. You can reach me at Wendy_ [email protected]. Thanks to my e-mail pals this time around- JOANNE PALANDRO, LIZ CAHN GOODMAN, ANNE MONGILLO, LISA GODEK, TARA LICHTENFELS GANS, and KIRK BRETT!

News from Newlyweds: JULIE SHUTT RICHARDSON and her husband, GREG '87, have settled in Newtonville, MA. Julie is work­ing in student services at Harvard Graduate School of Design - hav­ing left the world of retail and fash­ion for good. KEVIN ROBINSON was recently married to a German native and is living in Frankfurt. Reports say Kevin is now fluent in German and is consulting in Istanbul. HELEN HEINTZ married Doug Roedel on Dec. 28, 1996. LISA ALVAREZ­CALDERON is enjoying married life with husband, Kevin Cox, and hard at work already trying to get us involved in Reunion plans for next year! (Can you believe it will be our tenth!?!) She is still working at Cigna, and is based in Philadelphia.

News from New Parents: KARENSONNONE McANDREW welcomed Thomas Patrick on Feb. 21, 1997. CINDY DOKAS WHIPPLE had her first child, Alec Douglas, on Feb. 19, 1997. ANDREW WAXLER and wife, Laurie, have a new daughter, Abigail Rebecca, born on Oct. 23, 1996 (actually, they're not new par­ents .. . Andrew and Laurie also have a son, Eric, who is two-years-old). A note came in from my long lost friend DEDE DEPATIE CONSOLI! She and husband, VIC '87, just had a little baby girl - Olivia Carson- on Dec. 17, 1996 and are loving the family life in Stamford, CT. Dede has been the national sales manger for Nautica Women's Sportswear and spent the last year launching the new line and traveling a great deal. She sounds extremely happy at home with Olivia, so we'll see if Dede doesn't just take an early retirement. Good to hear from you - and congratulations.

News on New Jobs: Joanne Palandro is happily settled in Los Angeles at a literary agency, and working her way to becoming an agent. I was fortunate enough to visit with her and fiance, Keith Freedman, during my last West Coast trip and it was great to catch

up. Keith and Josie are living in West Los Angeles and enjoying the climate compared to Massachusetts! She also seems to have lots of "brushes with fame" out there, but I didn't see any celebrities when I visited! However, I did have a brush with Trinity during my visit, when Anne Mongillo surprised me as a 30th birthday treat and we all went out for margaritas in Santa Monica to celebrate. Anne is still living in Seattle and working for Immunex a5 a project manager. She says that she is working on an HN PRJ Outreach/education program and she is doing a lot of national and international travel to meet with AIDS opinion leaders. Anne reports that the job is challenging, reward­ing, and exciting! MARY AMBROGIO is with a law firm in Hartford (I don't know the name), where she took Cindy Dokas Whipple's position (those Trinity ties really do work!). In my neigh­borhood I ran into CHRIS CLONEY, who has moved to Boston and is working at the Boston Stock Exchange. He says he finally gave up teaching and is "going for the money." He lives in the city's South End. ERIN CLARKE has moved to Philadel­phia as manager of communica­tions and community relations for Amtrak. RUTH TAYLOR is bud­get director for The Guggenheim Museum and has been to Europe quite a bit this year. KIRK BRETT reported via e-mail that he and wife, LAURA ULRICH, and 21-month-old Alison Connelly are still living in Larchmont, NY (Westchester County) - and both are still practicing law. Kirk has joined Donovan, Leisure, Newton and Irvine, specializing in creditors' rights, commercial bankruptcies, and workouts. Laura is working part-time at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher in litigation.

Follow-ups: I got to catch up with Lisa Godek in December here in Boston. She has left Ann Arbor, MI and moved to Pittsburgh to finish her Ph.D. by the end of 1997 (still from U. Michigan). She hopes to present a paper in Krakow this summer on gender differentials in adult mortality in Eastern Europe. She reports that JOHN BURKE took a new job in sales with ADP. He will be based in Connecticut. TONY DENICOLA was inter­viewed on CBS's "60 Minutes" in November. Tony has his M.S. in forest ecology from Yale and his Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Purdue University. He has founded a nonprofit wildlife consulting organization called "White Buffalo."

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Ukraine last year. Dorothy is still with the Peace Corps. Nancy and Dorothy went to Kiev, Lugansk, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Nancy also went to Helsinki, Finland. Dorothy would love some mail, and has asked for her address to be listed. All you wannabe pen pals, drop her a note: Dorothy Sales, P.O. Box 204, c/o U.S. Peace Corps, 25001 Kiev-1, UKRAINE (e-mail: [email protected]).

Mysteries: I got a letter from someone who said their update was confused with WARD BRIGHAM in the last Reporter- but didn't sign their real name to the letter! I think it may have been from REBECCA WARD YARROS (sp.?), but couldn't read the return address. Please identifY yourself next time! Whoever it was now works as director of the Episcopal Church's Resource Information Center in New York and is learning to speak Japanese. Another mystery is where so many of our classmates have gone. I'll be instituting a new feature to the column, "where are they now?" - thanks to the Class of '87 update for the idea. I'll ask about some people I haven't heard about or from in years which may inspire them or someone who knows them, to report in ... Where are BRUCE HAUPTFUHRER, MARCUS MIGNONE, BETH COTTONE, BETH TERRY, ADAM PIACENTE, ROBERT LINDGREN, KRISTIN POLCI and LIBBY MEEKER? Give us an update ...

That's all I have for now. Keep the information coming!

The alumni office heard from PARSONS WITBECK '82 who sent the following write-up ftom the "Names & Faces" section of a recent Boston GLobe: "Wendy Goldstein might not top the list of 'Who's Who in Boston,' but her caricature has just made the wall of the Palm. Goldstein, who works for ITT Sheraton, used to be PR direc­tor at the Westin Hotel (next to the restaurant), so Palm general manag­er Damian Palladino presented her with the portrait for her 30th birth­day last month." Yes, this is Trinity's own WENDY GOLDSTEIN!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Anthony ALoi jessica Brownstein Prestegaard Rebecca L. Carver Richard R. Fogarty, Jr. joseph M. Madeira Kimberly McDermott Esty Peter L. Morris Marianne E. Stillwell

Chever)(. voltmer ]i-Yuan Na Pradesh Shrestha

Wendy A. Goldstein 186 Beacon St., #4

Boston, MA 02116 fax: 617-367-5160

e-mail: wendy _goldstein@ittshera­ton.com

Class Agents: Constatine G. Andrews

Nancy E. Barry Mark B. Davis

Don't let old friends drop too far out of touch. Pick up the phone, write a note, search the Internet, get back in touch with good friends from your time at Trinity. Just think: almost everyone in our class will be 30 by the end of this year. The world may be getting smaller, but time ticks on. Slow yourself down a little. Get back in touch with a roommate, team member, fraternity brother, sorority sister, or freshman seminar classmate. It's good for your Kharma. If you need help finding someone, give us a call or drop us a note and we'll get any information we have back to you.

(Off soapbox!) ALLISON BROWN (of Seattle)

is working in the legal department of Adobe Systems Inc., a computer graphics software company (PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMill, etc.).

GAIL BELANGER (of Somerville, MA) is reported to be teaching funny songs to elementary school students.

VINCENT DINOSO writes that he is still at the University of Chicago working on his Ph.D. in classics. He writes "My dissertation is about commentaries which St. Augustine wrote on the Psalms and the influence that his earlier study of pagan grammar had upon them. Pretty dry stuff at times."

E.G. WOODS writes that all is well with him, but the skiing days "have been fewer and farther berween than I'd care to admit." I can understand that feeling. E.G. was married to Karen Sander Burgess last summer in a wedding attended by a fair number of Bantams including BILL MON­AGHAN and CARL PIER, who were in the wedding party.

SUSAN DIXON has been teaching Japanese iri Hawaii, and it was there that she and her husband, Curtis, were married in February. The site was "a medium-sized plan­tation, at the foot of towering green and brown volcanic mountains; beautiful lush greenery, plants, and amazingly huge bright red flowers.

Susan wore a beautiful dress of white lace and Curtis looked hand­some in his black tux. He smiled all day from ear to ear!"

NANCY FRIELINGSDORF (of Chicago) is engaged to be mar­ried and the wedding will be June of'97. Her fiance, Bill, is an attor­ney, and Nancy is teaching high school.

BRYAN HAUPTFUHRER (of Pittsburgh) is attending Carnegie Mellon University's business school, the GSIA (Graduate School of Industrial Administration) .

JONAS KATKAVICH and his wife, Kate, recently purchased a PC and have entered the information age. Jonas e-mailed that "our son Jack is growing like a weed (he'll be three in June)."

YUICHI LEE and YANI KWEE (ofN.Y.C.) gave us quite a few updates in a recent e-mail. They are enjoying the pleasures of the city, but are looking to leave in search of a quieter home in the 'burbs. Yani is still with JP Morgan, and he is with the in-house counsel for a major Long Island insurance company, defending the fine cab drivers of that great metropolis. Yuichi told us of several honorable mentions that never made it to the Reporter: "Last May, KATHY ELLIS was wed to Kelvin Leung. They met at their former place of employment, Citibank. Presently, Kathy is an officer working for The Standard Chartered Bank. In atten­dance were bridesmaid, DEIRDRE NES, who also works at Standard Chartered, MARGARET COUGHLIN, who is still with the I.R.S. in Hartford, SUE CURLEY, a Ph.D. candidate in school psy­chology at the University of Rhode Island, and THAVONE VORACHACK WASHER and DAVID WASHER '87, now proud parents of rwo girls. A month later, in June, JASON MANSKE was married to Stephanie Carney in Saratoga Springs. Jason is now a vice president with JP Morgan as a swaps marketer and is still living in Brooklyn with his lovely bride.

"STEVE and LIZ ROSANO FRANCIS have presently moved back to Massachusetts after a short stint in Columbus, OH. Both are working for GE in Pittsfield, MA, the former home of our now beloved President ofTrinity. They are the proud parents of rwo crazy short-haired pointers that can't stop licking and slobbering people to death. AVACHAI TAYJASANANT (AT) continues to have his long-dis­tance relationship with ARUN DULEEP TAYJASANANT '92, (although they are married now). He is presently an Asian equities trader with Montgomery in San Francisco. Arun is finishing her last

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semester for her master's at Columbia University. Afterward, they plan to reunite in San Francisco and live happily ever after .... finally.

"JULIANA RAMIREZ is still with Merrill Lynch, but has been seen traveling between the Bahamas and Miami, where she is based. She gave up her Boston apartment and decided to seek a life of sun worshipping. ED WONG is finishing up his last semester of his M.B.A. at Yale University. Ed was a cheese head this summer in Wisconsin where he did his summer internship.

"JULIE LOWRY (of Hartford) got a job in underwriting a few months ago, and loves it! She writes, 'I'm now divorced (those of you who know me, know why,) and am having a lot of fun with the folks around town. My new hobbies are horseback riding, eight­ball, and softball. (The only one that I'm ANY good at is horseback riding.)"'

MATT and Marilyn MAGIN­NIS welcomed baby Kaitlin on Aug. 29. Her brother, Christopher (turning three in July), is very happy to have a little sister. He was quoted as saying, "baby sister Katie cute," soon after she was born. Matt is graduating from Babson business school this May.

During our summertime visit to the Boston area, we stayed with Matt and Marilyn and got together with ANDY WARREN and his wife. Andy is working for a soft­ware firm in Boston after returning from a year spent working in Israel.

CRAIG RASMUSSEN came to dinner out with Rob's parents and some relatives and actually sur­vived! H e was on his way to con­vincing us to take up skydiving. Maybe summer '97? Razz is work­ing for GeoTel, northwest of Boston.

BOB MARKEE (of Cleveland) is STILL working on his master's thesis, and temping temporarily. Bob remains king of e-mail. We are confident he is gathering informa­tion for his next Reporter install­ment. In fact, he's just given us a preview .. . here's Bob:

"I've been bad about writing anything for the Reporter, but I have to mention this one since you (Rob) have asked about old room­mates missing in action. The week­end of March 8, I drove to New York to attend the 30th birthday party of SEAN DOUGHERTY. I arrived in Manhattan that Friday and went out with IAN MURPHY '90 and SETH LIPTON for the evening. Ian is still working for H arper Coll ins and is doing well. Seth is working as a paralegal and living near Gramercy Park.

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"The following day I drove up to Westchester County for the birth­day party. A number ofTrin people attended, including GINA LETEL­LIER; DANA SKINGER (whose married name I don't know, but they just had their first child this past year); JENNIFER EDMON­SON (who married a Class of'88 person, Everett something, which I know doesn't help but perhaps you have his name somewhere" (Editor's note: EVERETT's last name is SUSSMAN) " - the reason I want to mention them, particularly, is that Everett and Jen are expecting their first child); ED PAQUETTE '88, who is working for the Hartford AIDS Project after leaving Aetna thi~ past year; and SUE KLUIBER and her hubby, LIAM O'SULLNAN '88, who have moved up to Massachusetts and are now hunting for their first home.

"The surprise guest for me (and the reason I'm actually telling this story on the 'roommates-at-large' theme) is that DANIEL GOLD­BERG (whom I haven't seen in many years, unfortunately) and his lovely wife of one-and-one-half years attended the party. Dan is a lawyer now and living in Pelham, NY. He and his wife met their first month at Pace University's Law School and got married a week after graduation, at which graduation Dan graduated first in his class. Funny; I never remember his doing any schoolwork in college. Hmm .. ..

"The other surprise 'guest' in a way was former '89er DAN CON­SOLATORE, who is spending this year at the Sorbonne but managed to videotape a birthday greeting and sent it from France. Dan is graduating from Columbia this year.

''As for the guest of honor, SEAN DOUGHERTY is working for Edelman Public Relations firm and is looking and feeling well. He hosted the party at his parents' place in Westchester and they (the parents) wisely fled town before­hand so we had the place to our­selves. '~er that, I drove up to

Hartford for the Sunday night and visited JULIE LOWRY, who beat me at pool (belying her claim that she is no good at that one of her hobbies) and said she is starting to look into buying her first house.

''I'm writing this from work so I've been brief and at some point I'll write a more lengthy description of whom I've seen and what they are doing, bur for now, take care."

Thanks again, Bob, for your great updates. You have a nomina­tion (and a second) for Class Secretary after 1999.

MICHELLE MONTI has fin­ished a graduate degree in commu-

nications and is working for Intermedia Services in Watertown, MA. Michelle produces slide shows and videos for clients all across the country, and was recently working in Miami and Scottsdale. She wrote that SCOTT and Alexis LALONDE bought a house (Michelle's not sure where, but she thinks they live in New Jersey); CHRIS FISHER is living in Milton, MA; and Renaissance man STEVE WHITSON is "honing his skills as a pool player and gourmet chef" Michelle also asked after her three roommates: "MARY SABA­TINI RAMETTA, are you still teaching? AMY HEEREN, are you still in Boston? CAITLIN DEAN, where are you?" Mary (of Glastonbury) wrote us that she is doing well and is teaching Spanish at South Windsor High School. Mary, her husband, Dean, and their black lab, Sydney, eagerly awaited the arrival of a baby in June. We heard from Caitlin Dean, who found our web site amongst the expanding clutter of the Internet and dropped us a note. (So far we're tl1e only class with a site! It's at http://www.trincoll.edu in the alumni pages.) Her e-mail address can be found on the Trinity alumni site with a few other pioneers.

LIZ OSTERHUS (of Evanston, IL) has been with the American Academy of Pediatrics for over a year now and is a program manager for the "Medical Home Program for Children with Special Needs." She and her dog, Tucker, are staying out of trouble (this is done by stay­ing away from Zeus, the rottweiler next door!) and enjoying life in the Midwest.

CARLA BRINI PELLEGRINO (of Branford, CT) e-mailed that she is "still at the same job - a senior associate research scientist at Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and I still like working in the lab!" She and her husband, Tom, were married on "the only nice Saturday in September," and have lots of guest updates. Tom, by some huge coin­cidence, was roommates with JEN COLE JACOBSEN's husband, Scott, while they were at Fairfield University. Small world! She writes "Jen and Scott are expecting their first child in early March, and are really excited. KAY MCGOWAN is in Seattle finishing up her pediatrics residency, and spending lots of time with her long-time boyfriend from Vancouver. I was so touched that they both traveled so far for the wedding. LIZ CHAFFIN just accepted a very prestigious job as a physical therapist with the WT.A. (Women's Tennis Assoc.). Liz is moving to Tampa, FL in early February to start her new position, but apparently she'll be hopping

around the globe with this new position. DANA MONTEFIORE was also at the wedding. She's doing well, and has acquired a passion for scuba diving! I also saw CHRIS­TINE LUTZ GELINAS, who has a beautiful new baby daughter named Charlotte."

When BARBARA SCUDDER (ofN.Y.C.) isn't enjoying a fine meal in her cubicle at Paine Webber, she is training for the Leukemia Society of America's marathon to be held in Alaska this June. Good luck, Barbara! Hope you can enjoy the longest day of the year. Barbara recently celebrated her 30th birth­day which we unfortunately missed. The last party at Barbara's had a small army of'89ers, including STEVE BRAUER, STEVE BELBER, MIKE STRASSMAN, and SAM KOSTER. Steve Belber is writing plays in N.Y.C., and I believe Steve Brauer is producing plays.

JENNIFER HALL got her Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1994 and she is in her third year as an assistant professor at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. She writes, "I recently attended the wedding of KATHLEEN URBACH to Samuel Fuller. They're living in Boston where Kat is the art buyer at a major advertis­ing agency. Also at the wedding were STEVE COYLE '90 and JEAN HAMANO LOYLE, who recently bought a house in Long­meadow, Mass. Also attending were Bill and JUDITH BROWN STAHL." Judy had a baby girl, Kathleen Grace Stahl, in May 1996.

SHANNON O 'CONNOR finished up a two-year fellowship in Madison, WI and moved to D enver in July 1996. She is working on a research project examining family factors in adherence behavior of children with asthma.

GINA ZARRA BLUM recently became the Trinity Club of Fairfield's President. Way to go, Gina!

DAVE HOWER and KATRY­NA NIELDS '91 are still going strong with their band, "The Nields." They were described by The Hartford Courant: "The Nields seem unspoiled by success. Not bad for a band that combines the crunch of granola with the blast of an M-80." Their record label, EMI Guardian, will re-release their song,"Greta," in April with two new tracks. EMI considers this to be a promising single and plans to bring the band to L.A. for a record­ing session. Good luck!

JOHN PENDLETON has been a felony prosecutor in New Hampshire, dealing with domestic violence and child abuse cases for the past three years. During this

time he helped the Shaheen-for­Governor campaign (NH 's first female governor!). He just joined the Boston firm of Cetrulo & Capone. There he joins other Trinity alumni, ANNETTE BOELHOUWER and CHRIS SMITH. John is married to Sarah Pendleton and lives in Salem, MA.

lAURA THOMAS STANDARD was married in June 1996 in Vermont and is a counselor at rwo Burlington-area schools. She finished her counseling degree at UVM last spring.

MICHAEL MILLER is working in Boston for Fleet National Bank as vice president for commercial banking. H e bought a house in Acton where he is living with his girlfriend, Lauren, and her four­year-old son.

KATE ROY SULLNAN, has completed her Ph.D. at Boston College and is now a doctor in clin­ical psychology! "Yea!" She's also the proud mom of Emma, an adorable baby girl, (now one and one-half years old).

MIKE VANDERBILT recently returned from a year-long trip around the world, and reports all is fine.

BOB VINCELETTE is living in New Hampshire.

SAMANTHA KOSTER is mov­ing up at Citibank in N.Y. C. She is working with the Citibankl American Airlines Advantage card marketing program.

JENNIFER KEHL is with Bankers Trust in N.Y. C., working in the human resources group. She has recently taken up tango lessons, adding to her dance repertoire. She could show Al Pacino and Arnold Schwartzenegger a thing or rwo!

KATIE SHERR BOGART has accepted a position with Gregori International, a worldwide develop­er of large scale landscaping pro­jects, such as horse and dog tracks. Katie and her husband, Pierre, are in their second year in Toulouse.

News from your co-secretaries: CIORSDAN CONRAN got a new job recently, working as executive director of a development associa­tion for Hudson County's Hudson River waterfront. It's the first time she's working for the "other side" (i.e., non-historic preservation type jobs) but she is seeing what it's like to do some good from the inside of the "evil development empire." So far, so good. No Darth Vaders yet. It's right in Hoboken, so she can walk to work. Her husband, ROB CUMMINGS, has been working with John Cummings & Partners since August 1996 and loves the flexibility and the satisfaction that a huge company never seemed to have. He just landed his first major client (Perrier) for their DBM/

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SCAN tracking service, and JC&P looks to be headed towards its best year of its eight-year existence.

If you have notes, updates, cor­rections, rants, flames, or just pats on the back, we welcome it all here! Every possible way to get in touch with us (except directions to our apartment) is listed below. Don't be shy. We aren't!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3 100. Thank you.

Melissa M Banister Rodney K Brown Amy Giarraputo jonathan B. Mills Peter S. Ostrander Christopher J Coxon Basil M Fikaris, Jr. Cynthia A. Kirby ~nessa A. Destaing Christopher E ]ohmon Robert A. ~llette

Ciorsdan C. Conran Robert]. Cummings

1015 Washington St., #4 Hoboken, NJ 07030

American Online: [email protected] (or)

Internet mail: [email protected] Class Agent:

Edmund Gill Woods III

BETH CAPALDI works as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Illinois in Urbana­Champaign in the entomology department and neuroscience program.

JASON FARBER works and lives in Searcle with his wife, Julie. He is a lawyer in the health law and corporate departments at the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. His focus is on transactions involv­ing health-care and tax-exempt organizations. Several large transac­tions he has worked on include: sale of an Alaska psychiatric hospital, the merger of the only rwo hospi­tals in Great Falls, MT, joint ven­tures to operate ambulatory surgery centers and transitional care units, the purchase of a home health-care company, and the reorganization of a tax-exempt retirement home. H e writes that he ran into MIKE DAVIS, who returned to Seatrle after completing his engineering degree in Texas. .

ALANAJEYDEL got married on May 18, 1996. Attending the nuptials were BETH LINCOLN, KIM LINCOLN, PAM HICKORY, ANGIE HAN, MIKE PETRU­CELLI, and JEFF BARRY Alana

says that she is finishing her Ph.D. in political science and looking for a full-time "professor-type" job.

T he Feb. 9 edition of The Hartford Courant Sunday Magazine, Northeast, contained a feature arti­cle on the Nields. KATRYNA NIELDS '9 1, DAVE CHALFANT and DAVE HOWER '89 are all members of this musical group which is becoming more and more well-known.

GREGORY ST CLAlR works as an associate in the law firm, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton in New York City where he practices securities law. He writes that he spends lots of time with PAUL KENNEDY, who is also in New York, working for Chubb & Son insurance.

Editor's note: Feel free to send submissions for Class Notes to OTIS BRYANT, SARA MOORIN LANG, or TOM ROBINSON. They have agreed to work with Steve in collecting information for this column. Otis's address is: 228 Hancock St., Apt. 7, Brooklyn, NY 11216; Sara's address is: 675 S. Clarkson St., Denver, CO 80209; Tom's address is: c/o Mr. Harold H . Robinson, Jr. , 47 Marion Dr., Manchester, CT 06040.

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

joelle A. Greene Marc R. Grossman Jeffrey D. Henderer Sanna Marshall Henderer jackson Mwalund4nge Eric G. Pickett

Steven A. Safran 11 Liberty St.

Natick, MA 01760 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: Alexis Deyan Brashich

Suzanne Elizabeth Carroll Peter Lockwood Denious

Stephen Ralph Gorman Raymond Thomas Hannan, Jr.

Aaron Jonathan Sobel

I am writing this during a flight from Houston to M iami, which is the usual altitude at which I am able to catch up on my correspon­dence these days. Basically, since accepting a position with William M. Mercer, a human resources con­sulting firm, I live in Washington, work in Philadelphia, and have an apartment in Houston, where I will be working for the next 10 months on a project. I have acquired great

packing skills and tons of frequent flier miles, but have few person-to­person conversations because of my commute(s) . Since I work out of the Philadelphia office, I have had several opportunities to seek out Trinity alums in the area. Last week, I caught the Flyers game with ANDY NEWCOMB, PETER ST PHILLIP '90, and ERIN CLARKE '88. We spent most of our time catching up and reminiscing, rather than watching the dismal perfor­mance occurring below on the court. Peter has recently moved to N .YC. to work on the NASDAQ case, and Erin works for Amtrak, a mode of transportation to which I am becoming quite accustomed.

Looks like I am not the only per­son with a new job:

JOHN ClAUD has just started working for the committee which is investigating the fundraising prac­tices of the Democratic Party dur­ing the 1996 election.

MISSY CUELLO has parlayed her clerkship into a job as a public defender in Danbury, CT

SCOTT MATTOON and his new bride, Dawn, will be moving to the N.Y.C. area where Scott will teach while Dawn attends Yale (what - she couldn't get into any ofTrinity's graduate programs?).

As for engagements and births: Engagements: MARK RUSSELL

and KARA MOLWAY, STEVE SPAULDING and ANDREA HIRSH ON, and ERIC TAUBEN­H EIM and KELLEY CAMP­BELL...talk about a Trinity connec­tion!

AMY (WILSON) and T IM JENSEN '90 are the proud parents of a baby girl, Georgia, who was born on March 9.

My apologies to little Gaines Semler whose birthdate was print­ed incorrectly in the last issue. His actual birth date is Oct. 4 and, according to his mother, lAURA (GAINES) SEMLER, he is fast emerging from his "blob stage."

JOHN GREGORY is engaged and has moved to Sydney, Australia where his fiancee has recently accepted a job.

The alumni office reports that Rick and M ICHELE WILLIAMS­BOVELL are the parents of a son (see Births). He weighed in at eight pounds and rwo ounces and was 21 and one-half inches long. DR. KEISHA JONES assisted in the delivery.

And speaking of moves: CHARLIE CRISSMAN has

moved from Montana to Boston where he is employed by Executor's PGI, an event-planning group. Charlie is coaching youngsters to

run and hopes to find the first pre­kindergartner to break the six­minute mile, one of Charlie's life-

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long dreams. As he is getting "long in the tooth," he is living vicarious­ly through his apprentices. ANDY NEWCOMB and Charlie traveled to Nantucket where Charlie ran the Nantucket Marathon. Charlie is also planning on running the Boston Marathon in April. Andy, however, is not planning on run­ning any Marathon.

Also in Boston is DAVE PAYNE, who is working for Conduit, a software concern.

ROBIN HALPERN writes that LINDA IVEY has moved back to N.Y. C. after finishing all but her dissertation for her history Ph.D. from Georgetown. She is starting to do all of her research in the Big Apple, but will eventually go to California for hands-on research. Linda and Robin went with DOUG BUTLER and a few other alums to see JOHN COCKRELL perform stand-up at a comedy club. "He was great!" John hopes to become a regular at some of these dubs.

Robin also writes rhat she was at the annual President's reception along with Linda Ivey, ANDREW HALPERN, FRANK MONACO, BILL BRICK, and Eric Taubenheim, and that JEN MORAN was a big help planning the winter alumni party (with Skidmore and Bowdoin). BILL RYKMAN joined them for the party and was instrumental in get­ting a great band, "Deep Banana," for the night. Robin has seen THEO ANTONIADIS a few times on the street. He is managing a great restaurant in Midtown called Mangia and is still pursuing a career m musiC.

LONNIE STEWART and KIM MARTH were at a party that RICHARD COLEMAN '90 host­ed. Doug Butler and Linda Ivey were there as well. AND REA HIRSH ON and Robin saw TRACY GOODRIDGE recently. She and Chris are still in Atlanta and will be there for at least one more school year while she finishes her M.B.A. at Emory and he fin­ishes his Ph.D. in physics at Emory. EVE and JON KNAPP are both busy at their hospitals in San Diego, but find time to come east once in a while. Eve tells Robin that PEGGY FLYNN TAYLOR had a baby boy! SEANA HAY­DEN is still in L.A. and told Robin that she went to the Trinity Club of L.A. President's Reception last month. The Trinitones were there with President Dobelle and Director of Alumni Relations Eugenie Devine.

And graduations: FRAN SCHWARZ graduated

from Smith College School for Social Work in August of 1995 and

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is currently working with children and adolescents in Chapel Hill, NC where she lives with BARRETT LAMOTHE. Barren will receive her M.B.A. from Duke in May of 1997 and will wed a Duke class­mate in June of this year.

And classmates in the news: The Hartford Courant Sunday

Magazine ran a spread on The Nields, a band the majority of whose members hail from Trinity: KATRYNA NIELDS (vocals, gui­tar), DAVE CHALFANT '90 (bass), and DAVE HOWER '89 (drums). The group's label, EMI Guardian, will re-release "Greta" in April with two new tracks. The label considers "Tax Girl" a promis­ing single and plans to fly the band to Los Angeles for a recording ses­sion with celebrated producer Paul Fox.

And one can't help hearing MARY MCCORMACK's name everywhere, what with rhe success of her series, "Murder One," and her starring role in Howard Stern's movie, "Private Parts," which is now in theaters. According to one article, Mary confided in a friend that she -was worried that starring in a Howard Stern movie would ruin her movie career. Her friend said, "What career?" and Mary rook the part. The movie is hilarious and Mary is superb in her role of Allison, Howard's wife. Mary has also appeared in such series as "Law and Order" and "The Wright Verdicts," and the films, "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Backfire!" GINA LUCAS, CINDY CURTIN and Linda lvey went to the premiere of Mary's movie at Madison Square Garden and Linda accompanied Mary to the taping of her appear­ance on rhe David Letterman show.

And more: ROBIN COOK works as a

head-hunter in Philadelphia. TINABETH PASSARO just bought a house in Alexandria, VA and works for GO PAC. LIBBY (STING) MILLER has two beauti­ful children and is very busy raising them with her husband, Bob, in New Canaan, CT. KATHERINE (HEWITT) CHERIAN is a physi­cal therapist in New Mexico where she lives with her new husband, Sabu.

Lastly, a little humor: You know you are a child of the '80s if: you had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding; you know who shot J.R.; this rings a bell: "and my name is Charlie. They work for me"; you're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all, and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for; you freaked out when you found rhat you now fall into the "26-50" age category on most questionnaires; "Schoolhouse

Rock'' played a HUGE part in how you actually learned rhe English language; you dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video; you remember the first time "Space: Above and Beyond" aired - it was called "Battlestar Galacti~a''; going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops show up; you played ''Atari," "IntelliVision," and "Coleco" while watching "Friday Night Videos"; you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van; you rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind you; there were at least three people in your school who voluntarily went by the names of''Skip," "Buffy," ''Muffy," or "Dexter;" and, finally, you remem­ber the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the week­end.

Note: Check out Trinity's award­winning web site at www.trincoll. edu. There is an alumni page on which you can change your address, post your e-mail address by class, and send e-mail directly to listed classmates!

Thanks to everyone who con­tributed information to this edition, and I would love to hear from more (and different!) people. To send information to include in the Reporter Notes, you can either send it to me directly at the numbers and addresses listed below, or via Trinity's alumni office (203-297-2400 or alumni.office@trincoll. edu).

Thanks for all who volunteered information!!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how rhe individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Charles Green Banks III Jeffrey Scott Childs Sean Benjamin Cooke Terrell Davis Kelson J Ettienne-Modeste Patrick Alexander Whitney Susan Nancy Leipman William Stephen Lowe Christine Anne Markatos Taneia Chane! Yarbrough

Heather Nicole Watkins 50ll Sentinel Dr., #61

Bethesda, MD 20816 e-mail:

heather_ [email protected] Class Agents:

Elizabeth Anne Bakulski Richard Warren Stockton, Jr.

By the time you read this, Reunion '97 will be but a memo­ry ... and a happy one, I certainly hope. DAVE GERBER and I have been doing our best, and hopefully it all will have paid off And maybe, just maybe, a successful Reunion weekend will encourage more of you to send news in to the alumni office for Class Notes! It's been a while since many of you have writ­ten in, but fortunately we did hear from a few of you ...

Just in time before my pressing Reporter deadline, I received a lovely note from LAURA PETROVIC, who lives in Albany and is a sales manager at the Albany Marriott. Laura had happy news to share: she and fellow '92er, BILL DAILEY, are engaged to be married, and are planning a September 1997 wed­ding! Bill is getting his law degree from Albany Law School and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer's School of Management. Let us know how the wedding goes, Laura, and be sure to send a picture in to the alumni office!

LINDA BERNSTEIN also dropped me a note with the follow­ing news: she finished up her mas­ter's in healthcare administration at ~he University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in May, after having spent three months working and doing research in Israel. Linda also reported that MICHELLE JASPER is living in New York City and working towards her Ph.D. in school psychology at Yeshiva University. And LESLIE SOLER '93 is an attorney with ITT in Hartford.

In other news from the alumni office, CRAIG BRAMLEY is now a practicing attorney in Maine; he joined the trial firm of Berman & Simmons in Lewiston last fall.

CHRISTIAN R. JOHNSON was recently promoted to associate at Chase Securities, after three years as a senior analyst in the acquisition finance group. Christian is planning on attending Tuck (Dartmouth's business school) this fall, in pursuit of the ever-popular M.B.A.

DRUMMOND BOORD received his commission as a naval officer after completing Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, FL.

I saw AMY (CHIODO) ALLEN recently; she and her husband, Bill, now live in Boston. Amy works at Harvard in development, and I met up with her while she was in Hartford for a Trinity alumni bas­ketball game. I also saw Amy again in New Haven, when we both visit­ed MIKE and BETH ALLEN. We had such a good rime that it really made me look forward to Reunion

weekend. Wish I had more to write, but

Reunion efforts have been taking up a lot of my time and have result­ed in my slacking off in the gossip department, I'm afraid. Thanks, by the way, to all those who volun­teered with Reunion efforts, and especially to KAREN ISGUR in the alumni office!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

james Theodore Bridges Nobuyuki Honda Susan Marie Lazorchick Rajarengan Rajaratnam Diego Andres Roca Karen Lee Salomon Walter Ytzng

Erin Kelly Galvin 37-B1 Loomis Dr.

West Hartford, CT 06119 Class Agents:

Rachel Christina Freeman Malcolm Fraser MacLean IV

Reunion '98: June 4-7

The time has finally come when your old-fashioned CLASS SCRIBE, heretofore firmly anchored in 1980's technology, has entered the modern age of commu­nications. Welcome, fellow class­mates, to the first edition of our Class Notes gathered almost exclu­sively from e-mail. In keeping with the spirit of e-mail, the means of correspondence for the '90s (And beyond? Is it possible that 2000 is knocking on our door?), I will make this edition of the notes as random and disjointed as possible, since e-mail typically removes con­text and meaning from a message. Another problem with e-mail (Technophobe? Certainly not I. A traditionalist? Perhaps.) is that it robs the message of all intonation and expression. Thus, it is nearly impossible to guess whether we are dealing in fact or fiction, or have encountered sarcasm or sacred truth. E-mail does not require the thought or sentence construction of a lener, nor does it require the spontaneity or expense of a tele­phone call or (gasp) of an actual face-to-face encounter. However, it does seem to facilitate or encourage communication in some form, which for my purposes (varied and suspect as they are) can be good.

Now, after completely shanering the credibility of the words to fol­low, I shall get on with the notes,

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but not before my quarterly dis­claimer, this time with a new twist: if you don't see your name here, it's because you haven't called, written, faxed, or (the twist) e-mailed me or the alumni office. Here is your chance: [email protected]. Nothing too offensive, please -this is work, after all. On with the show ...

The winter 1997 Gatherings, newsletter of the Trinity Library, revealed the following: THOMAS ZAHAREVICH, assistant cata­loger, has earned a place in "the annals of bibliographic record keep­ing." During a routine assignment, Tom discovered that "appropriate subject heading for many of the organisms in the series had never been included in the Library of Congress Subject Headings, a bibli­ographic tool used by thousands of libraries worldwide. Following extensive research, Tom submined 17 Subject Heading Proposal Forms to the editorial comminee at the Library of Congress' Cataloging Policy and Support Office." Sixteen of the headings were approved, and the 17th referred to the Smith­sonian for further study. Apparent­ly, it became controversial when no one could decide to classifY the heading "Leuvenia" as plant or ani­mal ...

And what have you done today? Go,TZ!

Congrarulations are also in order ... KATE SHAFFER stunned us all with the announcement that she is engaged to marry her sweet­heart, Kevin. Former roommate and current friend, SUSAN OLSEN, informed me of the news, and was knocked for a loop herself - imagine how Kate must have felt ... Susan continues to star at Citicorp in N.Y.C.

Weddings, weddings, wed­dings ... WILL BRECKENFELD married Jamie Hyde in Essex, CT last Dec. 22. Will continues at Villanova Law School, and Jamie works in the ad department of the Washington Post. Class of '93 guests at the wedding included ED KISSELL, HARRY COHEN, and RACHEL GOLD. STEVE HOOKER '92 also attended.

JAY AKASIE, who turned in the goods on Will, made it to the wed­ding as well, and had some pretty exciting news of his own: he is now Gainfully Employed (audible sigh of relief in Kensington, CT). The company which made such a leap of faith is Forbes Magazine, which has employed him as a reporter. Whom did Jay run into his first day on the job, but publisher and for­mer Presidential hopeful, Steve Forbes .. .

Jay has recently become active in the planning ofTrinity Club of

New York Young Alumni activities, and turned in a glowing review of the annual Winter Ball, co-hosted with Bowdoin College after Middlebury and St. Larry's backed out. CASSIE BURNS, AUDREY BRASHICH, and MANDY ROTH were there, but Jay was dis­appointed in the '93's turnout at the black-tie event. Let's try for a better show next year, and this time, none of those embarrassing tuxedo t -shirts.

New York has no shortage of Trinity action. PAULO BARBOSA is an account executive with Citibank, bringing his fluency in Portuguese to bear on the bank's Brazilian accounts.

ASHLYN HILEY started work at the psychiatric institute at N.Y.U. Medical Center, doing a sleep apnea study. She makes occasional trips to visit a certain Columbia Medical School student...

LYNN WOLFF has returned to the greater New York-New Jersey mega-metroplex area, and is work­ing for a small publishing company.

Moving even further afield, way up north to Rochester, we find JESS WELD in graduate school for education, and working at a local publishing company. By the time you read this, however, she will be stowing the books and heading to Colorado to spend the summer with AMY F. MORSE, who is in school for education in Durango, working at a daycare part time, and frolicking in the hot springs near Telluride the rest of the day. I saw Amy and Jess at Audubon Circle in Boston's Kenmore Square just a few months ago .. . (segue to Boston news ... ).

I couldn't miss an issue without a Boston update. PRASANT SAR continues to hatch plans to rule the world, but now does so from his desk in the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger.

DAN SCANLAN's career at East Coast Capital continues to gather momentum, and he has been called by those who know, "The next Tom Vu."

I ran into JON TREVISAN and his bride-to-be on Charles Street, as I strolled along enjoying the winter sun with my senorita, Nicola. John is living in Beacon Hill with his brother, and has entered the World of Consulting.

NICOLE D'AVIRRO spent a fun weekend in Vermont, skiing and catching up with KIM D'AMI­CO and BETSYYAHN (the new roommate of the aforementioned Miss Hiley). To celebrate a success­ful weekend with all limbs intact, the intrepid trio chose to have din­ner at Tapas, where they ran into KARALYN KINSELLA, who filled

them in on her third year of med­ical school at UConn. Karalyn was with her fiance, whose identity will remain a secret. However, Karalyn was willing to disclose the fact that RENEE MAILLOUX will be doing her residency at Hartford Hospital in OB/GYN.

DAVID RIKER, who will, by now, have left Boston for Darien, Cf, has decided to go boldly where no man has gone before (and I don't mean Darien). At long last, he has launched Venture On-Line LLC, an Internet-based service, helping emerging technology com­panies find financial backing. Good luck, Dave!

As for me, I sit quietly by the telephone waiting for you to call.

And from the mailbag: United States Marine Corps 2nd

Lt. CARLOS A. VALLEJO recently departed on a six-month deploy­ment to Okinawa with the Battalion Landing Team 2nd Banalion, 4th Marines, as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. He is home-based in Camp Pendleton, Cali£ Carlos joined the Marine Corps in July 1994.

JAMIE MURPHY is living alone in a "fabulous" one-bedroom on 57th and 8th Avenue in New York, and is working as creative assistant to the executive creative director at Kirshenbaum Bond & Parmers, a "small but very hot ad agency down in the SoHo area." If any friends would like to get in touch (or know of a good voice teacher in N.Y. C.), her number is (212) 977-7064. She writes that ANDREW VANHOOK is an intern at Kirshenbaum, and that she tries to catch concerts by New Brown Hat, the band featuring CRAIG WOERZ and FELL HERDEG, with notable groupie, CHRISSY (HEWITT) WOERZ. At the last concert, she spotted DYLLAN MCGEE, LIZ LIFLAND, and HUGH M.M. ANDERSON.

SARAH K. MOLDENHAUER checked in from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), where she is in her third year of the joint Ph.D. program in personality psychology and women's studies. In June, she plans to mary Jay Salazar, a New Mexico native, nearing completion of his Ph.D. in organizational psy­chology. They live with their two dogs (and probably a lot of books) in Ypsilanti, MI.

FAWN WALTON is in the last semester at the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture and as of May will have in hand a master of architecture and certifi­cate in historic preservation. She writes that KRISTIN MAKI, JANE OH, DANA POOLE, and BILL GHENT are doing well.

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8ingle,.step begins a journey to divinity school ;

Melissa Kefin '94 is not an accidental tourist. Purposeful traveler is a much more accurate

d$scription of someone who spent a semester of her junior year

""exploring and experiencing

Pfibetan cultme in India and Nepal,

returned there follow-ing graduation as the recipient of a prestigious yearlong Watson Fellowship to study Tibetan saqed art, and is now pursuing a master's degree in theological studies' at Harvard Divinity School. Sh~ hopes ty>'earn he,r doctorate at;J.d the~ teach at fhe college level. "I h~d nl idea it would eVer spirJ. into thi(" " Kerin says ofher interest in Buddhism.

Buddhist monk creating a man­dala, or sand painting used in meditation, at Trinity when she was a senior. "I was there every day for two weeks talking to him about Buddhism," Kerin recalls. Several months later, Kerin found herself in Dhararnsala, India, beginning her study of the religious and cultural traditions that are at the core of mandala making. Last fall her continuing journey brought her to Harvard, where, by concentrating on world reli­gions, Tibetan studies, and Buddhism, she hopes to share with others the tenets of the phi­losophy she has come to embrace.

Seeing the world untraditionally

According to Kerin, she was drawn to Trinity because of the opportunities it afforded to see the world in untraditional ways.

She was exposed to Easteg1 culture at the age of 8 by her

!-----'"'-"'""'th""e""-'""""o'"'p_ra_c_ticed medita­tion. Kerin was captivated when~ \\:\_ h . d T'b y ..-r Y "" ~>:lood~ s e wltnesse a 1 etan ·-'

For Kerin, that meant combin­ing her existing interest in acting with two new interests: perfor­mance art and women's studies. She credits her participation in a freshman seminar, taught by Professor ofTheater and Dance Judy Dworin '70 and focusing on people ostracized from soci­ety, with helping to guide her toward her study of Tibetans, now in exile from their native country. "Judy was a huge factor in my life. She helped shape my vision of life, theater, art, and self-expression," Kerin says.

As a freshman Kerin discov­ered women's studies and ulti­mately graduated from the pro­gram with honors. "Women's studies is crucial to all the work I've done. It made me develop sensibilities to race and class, especially in different cultures," she contends. Performance art helped her bring feminist theory to a more "visceral level," Kerin believes.

For her senior thesis, she drew upon the experiences of female African-American performance artists and examined how they use their bodies in their art. Women's Studies Professor and department chair Joan Hedrick, one of Kerin's advisers for the project, says Kerin's ability to combine her "artistic and imagi­native capabilities with analytical and speculative capabilities pro­duced unusual and impressive results." Dworin, who remains in contact with her former stu­dent, says, "From the beginning, Missy was a really creative spirit who was able to take informa­tion and combine it with her heart and her mind and find a wonderful integration of art, religion, and women's studies."

Exploring culture through sacred art

In 1993 as a junior, Kerin got her frrst taste of the culture that would capture her imagination. It was then that she traveled to

India and Nepal, where she spent a semester studying with the School for International Training and learning about the creation of thangkas, precise, iconographic paintings on can­vas which feature Buddhist deities and are used for medita­tion. After graduating, she returned as a Watson Fellow to take her interest in the sacred art form to a new level. She devoted herself to the exploration of the social and cultural constraints surrounding the creation of thangkas. Although religious law does not restrict women from creating such art, women have not historically created thangkas and mandalas, she explains. "Cultural influences of the out­side world and questions being raised by Western feminist scholars about gender roles have started to affect these religious traditions," Kerin says. To pro­mote awareness of these chang­ing traditions, Kerin is working with the College to bring six Buddhist nuns to campus in 1998 to create a mandala. The visit would mark the first time women have created such a painting in the West.

Last year, in another attempt to promote awareness and share the mandala's message of impermanence and unattach­ment, Kerin organized the cre­ation of a mandala at Hartford's Sanchez School. She recalls see­ing one boy, who had just lost his father, watch as the mandala was being made and realized that she was not only helping to teach others about imperma­nence but was learning about it herself

"I have a strong interest in learning about what seems eso­teric," she observes. "If I can make the basic tenets of com­passion and impermanence accessible and alive to people, that would be ideal for me."

-Suzanne Zack

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Audrey Brashich wrote in with this summer in DC with Wiley, KATHRYN HARKLESS recently is engaged. wonderful news: she has received a Rein and Fielding, a firm specializ- got engaged. She is still living in By the way, I have also been French government teaching "assist- ing in telecommunications. He said New York and working at DMB&B, informed that PAT GINGRAS is antship" from the Fulbright that he had recently spoken with at last check. Congratulations, actually no longer available to all of Commission. She will be spending NATHAN STOWELL, who was in Kathryn! Tascha Kontny is very the eligible women out there. So if the next academic year in France, Columbus, OH, but was planning busy in graduate school at B.C. you were planning on giving him a teaching English and American on moving back to Moscow with where she is pursuing her M .S.W: call as per his request, you might studies, and spreading American his wife, Vika. I did not know that She now works in a residential set- want to change your plans. goodwill abroad. Nathan was even married, so con- ring, but had just received news of I also heard that J 0 HN

LISA HARTIGAN KLEINERT gratulations! Pete also mentioned her new placement in Newton VIENER is doing stand-up comedy writes to the alumni office that she that on a recent trip to London he Wellesley Hospital, counseling part-time on the club circuit in graduated from UConn School of ran into AMANDA WOODS in a patients on a surgical floor. Tasch New York. I can imagine that this Medicine this May. She moved to theater and that she reported that and Sara recently ran into MO would be quite a show, so look for Philadelphia to train in internal all was well with her. He let us MCELENEY and JAKE and ANN him! medicine at UPenn and the know that ADAM KREISEL (the (DILLON) FISHER at the Beacon I recently spoke with KEN Hospital of the University of Democrat) is fine and was then Hill Pub. They have also reported THRESS, who is happy in Pennsylvania. She notes that recovering from the LSATs. I'm not seeing JULIE SMALL and MAR- Durham, NC with MEGHAN UConn's Medical School has pro- sure what else he is doing now, but LEIGH PHILLIPS around Boston. (RILEY) THRESS, while he is pur-duced several more doctors who are I did hear from other sources that Graham Johnston is in D .C., suing his Ph.D. in pharmacology at Trinity alums, including RENEE law school was in his plans for the working for Peat Marwick where he Duke. He told me that he and MAILLOUX (ob/gyn in Hartford), fall. Thanks for all the news, Pete! does consulting for state and local Meghan were about to close on a SAUL SNOWISE (ob/gyn in YAJEN CHANG wrote to the governments and nonprofit organi- house in the area, a sign that they Chicago), BRENDAN CAMP- alumni office with an update on zations. He is also so important that are definitely real grown-ups! BELL '92 (surgery in Chapel Hill, what's been going on with her. She he carries a pager and he told me TOM SOCHA was certainly NC), and DAVID BREAULT '90 spent the last two years working for that in his spare time he is conduct- missed by all of his friends recently, (pediatrics at Yale). the New England Aquarium's ing research on limb prosthetics. but contrary to rumors that he had

The alumni office has no current Elementary Science Curriculum Hmm .. .interesting, Graham. disappeared, I discovered that he is mailing address for the following program, but has since returned to Chris Foley is living in Boston's just busy in New York working at members of the Class. Any informa- her home country. She reported north end and Justin Oliver is com- Bankers Trust. The last time I spoke cion as to how the individuals can be that she was working on starting up pleting his third year of law school with him, he was about to leave on contacted should be sent to Alumni an elementary school which was at American University. He is plan- a trip to the Bahamas with his girl-Office, Trinity College, Hartford, scheduled to open in 1998 in Sao ning on going into patent law and friend, Jen. CT 06106-3100. Thank you. Paolo. Good luck! remaining in DC afrer graduation. Tom told me that ANDY

Thomas William Reuter KRISTEN DIESEL is living in Justin told me that MAR- LEVINE is in N.Y.C. and working Bartholomew,S. Reid Boulder, and with one semester to CARET PRYOR is in her first year at Credit Lyonnais. Nicole G. Sistare go in grad school, was working as a of law school at American and I can't wait to see ANITA SHIN Rachel Totman part-time elementary school teacher CAROLINE SANTA-CRUZ is in when she comes out in May with 75 McRae W Williams and high school tutor. In addition, her second. He also told me that he her boyfriend, Kevin, for BENNA Allison F Lauretti she continues to play soccer with a recently ran into ERIK LYNCH and RJ RONDINI's wed-]effiey Thomas Heavey women's league, as well as with a SCHWARTZ, who is still in DC, ding. She is finishing her third year Cuong Ngoc Pho coed league. working on engineering for robot- of dental school at O.S.U., and Anthony T Cirelli Afrer starting in the mailroom at ics, or some such thing that no one from what I can tell, she is pretty

Jonathan E. Heuser United Talent Agency shortly afrer is quite able to understand. much a real dentist doing every-39 South St., #6 graduation, LARRY SALZ has been ADAM KREISEL (not the thing from root canals to fillings!

Brighton, MA 02135 promoted to full agent in the TV- Democrat) is living in Utah and he Speaking ofBENNA and RJ, at fax: 617-887-0443 Literary department. He lives out keeps busy by getting new body a pre-wedding/engagement party

e-mail: [email protected] in Los Angeles where he represents piercings and directing air traffic for recently held in their honor in Class Agents: writers - including those who Delta with his newly purple hair. Boston, I saw many alums from our

Katherine Kelsey Hubbard write for Seinfeld! Just in case you thought air travel class and others - LIZ DUNCAN Joseph W: Monahan IV On a recent trip to New was unsafe, I'm sure you ai:e now was there with her boyfriend, on a

Rachel E. Schreier Hampshire with several Trinity completely reassured. I'm only kid- rare weekend that she was not trav-Prescott D. Stewart alums, I was able to dig up some ding, Adam! eling on business. Still at Triple Dot

Clifford H. Swain, Jr. information about more of you. CHlUS PILIERO is living in Communications in Boston, she is Along for the annual trip to DEB Geneva and working for JP responsible for implementation of

m WATTS' house on Newfound Lake Morgan. At last sighting, Chris was marketing and public relations pro-were GRAHAM JOHNSTON, sporting an Armani suit and a Rolex grams for clients such as Timber-SARA T ITUS, NATASCHA and sounds like a real big shot. land, 2d Interactive, and The Laser KONTNY, CHRIS FOLEY, As you can see, many people are Center.

Hi everyone! Here we go again JUSTIN OLIVER, Deb, and I. currently in grad school, including JANET YORK was also at the with another edition of our Class Sara Titus had recently found MISSY KERIN (who is profiled in party. She is working at Brown Notes. out that PIPER SKELLY '93 had this issue), and KIM CLASH who Brothers Harriman with RJ and I

Please make a note of my new e- been matched for his residency in is in nursing school at Johns believe a few other Trinity alums. mail address in case you might be general surgery at the University of Hopkins. Also, JAY TURNER is She told me that MARK persuaded to send me some news Chicago. Although Sara is stillliv- getting his M.B.A. at the University KASTRUD's job is keeping him that way- you know I will appre- ing in Beacon H ill and working at of Maryland and living in the DC especially busy by sending him ciate every word! The Children's Museum, I have a area, and ASH ALTSCHULER is overseas for long periods of time. At

Well, to get things started, PETE feeling that by the time this is pub- in law school at Georgetown. the time, I think he was in Japan. FRIEDMAN sent a note to let us lished, there may be some changes In other news, GREG HAFFN- GARY RAFFERTY made it up in on his news. He wrote back in on her horizon. We'll see ... ER is in medical school in Ireland to Boston from N.YC. where he December to say that he was in his Sara told me that EMILY and MATT PEITRAFETTA is get- works for Sibson & Co. Others in second year of law school at MCCAMPBELL is planning on ring his Ph.D. in English (I think) attendance that evening included Northwestern. He spent his last attending business school at the at Columbia. Rumor has it that WILL SARGISSON, Tascha summer working at the Democratic University of Michigan. She also DAVE HETHERINGTON is Kontny, BILLY HOGAN '96, National Convention and he reported that EMELIE EAST is moving (or has moved) to Hong BRIDGET HATT '95, MARCY planned on doing an associateship applying to law school and that Kong, and HARRY EINBENDER MILIONIS '96, JOEY YANNETTI

(Above left) PATRICK MCKEIGUE and Sandta Andla were ma~ried on July 6, 1991 in Cotuit, MA. Trinity alumni/ae attending were: (first: row, 1. tor.) Joe McKeigue '68, groom, bride; (second ro~ I. tor.) Tom Nary '68, KJm Miles '68, Suzanne Stevens '9S, Kate Armstrong '94, Beth Truglio '92, Sean Cafferty '92, Shaun O'Hare '91, Joanna McKeigue '91; (third ro~ I. to r.) Dan Goldberg '68, Matt Vaughn '92, Dan Konstanty '91, Pete van tier Heide '93, Mike Allen '92, Matt McGowan '92~ Joe Reilly '91, Brian Ga~rit:y '91.

(Right) KATE ARMSTRONG '94 and PIETER VAN DER HEIDE '93 were mill'-' ried on June 1, 1996. Trinity alumni/ae attending were: (front row 1. to r.) groom, bride; (second ro~ I. tor.) Matt Vaughn '92, Suzy Stevens '95, Mike Allen '92, Beth Truglio '92, Matt McGowan '92, Joe Reilly '91; (third ro~ I. tor.) Jodi Falcigno '93, B.J. Toolan '95, Jen Hadfield '94, Patrick Kinzeler '95; (fourth ro~ 1. to r.) Patty Sarmuk '95, Brian Williamson '94, Patrick McKeigue '92, Brian Garrity '91, Hauy Huang '94, Amy Chiodo Allen '92, Jenlne Decaprio '93, Jackie Kupa '93 •.

(Below) KENDRA NORTH '93 and JEFFREY WARD '92 were married on June 15, 1996 In Washington, DC. Trinity a/umnl/ae attending were: (front ro~ I. to r.) lan Findlay '92, John Ramsey '91, bride, groom, Katie Post '94, Keith Mahoney '92, John Twichell '92; (middle ro~ 1. to r.) Kate Carty '95, Marybeth Parker '95, Allison Gruner '95, Emelie East '941 Karen Flannery '94, Armin Afsar.Keshmlri '94, Cotlssa Gallo '94, Shannon Joyce '95, Marybeth Malone '93, Ernst Vegelln '92, Erin Griffey '94, David Wray '91, John Kehoe '92, Caroline Gilman '92; (back ro~ I. to r.) Arln Wolfson '92, Andrew Boerstllng '92, Alissa Furman '95, Craig Woerz '93, Chrissy Hewitt Woerz '93, Sarah Porter '95, Kevin Burke '94, Kate Cadette '93, Mike Spaeder '94, Matt Evans '92, David Gerber '92; (not pictured: l.eslle Remington WoodhoUse '94, David Woodhouse '95).

(Left) STEPHANIE LERNER'92 and Benjamin ~an were married on Dec. 8,1996 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Trinity alumni/ae attending from the Class of 1992were: (seated) Kira Struble; (standing./. to r.) Michelle Jasper, groom, bride, Nagtrma Bezar, Kevin Hall.

'96, BRIAN GENDRON '95, TIM CHISHOLM '95, JAMIE

WHITTERS '96, CHRIS FOLEY, Deb Watts, Sara Titus, and Piper Skelly '93.

Well, you guys, that is all I've got for this time! Please keep me posted in whatever way you can. See you next time ....

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alumni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

jane E. Anderson Brett A. Albren Sean L. Greene Geoffrey L. Fey johnM Corsi jeffrey E. Lyon joseph L. Stein Denise G. Burgher Samantha S. Fairchild Denis A. !vanddev

Mary D. Thiele 44 Soundview Dr., Apt. 3

Greenwich, CT 06830 e-mail: [email protected]

Class Agents: Stephanie E. Cope

Michael Kurdziel Amy C. McGill

Hello again, my friends! Well, I am writing to you on a beautiful March day here in Atlanta. It is the type of day that would have drawn us all to meet friends and throw a frisbee on the Quad if we were in Hartford. In other words, it is the type of day that makes me miss see­ing all of you. Right now it is Trinity's spring break and my brother, JOE '97, is in Aruba for a week. Roughi I have heard reports that senior brunch this year was not nearly as out-of-control as ours was, although there were reports of peo­ple dancing on tables. With the exception of writing the notes for this edition of the Reporter, I have been locked in my apartment, working on my thesis. Hopefully, by the time you read this, I will have graduated! I tried to recycle the old gauzy polyester Trinity grad­uation robe, but unfortunately my graduate institution contracts out with another polyester wholesaler. By the way, if you know of anyone who needs to fill a job position for a person with a master of public health degree in epidemiology, let me know! (Writing these notes has its benefits.)

I ran into GREG SCHRAMM at an Atlanta Hawks game and I almost couldn't believe it was he since I do not run into any of you

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here. Greg is living in Smyrna, GA, a suburb of Atlanta. We only spoke briefly, but he bought a house there and seems to be doing quite well.

TOM MCDAVITT reports that he is engaged to MINERVA CARASQUILLO! The wedding is set for January of 1999 in Puerto Rico. Minerva is studying to get her Ph.D. in human genetics at Case Western University in Cleveland, OH. Tom is a graduate assistant at Bridgewater State College. He is coaching football and working towards a master's in counseling. Tom sees LEA WEDGE about once every two weeks. She is still very active with athletics as a soccer coach at BB&N in Cambridge. Tom's brother, BRENDAN MCDAVITT, is a member of the Class of 2000 at Trinity. He is a member of the football team, although he plays on the defensive side of the ball. Tom recently visited with STEVE MIKULSKI and TIGER REARDON '96, who live in a luxurious Fairfield, CT home. Tom reports that they are both well and still throw great parties.

JOYCE KURDIAN will be starting at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in the fall of 1997! GRACE KURDIAN is finishing up her second year of!aw school -at Rutgers?

I received a postcard from STEVE KANE who reports that he is living in Smyrna, TN. He is working as a machinist at the Nissan plant. He took all his saved vacation time and spent a two­month period, walking across Tennessee. He really enjoyed the trek and is now considering "a full­time job as a shepherd."

LT. AARON B. O'CONNELL writes that he reported for duty with the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, NC. He will head to California for the month of April with his platoon of combat engineers to get them in shape and do a bit of indoor rock­climbing. Aaron reports that ADAM SCHAYE is "succeeding as usual" in law school. Aaron has the privilege of hearing all about legal stuff like categorical imperative. MIKE ZADIG ... when you get a break from teaching Latin in Massachusetts, please contact Aaron.

RON CINO is sharing a house with KRISTEN CHUN in · Hartford. Kristen recently gave a sneak preview of her new dance piece in N.Y. C.

ANDRIA REYES is taking class­es part-time and doing behavioral neurology at Columbia University. She applied to a few doctoral pro­grams in neuropsychology, and

takes frequent trips to Puerto Rico. PATRICK BRUNO reports

that, after a year of coaching at Trinity and teaching in New Britain, he moved home to Rhode Island for the summer of '96. Pat went through a series of jobs, one of which was at Radio Shack where his motto was "if you got ques­tions .. .I got questions." That old Bruno humor! Pat was tutoring math and substitute teaching last I heard. Pat writes, "On January 1, 1997, I had a vision that I wanted to be a private dancer." Actually, Pat would really like to teach in a for­eign country for a year or two, preferably one where Spanish is the primary language.

photocopying, and helping differ­ent TV stations produce their games. Bryan hobnobbed with Pat Summerall (Fox TV announcer) who came to U.N.M. to give a speech. In addition, Bryan complet­ed the rigorous screening process for Wheel of Fortune and is now just waiting for the call, telling him to come in for a taping and spin the wheel! C'mon, $5000! Bryan reports that TIM SULLIVAN and some buddies from Beantown embarked on a sinful Caribbean cruise during spring break. No reports on outcome of the voyage have yet been filed.

PAUL SULLNAN was spotted in Phoenix, AZ recently. Paul reports that JOSH WEINSTEIN has done his first commercial for Pluck-U, a chicken-wing establish­ment in N.Y.C. Josh was the chick­en, resplendent in feathers and a beak.

AANIKA DEVRIES has been very busy with teaching and coach­ing at Choate. In March, she spent 10 days in Tampa, FL, coaching the Choate crew team.

When SUZY STEVENS is not serving as a wedding consultant/ bridesmaid for friends, she teaches world history and takes van-loads of coeds from Lake Forest Academy to bowl-o-rama. In other news, Suzy got a phone call from LARRY JACOB, who was working for Senator Bill Bradley until he closed up shop. At last report, Larry was running a mayoral campaign in Madison, WI. JANNA ROOP is in Australia and is planning her wed­ding (to an Aussie gentleman) for sometime in November or December in Ohio. Meanwhile, she is finishing up nursing school and still loves Australia.

SARAH TYRE has been work­ing at Ketchum Public Relations in the healthcare department since October 1996. Prior to her job at Ketchum, she was at Ruder-Finn, another public relations firm. Sarah is really enjoying N.Y. C. and living on the Upper East Side. Sarah sees ELENA BASSLER frequently because she works across the street from Ketchum at Young & Rubicam Advertising. Elena also lives on the Upper East Side. Sarah reports that JULIE MCCLOSKEY is doing consulting work for Andersen and recently transferred from Hartford to Boston. RENEE

77 BRYAN SATTER, who contin­

ues his work in athletics media rela­tions at the University of New Mexico, was "all fired up" about the Lobos basketball team and their trip to the Western Athletic Conference in Las Vegas (March 6-8) . He earned cash for gambling by working 10 basketball games over three days, doing a variety of faxing, r-----

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(RtgiJt} RICK MORRIS '93 and Suzanne Wlshnac:k were marded In Sept. 1, 1996 In Hot Spdng., VA. Trinity alumnl/ae attending were: (front roa; I. to r.} /{,room, bride, Scott Somlone '92; (middle roa; I. to r.} Marlo Maturo '93, Emily Fraser '94, Josh Newsome '95, Jay Turner '94, Steve Curley '93, Jon Piper '93, Brendan Monahan '95, Rob Lenols '93, Jay Monahan '93, Rich Corcoran '93, Susan Rosf '93, Breene Flll'rlngton '93, Chris Bond '95, Bena1J11 Rfchanlson '95, Jon Cotlllll' '93, Richard Fitzgerald '95, Mike Donovan '93; (back roa; I. to r.} Joe Porto '93, Jeff DemPNY '93, Bradley Sfrahom '93, Dave Ullevand '92, Dave Lynclr '93, Bl'lan Dufour '94, Gar,y Rafferty '94, Barry Hud5on '93.

(Left} SANDRA SIWMAN '93 and MICHAEL GIARDI '93 were married on

1996 In FalmoufiJ, MA. Trinity 111armnr/ae attending t'l'om tfJe Class of

were: (front roa; I. to r.} Geoff Kelley, Angela DeNicola, Justin Grigg, Sarah Frldy, bride, /{1oom, Josh Bruno, Kim Piotrowski; (back roa; I. to r.} Jolm Sneclnllkl, Paul Broderick, Doug Rausch, Elizabeth Norton, Joanna Onorato, Rachel Schreier, Kltzla SkiPNY Baxter, Lea Macaro, Denise Tslumls, Elizabeth Player, Steve Culfe.K Kmfln Rainey.

(Above} JENNIFER WIN '94 and Michael Jolmson were married on Aug. 24, 1996 In Hartford. Trinity alumni/sa atfendlnll were: (front roa; I. to r.) Jennifer F1nJJerman '94, bride, groom, Ya Jan Chang '94; (back roa; L to r.) Jason Wilkins '94, Jon Piper '93, Kdsfen St:holhamer '94, YIH:Irlen Chen '95, Eric Synn '94, Roland Johnson '62.

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ZIMMERLI and STEPHANIE SHANNON JOYCE during a internship lined up for the summer. Unfortunately, for the first time in GOLDSTEIN are living on Beacon night on the town in DC. Julie is JOSH LAHEY continues his work many years, we will not be enjoying Hill in Boston with TASCHA planning on taking the Foreign for Dorian International, an each other's company on the Quad. KONTNY '94. Steph is working Service exam and hopes one day to exporting company. He enjoyed a However, it sounds as if everyone is for Hill Holliday Advertising in the be an ambassador. three-week business trip to the well adjusted and happy with post-media department. Renee is work- JOHANNA WARD went to see Middle East in April. RYEL graduate life. ing for an economic research associ- the Yankees spring training in KESTENBAUM flew cross-country I have been living in Baltimore arion in Cambridge. BETH Tampa, FL. She saw four games in on a three-week trip in his plane. for the last seven months and work-DOWNER and NEIL five days and yelled out questions Rumor has it that he plans to join ing on the trading floor of Alex ZOLTOWSKI '96 are living in and greetings to Yankee players, the international guard as a pilot Brown and Sons. I live in the heart Cambridge. JULIE PAPAZIAN is unlike the rest of the spectators. after the F.A.A. returns his suspend- of the city and enjoy it very much. I living in Brookline, MA and work- When MICHELLE STONE is not ed license. see JONO LENZNER and JOHN ing for the promotions department busy with medical school, she vol- CHRIS KENDIG is living in DUGAN on a regular basis. They atWHDH-TV unteers her time as an assistant exile in Minneapolis, MN. He was are living in Washingron, DC. Jono

JANE RAND is enjoying her track coach for an Oakland, CA banished by the Mountain Dew is press secretary for a Connecticut work at JP Morgan Investment public high school. elders for refusing to "do the dew." politician, and Jon is a fifth-grade Management in N.YC. and living LEXI JAMES has been inter- He has taken a keen interest in teacher at a private school in the in Darien. This winter she rediscov- viewing prospective students for body piercing and tattoos and is Washington area. He is working on ered her love of skiing. In fact, Jane Trinity and she gives talks on the trying to solve his own haunting returning to Italy this summer to was very busy this winter ... skiing virtues ofTrin to high schoolers in linguistic mystery concerning the teach English and to travel. one weekend, heading to the the San Francisco area. CAROLYN origin of the Minnesota accent. I have seen CHASE TOO-Bahamas the next ... such is the life BARRETT visited Lexi and they Otherwise, Chris is drinking lots of GOOD several times. He is work-of a 20-something banker! were out with CHARLIE ADAMS "pop" and having a super day! ing as a squash and tennis pro at a

JOHN WILSON writes that he for a Trinity reunion. The alumni office reports the country club in Westchester is working for AT&T, in its busi- ANN SEMERARO reports that following: County. He enjoys his job very ness communications division, as a CHRISTINE SIEGFRIED is MICHAEL ROBERTSON, much and could not be happier. sales assurance manager in the engaged to Kevin Rampey, a lawyer who is completing a master's degree Jon Dugan and I recendy flew Silicon Valley. He travels all over she met while working in N.Y. C. in arts management at Carnegie out to California to visit ANTHO-the country for training and enjoys They plan to marry in November Mellon University, has been named NY RUOCCO and JON GOLAS. working with the people in his 1997. SABINE MARANGOSIAN a Henry Luce Scholar for 1997-98. Tony is working for a technical office. John is busy learning the has a new job, working with an ad DAVID IRVING underwent company as a recruiter and still act-ropes and mastering "telephone jar- agency in N.YC. RACHEL flight training in Pensacola, FL. As ing on the side. Jon works in mar-gon'' and "loving living out on the SCHNEIDER continues to work of May 31, he is a first lieutenant keting for a major film company. West Coast." at the Brandeis Library; she is also and looks forward to a career as a The rwo plan to combine their tal-

BRENDA DEMARIA is now tutoring Spanish and learning the Marine aviator. ents and hope to release a screen-working as a media planner for stationery business to see if it inter- An article in the Jan. 26, 1997 play in the near future. Sonesta International Advertising, ests her. Ann just got accepted into edition of the \%rcester Sunci4y WILL MCCORMACK and 79 the in-house agency for Sonesta G.E.'s financial management pro- Telegram describes AMY KUNEN's COBY BROWN are enjoying New Hotels & Resorts. She works in the gram as an analyst-in-training. She participation in "Fiddler on the York City very much. Will is work-Hancock Tower in Boston, where will be traveling around the country Roof," staged by the Carousel ing on an acting career, and Co by she has run into JASON CHU a for this new position. JASON Theater in Jupiter, FL. hopes to continue to use his musi-few times. Jason works for Ernst & TEEBAGY '96, who just started a JOE LAPLUME is married to cal talent. Young. Jason reports that WILL job with G.E. Plastics in Massachu- an Italian woman he met while GARY DUNCAN, BLACK-MCCORD is at Columbia setts, is in a finance class with Ann. working on his master's degree in WELL TAYLOR, MIKE O'NEIL, University Film School. CINDY Mter graduation in '95, DAVE London. A formal wedding cere- and P.J. LOUIS are all living in DARLING has been working LACK worked in Hong Kong for a mony will take place this summer Boston. Gary is working for towards her master's in English at Chinese merchant. After Hong in Italy. Patagonia and likes it very much, Boston College since the fall of '96. Kong, Dave had a blast working as The alumni office has no current but asks that no one call for dis-She saw LIZ COOPER and JOCE- a race coordinator for Vail. From mailing address for the following counts on clothing. Jay and Mike LYN PAGE in January. Liz will that job he went on to work as a members of the Class. Any informa- both work in the financial district move to Texas to start her fust posi- coach of a Maine and New cion as to how the individuals can be of Boston. They frequendy run into tion after she graduates in April Hampshire racing team. He has contacted should be sent to Alumni MARK PEZZUTO, BILLY from the language training school been living in Arad, Israel since Office, Trinity College, Hartford, HOGAN, SCOTT MITCHELL, in Monterey, CA, where she is now October 1996, fmishing courses for CT 06106-3100. Thank you. and NEIL ZOLTOWSKI. very comfortable leading squads of Hebrew study and working for James P. Whitters IV JANE KAUH and KELLY 60 or more people. Jocelyn is still ministers in Israel's congress. Jeffrey W. Pennington COLLIS are working for politicians working at ABT Associates in TOM LAZAY and DAN Ai Ikunaga in Washingron, DC. Jane hopes to Cambridge, but she will be going to ROTH are having a great time as Beth Cyr Devlin attend law school in the fall. graduate school in the fall. they continue to build Voice Signal Renee Louise Picard STEPHANIE BORYNACK is

VIVIAN HOLTZMAN is still Technologies, Inc. They design, Jennifer M. Petrelli living in New York and working for the producer for Beehive, a TV manufacture, and market products 1515 O'Neal Pl., #4 an investment banking firm. She design and editorial company. She that use speech recognition techno!- Decatur, GA 30033 loves her job and could not be hap-recendy flew to Paris to produce a ogy. They are moving into office e-mail: jpetrell@mail. trincoll.edu pier in New York. film shoot for the new Romance space in Cambridge, MA, and Class Agents: NIKKI BALAZS is working for Classics Nerwork. Vivian and the releasing their fust product this Ashley L. Gilmor CBS. She was recendy sported on people at Beehive cut all the MTV year. Tom reports that CHRIS Joshua B. Lahey the Geraldo show. I don't know the Unplugged specials and did the new VALENTINE, CHRIS LESTAGE, Adam Kyle Ondricek topic, but I heard she was a stellar Letterman specials. She is now work- and DUNCAN BANFIELD still Mary E. Parker guest. ing on producing a new sitcom. live together in Boston. TIM RYAN HANKARD '97 and Vivian's play (which was her senior O'SHEA works for Spectrum m GREG CARTIN are both coaching thesis, called "Blurning") just went Signal Processing, a Canadian-based at Trinity. Ryan finished his success-up at rwo theaters in N.YC., and it DSP engineering company. IAN ful football season in the fall, and is went well. NANCY CHU directed SMITH will be done with his first now concentrating on recruiting. I it and it was offered a second run! year at UConn Law by the time Happy spring, everyone! Winter just saw Greg after a recent lacrosse

JULIE FLAMANT '96 ran into you read this. He has a fantastic has come and gone once again. trip to Philadelphia. He says the

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team looks fantastic and that they should have a great season. Greg hopes to take his experiences and coach for a private high school in the Hartford area.

The alwnni office reports the following:

GAIA DILORETO, a union organizer, spoke at Trinity on Feb. 4 regarding events in the Marriott unionization process.

CHRISTINE OLSON works as a data base manager in Greenwich, cr.

EDWARD RONAN writes that he "found his calling in the priest­hood." He has been accepted to the Hartford Seminary and is enrolled for the fall of 1997.

In the last Reporter, out-of-date and, therefore, inaccurate informa­tion was relayed. PHAROAH CRANSTON is now assistant pro­gram coordinator at Fortune Magazine in New York City, and YAREL SILVERIO MARSHALL is working in Lawrence, MA. We are glad to provide the most recent update.

Well, that's it for now, guys! I hope to see you in the near future. Until then, please write or call me to let me know how you are doing. I am waiting to hear from many of you!

The alumni office has no current mailing address for the following members of the Class. Any informa­tion as to how the individuals can be contacted should be sent to Alwnni Office, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106-3100. Thank you.

Michael Kirkumd Stubbs Vivian Y. S. Chong Timothy F Hawke Andrea M Buglione-Corbett Sean K McElligott Gary M Duncan Samantha R. Brickley Gregg A. Franco Stephanie C Bovee Gregory E McKechnie Micaela K Heekin Samuel J Whittenburg Gideon K Pollach

Kenneth A. Pouch III 640 A North Calvert St. Baltimore, MD 21202

e-mail: [email protected] Class Agents:

Mathew Port Glazier Tory Katherine Haskell Elizabeth E. McFarlan

Heather Colleen Wynne

ROSEMARY G. AYERS '85 was recently elected counsel to the firm of Day, Berry & Howard, Connecticut's largest law firm with offices in Hartford, Stamford, and

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Boston. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate finance and development, and credit finance. Besides advising commercial clients, she also represents nonprofit real estate developers and lenders in the financing and management of affordable housing.

CAROLADIL '91 has started a business called Carol Graphics. She writes that she has had four limited editions of 300 each primed. They are folk art style of 18th- and 19th­century New England scenes that she has painted in Wethersfield.

LAURA GILLESPIE CASTRIOTTA '95 reports from Houston, TX that she artends the Glassell School of Art, where she specializes in portraiture and is working toward a certificate in stu­dio art. She still enjoys the distinc­tion of being a "graduate home­maker ... washing windows, driving my daughter to oboe lessons, gro­cery shopping and cooking." Her husband, Richard J. Castriotta, M.D. is a "sleep specialist" at the University of Texas Hermann Hospital in Houston. She and her family "enjoy the opera and sym­phony ... and the rodeo [with] the parade of cowpeople coming into Houston and camping out in our local parks." Still, she reports an active and keen interest in Hartford. "I am excited by all the undertakings [in] the Trinity com­munity. I especially wish that Hartford and the Trinity neighbor­hood are able to begin a renaissance in urban renewal and community action."

CAROLE HART '93 writes that she has completed her master's at Wesleyan and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Union Institute. "I have been practicing as a therapist for the past year ... and am loving every minute of my work." She has offices in Coventry and Wethersfield, CT. "Becoming a clinical psychologist has been a life­long dream, and it feels wonderful to be in a process where I am in a position to attain my goal -thanks to the IDP and Trinity College."

ALTHEA ALLISON '96 works as a graduate assistant in the divi­sion of student affairs/ athletic department at the University of the Virgin Islands.

EDDIE PEREZ '96 participated in a panel at the College that was sponsored by the Hartford Studies Project. The discussion was entitled "Hartford in the 1960s; Reform or Revolution?"

Michael L. Hanlon '90 26 Ridge Rd.

Enfield, CT 06082 fax: 860-253-9245

Master's 1978

MONSIGNOR CHRISTIE A. MACALUSO, pastor of the Cathedral' of St. Joseph in Hartford, was named auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford. An article announcing his appointment appeared in the March 19 edition of The Hartford Courant.

1981 According to an article in the

January 5 edition of The Hartford Courant, FAYE ADELE HUGH­ES, in her 28th year of teaching in Hartford, became fascinated with a little-known page of Hartford's early 19th-century cultural history. She undertook an intensive study of lectures given in Hartford between 1820 and 1840. The Courant says, "Hughes' detailed analysis provides insight into the spirited intellectual temperament of Hartford's popula­tion past."

MARCIA HALL, a Miss Porter's School teacher of English and a Simsbury resident, has been hon­ored with the Pauline Foster Reed Teaching Chair in English at Miss Porter's for her distinguished teach-

SAMUEL RAVICH, 1928

Samuel Ravich ofWest Hartford died on Jan. 25; 1997 at age 93.

He graduated from high school in Hartford before attending Trinity, where he received his B.S. degree in 1928.

He had been employed in the fuel oil business.

He leaves his wife, Lena Nathan Ravich, of West Hartford.

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LYMAN BUSHNELL BRAINERD, 1930,

HON.1971

Lyman B. Brainerd, 90, of Bloomfield, CT died on Feb. 22,

ing and demonstrated excellence over time in the classroom, and for leadership within her academic dis­cipline.

1987 In November, THE HON.

ELLEN PETERS, Connecticut State Supreme Court Chief Justice was honored as the Laura A. Johnson Woman of the Year. The awar~ recognizes women who have made significant achievements advancing the stature of women in the state.

1989 JAMES F. ENGLISH JR., presi­

dent emeritus ofTrinity, has been elected to a three-year term as a director of CTG Resources, Inc., formerly Connecticut Natural Gas Corp.

1994 MADELEINE :LENGLE, prize­

winning children's author, has been inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame.

1997 after a long illness. After graduating from Kent

School, he attended Trinity, joining Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He received his B.A. degree in 1931.

In 1930 he joined the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company; he was elected president in 1947. He served both as president and chairman of the board until1971, when he retired. He held the title of chairman emeri­tus.

A loyal Trinity alumnus, he was a member of the board of trustees from 1937 to 1978, and chairman from 1968 to 1971. In 1967 he was awarded the College's highest honor, the Eigenbrodt Cup, and in 1971, he received the honorary LL.D.

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degree. At the time of his death, he describing some of his experiences receiving his B.S. degree in 1934. University, he enrolled at Trinity, held the title ofTrustee Emeritus. in medical practice. An Army Medical Corps veteran where he received his B.S. degree in

He held directorships in several A volunteer who taught surgery ofWorld War II, he served as a cap- 1934. corporations, including The to the family practice residents at rain in the European theater. He He worked as a mechanical engi-Hartford National Bank and Trust St. Mary's Hospital, he served on received his M.D. degree from neer for several manufacturing Company, Connecticut General the governing boards of the Queens College in 1939 and companies before serving as a lieu-Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Midwestern Mental Health Center interned at New Britain General tenant in the Navy during World Insurance Company, Arrow-Hart and the Delta Vo-Tech School's Hospital and Baltimore Union War II. Incorporated, The Boiler Inspection LPN training course. In addition, Hospital, specializing in obstetrics. He leaves his wife, Marion and Insurance Company of he was active in the Delta Kiwanis When he entered medical prac- Warren Rankin, of Hartford; a Canada, The Society for Savings, Club. rice, he was also appointed to a daughter, Jean Rogers, of Kansas and The Hartford Courant. He leaves a son, James Giffin, of part-time teaching position at Johns City, MO; two grandchildren; and

He served as president of the Ridgway, CO; a daughter, Sydney Hopkins School of Medicine. He a sister. board of trustees of The Junior Wiley, of Victor, NY; six grandchil- served on the staffs of five School at Renbrook, The Hartford dren; and a great-grandson. Baltimore hospitals and had his College oflnsurance, The Hartford own OB/GYN practice before retir- GEORGE VAN VLECK Seminary Foundation, the Cedar ing to Sunapee. DICKERSON, 1935 Hill Cemetery Association, and the WILLIAM HOFFMAN He was co-author of "Demerol Silver Hill Foundation. He also BENJAMIN, 1934 in Obstetrics." George V Dickerson, 82, of served a term as president of the He was active in the Lions Club Edgewater, FL and Charlestown, RI National Association of Casualty W Hoffman Benjamin of and several fraternal organizations. diedonJan. 17,1997. Executives. Garrison, NY died on Feb. 20, For many years he was a strong After graduating from high

A licensed pilot, he was an offi- 1997 at age 87. supporter of the Shrine Burn school in Hartford, he attended cer in the Civil Air Patrol and, in After graduating from St. Mark's Center. He was also a member of Trinity where he was a member of 1940, he was appointed chairman School, he came to Trinity. He was the board of trustees and served as the Commons Club and the varsity of the Connecticut Aeronautical a member of Delta Psi fraternity; trustee emeritus ofVermont swimming team, and was elected to Development Commission. the Jesters, the Interfraternity Academy. Phi Beta Kappa. He received his

He was a long-time member of Council, and the squash team. He He leaves his wife, Alice B.S. degree in 1935. the Hartford Club and the received his B.A. degree in 1934. Humphrey Dixon, of Santa Fe, NM; He worked for Pratt & Whitney Hartford Golf Club. During World War II he served a son, John M., of Sunapee; two Aircraft for 35 years, retiring as

A member of Saint John's as a major in the Air Force. grandsons; and a great-grandson. chief engineer in overhaul repair Church in West Hartford, he He worked at Borden Sales in organization. served as senior warden. Sioux City, IA from 1934 to 1937. Among his survivors are three

After his retirement, he joined He then joined the New York real KARL AUGUST HOLST, sons, Richard, of East Hampton, Literacy Volunteers, where he was a estate brokerage firm of Ruland and 1934, M.S. 1937 CT, George, of Edgewater, FL, and tutor and a member of the board of Benjamin where he was named Robert, of El Paso, TX; 22 grand-directors. He was a tutor in the president in 1945. In 1954 he Karl A. Holst of Cranston, RI children; and several great grand- 81 Bloomfield public schools from became president of Ruland & died on Jan. 30, 1997 at age 82. children. 1988 to 1992. Benjamin Earle & Calhoun. He After graduating from high

He leaves his wife, Judith Pigeon retired in 1982 from Banfield school in Hartford, he attended Brainerd, of Bloomfield, CT; two Callen Ruland & Benjamin as Trinity, receiving his B.S. degree in JOHN RALPH DEMONTE, sons, Lyman B., Jr., of Sedona, AZ, chairman of the board. 1934 and his M.S. degree in 1937. 1938 and Richard P. '64, of Bloomfield, A loyal Trinity alumnus, he In 1940 he received his Ph.D. CT; four grandchildren; and two served as vice president of the New degree from New York University. John R. DeMonte, 80, of

great-grandchildren. York Alumni Association and in For 42 years he was employed by Tucson, A2 died on Jan. 17, 1997. leadership positions in the National Rumford Chemical Co. and its sue- After graduating from high Alumni Association. cessor, Essex Chemical, in East school in Hartford, he attended

LEWIS ALBEE GIFFIN, He was a member of the Real Providence, RI. He retired in 1982 Trinity, receiving his B.S. degree in

1931 Estate Advisory Commission to the as general manager. 1939. In 1961 he received his Commission of Real Estate of the He was an active member of M.Ed. degree from the University

Lewis L. Giffin, formerly of City of New York, a trustee of Trinity Church in Pawtuxet, RI; of Arizona. Delta, CO, died on Jan. 6, 1997 at Union Square Savings Bank, and a served as chairman of the board of In 1941 he enlisted in the Air age 86. member of the board of managers managers of Hallworth House in Force; he became a navigator and

After graduating from high of the American Bible Society. He Providence; and was a member of served for 25 years. At the time of school in Hartford, he attended was also senior warden of St. the board of trustees of the William his death his rank was Lt. Col., Ret. Trinity, where he was elected to Phi Philips-in-the-Highlands in Hall Library in Cranston. His pro- After retiring from the Air Force, Beta Kappa and was a member of Garrison, N.Y., and a director of fessional affiliations included mem- he taught science at Tucson High Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. He the Hudson River Conservation berships in the American Chemical School. received his M.D. degree from Society. Society and Sigma Xi. An avid golfer, he was the author Harvard University in 1935, He leaves his wife, Joan Ellett Surviving are his wife, Joyce of The King james' Versions of the interned at Bellevue Hospital in Benjamin, of Garrison, NY; a Smith Holst, of Cranston, RI; a Games of Golfe. New York City, completed a fellow- daughter, Beverley Goodwin; two son, Karl Holst, of Cranston, RI; He leaves his wife, Yolande ship in surgery at the Mayo Clinic, sons, John Benjamin, and two daughters, Donna Carr, of Mr. DeMonte, and his daughter, Diane and earned his M.S. degree in Nathaniel Benjamin; six grandchil- Airy, MD, and Carla Holst, of New DeMonte, both ofTucson; and two surgery at the University of dren; and five siblings, including London, CT; a sister; and four sisters. Minnesota in 1941. Samuel Benjamin '38. grandchildren.

During World War II he received five bronze stars and was LOUIS JOSIAH discharged with the rank of lieu- ALFRED BURTON DIXON, GEORGE DOUGLAS GLAUBMAN, 1939 tenant colonel. 1934 RANKIN, JR. 1934

He was a surgeon in Hartford Louis J. Glaubman of

for 27 years before moving to Alfred B. Dixon, 83, of Sunapee, G. Douglas Rankin, Jr. of Williamsville, NY died on Feb. 23,

Delta, CO, where he practiced NH died on Dec. 25, 1996. Hartford, CT died on Dec. 19, 1997 at age 84.

until he retired in 1984. After graduating from Vermont 1996 at age 87. After graduating from high

He was the author of two books Academy he attended Trinity, After attending Norwich school in Hartford, he attended

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Trinity, receiving his B.S. degree in During World War II he served Trinity. A member of Delta Phi fra-1939. He received his M.S. degree with the Navy. ternity, the Student Senate, the ROBERT MARTIN from Canisius College in 1961. From 1952 to 1964 he was pres- Interfraternity Council, and the JACHENS,1951

He was a first lieutenant in the idem of Manson Laboratories in soccer and tennis teams, he received Army during World War II. Stamford, CT. He then became a his B.A. degree in 1947. Robert M. Jachens of

After working in sales, he stockbroker with the New York During World War II he served Bloomfield, NJ died of cancer on became manager of the Canadian Stock Exchange. with the Air Force in Italy. He con- Feb. 6, 1995 at age 66. subsidiary of Holstein Rubber Co. He leaves two daughters, Beth, tinued his Air Force service in the After graduating from high in Hamilton, Ont. In 1953 he of British Columbia, Canada, and Rese~es, retiring as a major. school in Leonia, NJ, he attended became a tax accountant, continu- Rachel, of Bend, OR. After working at the Hartford Trinity where he was an outstand-ing this practice and high school Insurance Group and Aetna Life ing athlete. He won honors in bas-teaching in Buffalo, NY. He retired and Casualty Co., he joined R.C. ketball and captained the team, and in 1979. MICHAEL OLCOTT Knox and Company, Inc. as an set an Eastern Collegiate record in

Associated with his local federal COLTON, 1942 agent. He retired as senior vice pres- the high jump. He received his B.A. credit union for more than 25 ident after 31 years. degree in 1951. years, he served in several leader- M. Olcott Colton, 76, of A loyal alumnus, he was presi- He had been employed as a part-ship positions. He gave volunteer Wethersfield, CT died on March dent of the Trinity Club of ner at Daymic in Bloomfield, N.J. income tax assistance to the elderly. 18, 1997. Hartford and recipient of the Club's

He leaves his wife, Clara Cohen A graduate of McBurney School Man of the Year Award in 1965. Glaubman, ofWilliamsville, NY; a in New York City, he was a mem- His community activities includ- CHARLES MAXWELL son, Richard, of Port Townsend, ber of the Jesters, Newman Club, ed: member of the board of direc- PETERSON, JR., 1955 WA; a daughter, Carol Kroch, of and Delta Phi fraternity, and served tors of St. Francis Hospital and Swarthmore, PA; a brother; and as manager of the basketball team Medical Center, chairman of the Charles M. Peterson, Jr. of

four grandchildren. at Trinity. He received his B.A. Connecticut Catholic Hospital Philadelphia, PA died after a long degree in 1942. Council, and president of the illness on Nov. 4, 1996 at age 64.

For many years, he was Hartford Association of Insurance After graduating from St. James

THOMAS MCLAUGHLIN, employed by the Eilert Appleton Agents. He was a lector and com- School in Maryland, he attended

1940 Printing Co. in New York, NY. He municant of the Church of St. Trinity, joining Delta Psi fraternity. retired in 1985. Timothy. He received his B.A. degree in

Thomas McLaughlin of Among his survivors are two He leaves his wife, Madeline 1960. Hartford and Huntley Island, brothers, Kingsley Colton, and the Ann Lawlor Milligan, of He had been employed as a mar-Niantic, CT died on Jan. 15, 1997 Rev. Bradford Colton '39, who offi- Bloomfield, CT; eight children, keting analyst and an administrative at age 78. ciated at the funeral mass. including a son, Roderick, and his assistant.

After graduating from high wife, Barbara, of Avon, CT; a Among his survivors are his wife, school in Bristol, CT, he attended daughter, Marcia, of Hartford; a Patricia Lennig Peterson, of Trinity, serving as a class officer and FRANCIS MINOT daughter, Susan, and her husband, Philadelphia; his mother, Agnes

82 as a member of the track and cross- RACKEMANN, JR., 1943 Peter Szymaszek, of Simsbury, CT; Peterson Ashbridge, of country teams, the Sophomore a son, Jamie, and his wife, Donna, Philadelphia; and three sons, Dining Club and the Francis M. Rachemann, Jr. 77, of Canton, CT; a son, David and Charles M. III, Frederick L., and Interfraternity Council. He set of Baltimore, MD died of compli- his wife, Teresa, of Farmington, CT; Nicholas. track records that were held for 25 cations following a stroke on Dec. a son, Donald, and his wife, Mary years. He received his B.S. degree 16, 1996. Ann, of South Windsor, CT; a in 1940, and in 1948, his B.S. After graduating from Brooks daughter, Laurie, and her husband, ALAN NORTON PAUL degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic School, he attended Trinity with Stephen O'Brien, of Mt. Sinai, BISHOP, 1958 Institute. the Class of 1943. He was a mem- NY.; a son, Mark, and his wife,

From 1941 to 1946 he served ber of Delta Psi fraternity. Annette, of Avon, CT; and 15 Alan N.P. Bishop, 60, of

with the Air Force, attaining the From 1941 to 1945 he served grandchildren. Southampton, NY died of cancer

rank of Captain. with the U.S. Naval Reserve. on March 5, 1996.

For 34 years he was employed in In addition to studying at After graduating from high

electric production for local utility Trinity, he attended Columbia ADAM LAZARRE, 1948 school in Oyster Bay, NY, he

companies. He retired in 1982. University, the Academie de la attended Trinity, where he was a

He was a member ofThe Grande Chaumiere in Paris, and Adam LaZarre of Benicia, CA member of Alpha Delta Phi frater-

Church of St. Luke. Boston Museum of Fine Arts. died of congestive heart failure on nity and the freshman football and

Among his survivors are his He was music critic and a garden Nov. 1, 1996 at age 72. track teams. He received his B.A.

wife, Doris Holer McLaughlin, of columnist for the Baltimore Sun, After graduating from high degree in 1958. He subsequently

Hartford and Niantic, CT; a son, where he worked from 1954 until school in West Hartford, he attend- received his M.A. degree from

Andrew McLaughlin, and his wife, 1984. ed Trinity where he was named to Adelphi University.

Marsha, of Stratham, NH; and two In 1959 he started the Men's Pi Gamma Mu honorary society. For 25 years he taught elemen-

daughters, Doris McLaughlin, of Garden Club of Greater Baltimore He received his B.A. degree in 1948 tary school, retiring from Hampton

Manchester, CT, and Mary-Ellen and in 1971 he founded an organi- and, subsequently, a master's degree Bays Elementary School.

McLaughlin, ofWaterford, CT; a zation called "Beautiful Baltimore." from the University of Connecticut. He leaves his wife, Margaret

sister; and seven grandchildren. He leaves his wife, Adelaide For more than 15 years he was Guerin Bishop, of Southampton, Crawley Rackemann, of Baltimore, active in professional theater in New NY; his daughter, Amy O'Regan, of

HERBERT BERNARD MD; and a sister. York and in Hollywood. He joined New York, NY; his son, Todd

FELDMAN, 1941 the faculty of the State University of Bishop, of Southampton, NY; his New York at Brockport in 1973 and mother; and his brother.

Herbert B. Feldman of Oakland, ANDREW WHITE was named chairman of the depart-CA died on Dec. 22, 1996 at age MILLIGAN, JR. 1945 ment of theater in 1985. 77. After moving to California, he CHRISTOPHER PETER

After graduating from Weaver Andrew W Milligan, Jr. of participated in area theater, as a GILSON, 1961 High School in Hartford, he Bloomfield, CT died on Jan. 9, director and an actor. attended Trinity, receiving his B.S. 1997 at age 73. -He leaves his wife, Jet Christopher P. Gilson, 58, of

degree in 1941. He received his After graduating from St. MacDonald LaZarre, of Benicia, Clifron Park, NY died on Dec 29,

M.A. from Harvard University in Thomas Seminary High School in CA; two daughters, Julie and 1996.

1947. Bloomfield, CT, he attended Carrie; and a son, Adam.

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After graduating from Deerfield Ph.D. degree from Boston her Certificate of Advanced An accomplished musician, he Academy, he attended Trinity where University. Graduate Studies from the played in local dance bands and he was a member of Delta Kappa An internationally known schol- University of H artford. She also taught piano. Epsilon fraternity. He received his ar in ecological psychology and the studied at Oklahoma University. H e was a member of the Suffield B.A. degree in 1961. philosophy of science, he was an Her 35-year teaching career Sportsman Club and the Windsor

For many years he was an inde- associate professor of psychology at began in Mapleton, ME. She then Locks Inlands Wetlands pendent sales representative for sev- Franklin and Marshall College. taught in Block Island, RI before Commission. eral companies. With support from the National going to Glastonbury, CT where He leaves his wife, Hope

H e was a member of St. Edward Science Foundation and the she taught for 32 years. In 1948 she MacDougall Luke, ofWindsor, the Confessor Church. National Endowment for the took a two-year leave of absence to Locks, CT; a daughter and son-in-

Surviving are his wife, Macy Humanities, he became the lead teach in dependent schools in law, Jill and Ron Madar, of Malanif)r Gilson, of Clifton Park, architect in designing Franklin and Germany during the Nuremberg Windsor Locks, CT; a daughter NY; five sons, Christopher, of Marshall's innovative program in Trials. and son-in-law, Wendy and Ted Bethesda, MD, Stephen, of Scientific and Philosophical Studies She was a former member and Sanford, of Exeter, RI; a son, Peter Northampton, MA, Graigg, of of the Mind. choir participant at First Church of Luke, of South Windsor, CT; and Plymouth, MA, and John and The recipient of numerous Christ, Congregational in six grandchildren. Joseph, of Clifton, Park, NY; three grants and awards, including a Glastonbury, CT. She was also a brothers; one sister; and one grand- McDonnell-Pew Grant in the former president of Gideon Welles daughter. Neurosciences, and a Mary Switzer Senior Center, a former vice presi- ENID O'NEIL HASTINGS,

Research Fellowship, he was award- dent of the Choralette, and a for- M.A. 1959 ed a 1994-95 Guggenheim mer treasurer of Glastonbury

Enid 0. Hastings, 77, of South FRANCIS WILLIAM Fellowship. Teachers' Association. She held

KOLLETT, 1963 He served as editorial assistant memberships in the A.A.R.P., the Wellfleet, MA died on Feb. 14, for many academic journals and National Audubon Society, the Nye 1997 after a long illness.

Francis W Kollett, 55, of Norton, university presses, and was associate Association of Sandwich, MA, the She received her B.S. degree MA died on Feb. 20, 1997. edi tor of Ecological Psychology. Hartford County Retired Teachers from American International

After graduating from high The author of james J Gibson and the Connecticut Retired College in 194 1 and her M.A. school in Uxbridge, MA, he attend- and the Psychology of Perception and Teachers' Association. degree from Trinity in 1959. ed Trinity, where he was a member Knowledge and Values: Their She leaves her brother, John W She served as a corporal in the of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. H e Development and Interrelation, he Nye, of Lubbock, TX; her long- Marine Corps during World War II. received his B.S. degree in 1963. In also published more than 50 jour- time friend, Macy Falt; two nieces; For 26 years she taught in the 1965 he received his M.S. degree, nal articles, book reviews and com- and two nephews. Newington, CT school system. and in 1971, his Ph.D ., both from mentaries. She was executive secretaty of the Northwestern University. He also Among his survivors are his wife, Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce studied at the Institute for Rebecca Jones, and two children, LILLIAN SMITH ADAMS, for the past 15 years. She was also a Retraining in Computer Science. Emma and Aaron, all of Mohnton, M.A.1952 member of the congregation and

H e began his teaching career at PA. choir of the First Congregational 83 Loyola University in Chicago. Lillian S. Adams of Moodus, CT Church ofWellfleet. Subsequently, he became associate died on Jan. 10, 1997. Survivors include a son and professor and director of systems Master's She received her B.S. degree daughter-in-law, Roy and Gwen development at Bard College. In from Eastern Connecticut State Dath, of South Wellfleet, MA; two 1979 he was nan1ed assistant pro-

ROSE MARY CONWAY, College and, in 1952, her M.A. granddaughters; and four stepchil-

fessor and director of the computer degree from Trinity. dren. literacy program at Wheaton M.A. 1947 She began her teaching career in College. He became professor and Sister Macy of the Holy Trinity, Deep River, CT, taught for many director of computing at Wheaton formerly Rose Macy Conway, died years in the Cromwell school sys- ESTHER MARION in 1985. T hroughout his career he in Holyoke, MA on O cr. 1, 1996 tern, and completed her formal PENFIELD LEGEYT promoted and taught a variety of at age 95. teaching career in the foreign Ian-

BAILEY, M.A. 1965 faculty-development programs in A 1933 graduate of Boston guage department of Glastonbury, computer science. University, she received her M.A. cr. Esther M. P. L. Bailey, 84, of

H e also wrote in professional degree from Trinity in 1947. She was active in the Church of Hartford died on Feb. 15, 1997. journals and lectured in his field. For many years she taught busi- the Holy Trinity in Middletown, She graduated from the

H e was treasurer ofTrinitarian ness subjects at Hartford Public CT and in her local school system. University of Connecticut in 1939 Congregational Church. High School. She was the author of three and received her M.A. degree from

Surviving are his wife, Linda In 1950 she entered the books of poetry. Trinity in 1965. Shulenberger Kollett, of Norton, Monastery of the Mother of God in Among her survivors are her sis- She served as a supervisor with MA; a son, Christopher, of Ann West Springfield, Mass. where she ter-in-law, Margaret Russell, of the State of Connecticut Depart-Arbor, MI; a daughter, Kathryn, of

was a member of the community Cromwell, CT; and three nephews. ment of Labor for 32 years. Chicago, IL; two brothers; and

for 46 years. A member of many horticultural three sisters.

Among her survivors is her sister, organizations and garden clubs, she

Gertrude Conway, ofWethersfield, EDWARD PETER LUKE, also belonged to Brookview

CT. M.A.1955 Community Church. EDWARD STEVEN REED,

Edward P. Luke, 68, of Windsor She leaves her husband, Leslie

1975 Bailey, of Hartford; a daughter and

ALMA CASSANDRA. NYE, Locks, CT died on Dec. 10, 1996. son-in-law, Genie and John

Edward S. Reed of Mohnton, A graduate of Bates College, he Soboslai, of Milton, VT; two sisters; PA died as the result of a heart M.A.1948 received his M.A. degree from and two grandchildren. attack on Feb. 14, 1997.

Alma C. Nye of Glastonbury, CT Trinity in 1955 and his sixth year After graduating from high

died on Feb. 25, 1997 at age 79. certificate from several institutions. school in Stamford, CT, he received

In 1938 she received her under- For 28 years he taught biology at CARL GEORGE WIEDIGER, his B.A. degree in 1975 from graduate degree from Bridgewater Windsor Locks High School where

M.A.1968 Trinity. In 1979 he received his State College in Bridgewater, MA. he was chairman of the science master's degree from the University She received her M.A. degree from department. H e was a past presi- Carl G . Wiediger, 62, of New of Edinburgh, and, in 1980, his

Trinity in 1948 and, subsequently, dent of the Windsor Locks Teachers Britain, CT died on Dec. 18, 1996. Association. He graduated from Hartwick

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College in 1956 and from Lutheran Theological Seminary in 1959; he received his M.A. degree from Trinity in 1968.

In Connecticut, as a clergyman of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, he served Connecticut parishes in Avon, New Britain, and New Haven. He also worked with the Lutheran Service Association and various other New England Synod committees.

Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Swales Wiediger, of New Britain, CT; a son, Hal Wiediger; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Ann and JeffTucker, Carol Wiediger-Alston and Damon Alston, Diana Wiediger, and Susan Wiediger; and seven grandchildren.

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WILLIAM BERTALAN WALSH, HON. 1969

William B. Walsh, 76, of Bethesda, MD died of cancer on Dec. 27, 1996.

Founder of the first peacetime floating hospital that later became Project HOPE, he was the recipi­ent of many honors, including the honorary LL.D. degree from Trinity in 1969.

Mer serving as a medical officer in World War II, he proposed the idea of a hospital on a boat and in 1958 President Eisenhower gave his approval. The Ship HOPE em­barked on its first mission in 1960.

Though the boat was retired in 1974, Project HOPE now operates more than 45 health education and humanitarian assistance programs in more than 20 countries. Mr. Walsh retired as president and chief executive officer of Project HOPE in 1992.

He leaves his wife, Helen Walsh, of Bethesda, MD; three sons, William '68, John, and Thomas; a brother; a sister; and six grandchil­dren.

ROBERT HENRY KRIEBLE, HON.1974

Robert H. Krieble, 80, of Old Lyme, CT and Washington, DC died on May 8, 1997.

Mer graduating from Haverford College, he attended Johns Hopkins University where he received his doctorate in chemistry. Trinity awarded him the honorary Sc.D. degree in 1974.

Subsequent to graduating from Johns Hopkins, he held various positions with the General Electric Co., eventually heading commer­cial chemical development there.

In 1956, Vernon Krieble, Robert's father and a retired Trinity chemistry professor, enlisted his son's help in forming a company to develop and market an industrial sealant that he had discovered. That company evolved inro Loctite Corp. which was headquartered in Newington, CT and later Hartford. In 1964, on his father 's death, Robert became president

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DEATHS

The (:ollege has received word of the following alumni deaths, but information for complete obituaries is unavailable.

Name John D. Watwick V-12

Ernest M. Jennings '30

John C. Warner, Jr. '37 Michael Melack '45

Joseph A. Johnson '47 Douglas Harding '49

George T. Young, Jr. '51

Richard]. Moore '63

Thomas E. Williams '66

and chief executive officer. In 1995, Loctite's sales exceeded $780 million; the organization had become a Fortune 500 company and expanded worldwide.

At the time of his retiremenr in 1987, he founded the Krieble Institute, dedicated to promoting political and economic freedom within the still existing Soviet Empire. Later, Krieble Institute volunteers taught basics of political technology and business techniques to hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world.

A trustee ofJohns Hopkins University and the Heritage Foun­dation, he was also a director of the Hoover Institution, Mom Pelerin Society, Free Congress Research

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and Education Foundation, Citizens Democracy Corp. (a Reagan Presidential appointment), Jamestown Foundation, and Empower America. Among his many awards were the Commercial Development Association Honor Award, The Eagle Award in Public Affairs, and The Chemical Industry Association's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1979.

He leaves his wife, Nancy Brayton Krieble; a son, Frederick Krieble; a daughter, Helen Krieble (Fusscas); and five grandchildren.

ROBERT DONALD KILPATRICK, HON. 1980

Robert D. Kilpatrick, 72, of · Crozier, VA died of cancer on Jan. 27, 1997.

In 1948 he received his bache­lor's degree from the University of Richmond and in 1973 he com­pleted the advanced management program at Harvard Graduate School. Trinity awarded him the honorary LL.D. degree in 1980.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II and Korea.

He joined Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. in 1954 and became president and chief execu­tive officer in 1976. In 1982 he led Connecticut General into the merg­er with INA Corp. that created CIGNA Corp. He then headed that Philadelphia-based organiza­tion, becoming chairman and chief executive in 1984. He retired in 1988 but continued as a director until 1994.

During his 40-year career in insurance, he was active in major industry groups. He was a trustee of the University of Hartford.

Among his survivors are his wife, Fay Hines Kilpatrick, of Crozier, VA; and five children.

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Throughout the weekend you will have the opportunity to enjoy classes, lectures by faculty and administrators, sporting events, and entertainment by students, faculty, and alumni. Among the exciting events planned for this weekend is a performance on Saturday evening by the band NEW BROWN HAT. The band's warm, groove-based sounds are appreciated by fans up and down the East Coast. There is also a strong Trinity connection - two of the band's members, Fell Herdeg and Craig Woerz, are Trinity alumni of the Class of 1993. This is a weekend you won't want to miss!

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Volunteers for Admissions, Development, and Alumni Relations are invited back to campus for an informative conference during an exciting weekend on campus. Discussions with students, faculty, and senior officers will give you an insider's perspective of the College's new vision for academic, social, and intellectual life at Trinity, and you will receive the most updated information on the dramatic initiatives which began last fall. Take advantage of the lectures, sporting events, and entertainment scheduled for Parents' Weekend and enjoy the beauty of the campus at the beginning of autumn. Volunteer leadership Conference is your opportunity to become reacquainted with Trinity College today!

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Every year thousands ofTrinity's alumni and friends return to campus for Homecoming Weekend. This year your Trinity Bantams take on the Wesleyan Cardinals- come cheer them on to victory! Other weekend highlights:

·The Bantam Booster Rally • AlumniNarsity athletic competitions • Homecoming luncheon ·Tailgate parties • The President's Homecoming Reception • Homecoming Concert featuring student musical groups ·Activities designed especially for young alumni (the Classes of 1988-1997)

.flru:L . .. a very special Saturday evening concert by THE NIELD$, featuring Katryna Nields '91, Nerissa and David Nields, Dave Chalfant '91, and Dave Hower '89. The Nields hit the "big time" with the release of a full -length album on a national record label in 1996, but they're always thrilled to come back to Trinity to perform. Fans of their music, which has been described as "neo-folk-contempo-rock-alternative-whatever," include the young and old, children and families, teens and college students. Get swept up in their spirited show and soaring harmonies!

1Jf.u4 ... the Century of Engineering Convocation and other related events will take place on Homecoming Weekend. Marking 100 years of educational excellence in engineering, the weekend will feature a keynote address by George Bugliarello, president of Polytechnic University, the conferring of honorary degrees on a distinguished group of scientists and engineers, and the presentation of alumni achievement awards. Events will begin on Thursday, November 6, and conclude on November 10 with a panel discussion, tours of the engineering laboratories, and demonstrations of student engineering projects.