tees for Episcopal churches seeking new rectors. Jerry Olson is retired from the US Attorney General's office in Seattle. Sadly, he lost his wife to cancer several years ago. He keeps in touch with Howe Lagarde in Asheville, NC, and AI Tubman in Charlotte. Jerry recently received the word that one Chas (Snaps) Weeks succumbed to cancer in early November of '04. Jazz in Chicago will never quite be the same. GB. By now you should have received the fall issue of the Trinity Reporter, which has detailed information as to how you can forward items of interest to your Class Secretary(s). Please do so. We want to hear from you, as do all your classmates. Best always, Jon Reynolds and Bill Abeles
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On a bright, sunny, but very windy and chilly day in October, Barbara and I journeyed to Hartford to witness the inauguration of James F. Jones, Jr., the 21st president of our Trin.ity. I believe all who were there, and there must have been well over 1 ,500, were eJo.:traordinarily impressed with the entire weekend. For us, the weekend began on Saturday even.ing with a black tie dinner and concluded after luncheon on Sunday. Everything about the event was done with style, an upbeat pride, and enormous dign.ity. The actual inauguration ceremony of Jimmy was impressive indeed . For me, the highlight of the inauguration ceremon.ies may have been the comments made by three of his associates from the academy. Three very sen.ior scholars and long time close friends of his gave warm speeches offering insights into this man's intellectual capacity, leadership, and character. The academic world salutingJinm1y included the dean of the arts program at Harvard, and the presidents of both Wellesley and Williams. Classmates, we have a winner here. The weekend was also a wonderful time to catch up with old friends, faculty, and admin.istration members, and just to enjoy being on campus again. As fellow alums, you are urged to find ways to connect with Trin.ity and our new president. I join the group assembled when I say that I am extraordinarily impressed with Dr. Jones and believe he is going to in.itiate wonderful things for our Trin.ity. We have found a winner, and I urge all of you to redouble your efforts to stay close to Trin.ity's progress. This will be fun to watch, and I believe we will be made even more proud of the institution in the future than we have been in the past. Classmates I saw on campus included Mickey Lloyd and his wife, Ellie. They both appeared to be in fine spirits and good health. Additionally, I caught up with Ray and Roberta Beech . They both looked terrific and, like so many of us, have made some recent changes in their living style. The Beeches have sold their home on Candlewood Lake and have moved to what nutmeggers call "the quiet corner" of Connecticut to the town ofWashington, a small village near Lakeville. I know the area quite well and it is, indeed, a gorgeous part of the state. They split meir time between there and NYC where they have lived for decades. When the leaves fall and the wintry winds blow, they will head down to Spring Island, GA, where they have just completed work on a new home. There they will work on their golf gan1es, their tans,
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and catch up on back reading. Not a bad life, it seems to me. Ray, as some of you know, loves his work and may never fully stop. However, Roberta was proud to announce a small victory in that Ray has pretty much given up work on Fridays and now spends long weekends just enjoying the New England countryside. Matt Levine contacted me and told me that his old high school buddy and Trinity roonmute, Lee Kalcheim, had completed another play, and it was to be produced in a place called Stony Point, NY This is a small town just to the west of the Hudson River, off of the Palisades Parkway. My sidekick and I jumped at the chance to see it. Matt arranged to set up a trip east and invited the Beeches, Lee, and us to grab a quick dinner together prior to the performance. Lee stopped by and ate and reminisced with us. And, after a fun "catch up," we all went to the country playhouse to see Lee's newest creation on opening night. The play's title is "Slouching Toward Hollywood" and is a wonderfully involving story of an aging, successful, but dated playwright, no longer in demand, but unable to let go. Saved from the brink of suicide, he tries to recapture a feeling of self worth by brokering a deal with a shallow, but "hip, hot, and in" young writer/ packager. Seeing his work produced and turned into a successful screenplay becomes his obsession, although he will receive no credit for it, as he has agreed to anonymity. Recapturing his former fame and status is secondary to his seeing his work come to life. This is a story about regain.ing personal relevance. It is acted by a cast of three and is chock a block full of pathos, wit, and sometimes tender, sometimes harsh, interpersonal relationships and dialogue. I am really glad we went. Each of us enjoyed the play enormously. Lee is unquestionably an exceptional talent; there is no doubt about that. The evening was great fun, and to see a creative production first hand by an old classmate (and for me, fraternity brother) was special. As reported in this space about a year ago, Lee has also written a play be calls "Defiled." Tllis play is based on a librarian's reaction to me computerization of his library whereby he would lose his beloved Dewey Decimal System, and, with it, library control and in many ways, his entire life. While I have not read or seen "Defiled" on stage, it sounds as if the story is a metaphor for life as we all know it today and the enormous changes we all face. Lee has just completed yet another play, this one titled "Hitler and Churchill." In addition to the above activity, he has had two stints at teaching creative writing at the Trinity campus in Rome. This old Bantam does not seem to be slowing down too much, does be? Ed Cimilluca has made it official! He is hanging up the spikes at year-end 2004. Ed has had a most successful career that any of us would be proud of. He began at the old General Foods Company in a marketing/ product management capacity. He segued into the financial business after a few years at GF and never looked back. He retires as the managing director of ING where he has been Numero Uno. Job well done, my friend . Now, let's do lunch! I have heard that Kenny Lyons has moved to Palm Beach. Now, Kenny, if that is the case, you should tell your old scribe. If true, I am somewhat puzzled .... who would want to move from Albany to Palm Beach? I bet there are some basketball hoops still in this Bane's life. Saki Greenwald and I had lunch in New York in November and used the occasion to just catch up. As you may remember, after a normally long career in business, Saki chose to begin a totally new career. He has been working hard for several years to become trained and establish a new career in psychotherapy. He has now completed this and has bung out his shingle where he has an active and growing practice. I actually visited his office and, yes, there is a couch present. I have such enormous