manager at Monarch Life Insurance Company in Springfield, MA. 1982 JOSEPH BIBISI is administrative hearing officer at the department of human resources for the State of Connecticut. CURTISS ROOKS has been promoted to associate dean of students and residential life at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. He has begun work on his Ph.D. in Asian studies. 1983 • GAIL GENE NETTLES is executive director at Connecticut Preservation Action in Hartford. FRANCES EPSTEIN WALTMAN recently established, with her husband, Irving, the Pincus Bernikier Lecture Series which will bring a Yiddish speaker to Hartford each year to memorialize this educator and writer. 1984 DAVID RADKA has recently been appointed a graduate assistant in the doctoral program in philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He writes that the Ph.D. program should take him three years to complete. 1985 LYNN DAVIS is assistant registrar at the University of Hartford. JEAN JOHNSON is currently working on the sixth year program in American studies at Trinity. She was appointed social studies resource teacher in the Farmington School System.
HONORARII WILLIAM WALSH, JR., a physician and president of Project HOPE , Health Services Education Center of Millwood, VA, was named an Honorary President of Xian Medical College in China. DONALD LINDSLEY recently celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. He is professor emeritus of psychology and physiology at UCLA.
trician at St. Francis and McCook Hospitals and a consultant at Mt. Sinai. He served as president of the Hartford Medical Society in 1952 and had held memberships in several medical organizations. Prior to his retirement pe practiced pediatric medicine for many years in West Hartford. CLARENCE DENTON TUSKA, 1919 Clarence D. Tuska of Cranbury, NJ died on June 30, 1985. He was 88. Born in New York, NY, he graduated from Hartford Public High School. He attended Trinity with the Class of 1919 and received his B.S. degree in 1939. In 1934 he received his LL.B. degree from LaSalle Extension University. He served in the Air Force in World War I. A co-founder of the American Radio Relay League and a manufacturer during the early 1920s, he headed his own company, which operated a radio telephone broadcasting station and manufactured and sold radio receivers and parts. He had been director of the RCA patent department and later, a patent consultant to RCA. A pioneer figure in radio, he had a varied career as an amateur wireless operator, editor, inventor, manufacturer, patent attorney, and author of several books. He was the holder of about 20 U.S. patents, and author of several historical radio papers and books. His memberships included election to the Hall of Fame, American Radio Relay League; honorary membership in the Antique Wireless Association; fellow member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.; life member of the Philadelphia Patent Law Association; and member of the Old Guard of Princeton. He leaves a son, James W., of Pennington, NJ; a daughter, Shirley T. Jenks, of Cranbury, NJ; and two granddaughters.
LOUIS SAMUEL COHEN, 1918 Louis S. Cohen of Atlanta, GA died on March 27, 1980. He was 85. Born in Lowell, MA, he graduated from Hartford Public High School. He matriculated at Trinity with the Class of 1918 and received his B.A. degree in 1920. He also attended Cumberland University, Chattanooga College of Law, and Yale Law School. He was a practicing attorney for 34 years, 12 years in private practice and 22 years for the U.S. government. He was a life member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue and a 32nd degree Mason. Surviving is his daughter, Adrienne Cohen-Ivy, of Atlanta, GA.
FREDERICK REED HOISINGTON, JR., 1920 Frederick R. Hoisington, Jr. of Fayetteville, NC died on September 9, 1985. He was86. Born in Chicago, IL, he graduated from Brunswick School in Greenwich, CT. At Trinity he served as class secretary, circulation manager of the Tripod, and secretary-treasurer of the political science club. He was also a member of the 1920 class football and track teams, the mandolin club, and Delta Upsilon fraternity. Hereceived his B.S. degree in 1920. He served in the U.S. armed forces from 1917 to 1918. Before his retirement at age 75, he had been a stockbroker. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association for 50 years. He leaves a son, F. Reed, of Fayetteville, NC; three daughters, Elizabeth Stewart, of Rochester, NY, Lucy Carver, of North Point, ME , and Edith Miller, of Sackville, New Brunswick; two brothers; a sister; thirteen grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
DAVID GABERMAN, 1918 David Gaberman of North Miami, FL died on August 10, 1985. He was 89. Born in New York, NY, he graduated from Hartford Public High School before attending Trinity with the Class of 1918. He received his medical degree from Columbia University in 1920. He interned at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City and was in residency in Berlin, Germany where he specialized in diseases of infancy and childhood. In 1923 he began his pediatric practice in Hartford. He was the attending pedia-
MOSES JACOB NEIDITZ, 1921 Moses J. Neiditz of West Hartford, CT died on August 1, 1985. He was 86. Born in Palestine, he graduated from Hartford Public High School before attending Trinity with the Class of 1921. He also attended New York University. He was the founder and president of M.J. Neiditz Co., Inc. and was active in real estate development, management, appraisals and insurance for more than 60 years in Hartford. Together with other business associates, he developed the complex of office buildings on Pearl and Lewis Streets in Hartford, including 111 Pearl Street, which was the first downtown of-
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flee building constructed in Hartford after World War II. He was also a co-developer of Windsor, Wethersfield and Elmwood shopping centers, Loomis Drive apartments and other business and apartment developments. He held many professional and civic positions, including past president of the Greater Hartford Real Estate Board and was recipient of the Charter Oak Leadership Medal of the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce. He was a founder and Regent of the University of Hartford, and a former chairman of its Building Committee. He was formerly a trustee of the Emanuel Synagogue, and member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Executive Board, director of United Bank and Trust and member of the Connecticut State Housing Commission. In 1964, he received the Herbert Lehman award for distinguished service to the Jewish community, and in 1982, the National Conference of Christians and Jews Human Relations Award. He was also a trustee of the Endowment Fund of the Hartford Jewish Federation. He leaves a son, Daniel M. , of West Hartford, CT; a daughter, Mrs. Jerome E. (Eleanor) Caplan, of West Hartford, CT; and seven grandchildren. THOMAS JOSEPH QUINN, 1924, M '28 Thomas J. Quinn of Hartford, CT died on August 15, 1985. He was 83. Born in Hartford, he graduated from Hartford Public High School. He received his B.S. degree in 1924 from Trinity and in 1928 he received his M.S. degree, also from Trinity. He subsequently attended the University of Connecticut Law School and the University of Hartford. He served as secretary for the Class of 1924. A mathematics instructor at Bulkeley High School for 36 years, he also coached the golf team and was the driver education teacher. He was the state director of the National Retired Teachers Association, and also served as a volunteer coordinator for the Internal Revenue Service. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Lawrence O'Toole Church, where he served as lector, the Southwest Senior Citizen and Southend Senior Citizen Clubs. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Class Quinn, of Hartford, CT; a daughter, Joan Zuralo, of Hamden, CT; two brothers; two sisters; and two grandchildren. HARRIS HENDERSON THOMAS, 1924 Harris H. Thomas of New Brunswick, NJ died on August 20, 1985. He was 81. Born in Louisville, KY, he graduated from Caroline High School in Denton, MD. At Trinity he was a member of Delta Phi fraternity, the football and baseball teams, and was a class officer. He received his B.A. degree in 1924. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and was awarded his master's degree in 1935 from Middlebury College. From 1924 to 1931 he taught French and Spanish at the Phillips Exeter Academy. From 1931 until 1971, when he retired, he was director of the study abroad program there. He leaves his wife, Dorothy Young Morganstern Thomas, of New Brunswick, NJ; three sons, Julian, of Poughkeepsie, NY; Charles, of Belmont, MA; and Benjamin, of Chevy Chase, MD; and eight grandchildren. MORRIS JOSEPH CUTLER, 1929 Morris J. Cutler of Bloomfield, CT died on October 10, 1985. He was 78. Born in Hartford, CT, he graduated from Hartford Public High School before attending Trinity, where he was a member of the baseball (captain), football and bas-
ketball teams. He received his B.S. degree in 1929 and in 1932 he received his LL.B. degree from Yale University. For 52 years he was in private practice as an attorney. He was Bloomfield Town Attorney, and a prosecutor in Bloomfield. He served as a judge eight years in Bloomfield Municipal Court, and was a member of Connecticut and Hartford county bar associations. He was the last surviving active charter member of the Bloomfield Lions Club, first president of the Citizen Scholarship Fund, and was a motivator in its formation. He was past president of West Hartford Jewish Community Center, which later became Beth David Synagogue, a charter member and past president of Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield. He was active in sports and played semipro baseball with the Hartford Twilight League. He later helped organize the Bloomfield Little League. An active Trinity alumnus, he served as agent for the Class of 1929 for 35 years, and chaired his 30th reunion committee. Surviving are his wife, Belle Bercowetz Cutler, of Bloomfield, CT; a son, Dr. Willim D., of Gales Ferry, CT; two daughters, Joyce Shane, of Avon, CT, and Miriam, of Millerton, NY; seven sisters; and two grandchildren. HAROLD GEORGE EBERLE, 1931 Harold G. Eberle of West Yarmouth, MA died on September 22, 1985. He was 77. Born in Hartford, he graduated from Hartford Public High School before attending Trinity with the Class of 1931. He also attended the University of Connecticut. Prior to his retirement, he was a selfemployed insurance broker. He is survived by his wife, Pauline Eberle, of West Yarmouth, MA; a son, Laird, of West Hartford, CT; two daughters, Joan Nelson, of West Hartford, CT, and Susan Bates, of West Yarmouth, MA; and three grandsons. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER, 1935 George H. Walker of Old Lyme, CT died on September 23, 1985. He was 73. Born in Wilmington, MA, he graduated from Hartford Public High School before attending Trinity with the Class of 1935. At Trinity he was a member of Pi Gamma Mu fraternity. He received his B.S. degree in 1937. Before his retirement in 1980, he had been employed for forty years as a quality control inspector at the Defense Contracts Administration Services in Hartford. Surviving is his wife, Evelyn Otto Walker, of Old Lyme, CT. WILLIAM VAN HORN REYNOLDS, 1936 William V.H. Reynolds of Darien, CT died on October 13, 1985. He was 71. Born in New Haven, CT, he graduated from William Hall High School in West Hartford, CT before attending Trinity, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the Jesters, and the Tripod. He received his B.S. degree in 1936. During his professional career, he held executive positions with several multinational corporations. After working for Smith-Kline Corp. in Philadelphia and Vick Chemical Co., now Richardson-Vicks, Inc., he had joined Lehan and Fink Corp. in 1960. He retired in 1979 from Sterling Drug, Inc., a Sterling division. He leaves his wife, Jeannette Gallagher Reynolds, of Darien, CT; two sons, Bradley and Peter, both of California; three daughters, Katherine, of New York City, Patricia, of Providence, RI, and Barbara Rawlins, of Baltimore, MD; and a brother.