Headliner E. Thayer Bigelow,Jr. '65 has been appointed president of Home Box Office, Inc., a wholly owned subsidairy of Time Inc. A graduate of the University of Virginia Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, Bigelow joined Time Inc. in 196 7. He was named president of American Television and Communications Corporation, another Time subsidiary, last fall.
who is regional' vice president for Sierra Capital Financial Co; ana CHARLIE WEEKS of Prescottr Ball and Burben in Chicago (once a bond specialist, always a bond ~pecialist!). By the by, Charlie's daughter, Anne, will be a member of Trinity's Class of 1992. Getting back, to the party, everyone remarked how pleasant it was that no one had aged a bit and everyone looked the same as they did "on the hill." Bill is now manager of product planning and marketing for Professional Services ... one of the companies with · the information group at McDonnell Douglas providing data processing selvices t<;> the commercial marketplace. An article in the February UHartford: CO'Urant describes a pulpit exchange between the REV. C. JON WIDING, ree;tor of Christ Church Episcopal in Avon, and the REV. JIM KOWALSKI '73 of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hartford. An object of the exchange is to bring down the social barriers between the suburbs and the city. JOE WASSONG sends news of himselrandhisfamily. Inthefallo£1987 Joe was re-elected to a six-year term on the Thomaston Board of Finance. He also chairs the town's Zoning Board of Appeals and serves on the 'I:dwn H;lll/Opera House Building C6mmittee. He is president of the Adult Doubles Tennis League in town and continues to serve on the Democratic Town Committee. He is completing his 20th year as a professor of history at Mattatuck Community College. His wife, Shirley, works as a dental assistant, is vice-chairman of the Parish Council, and serves on the board of directors of the Visiting Nurse Association. They hope to make their sixth trip to Europe next year to see some of Joe's cousins in Alsace, whom they visited in 1~84. Their oldest child, Joe IV, a Fordham graduate, is married, working for the Boston Herald, and beginning an M.L.S. program at Simmons. Second son, John, is studying at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University' in Daytona Beach and expects to receive his B.S. on August 20, his parents' 28th wedding anniversary. His youngest, Jean, is a sophomore at College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY. Class Agent: William J. Schreiner
Robert'.(. Sweet 4'93il Western Ave. Chevy Chase, MD 20816 NED CHALKER attended the recent lunch for Dean Winer, sponsored by the Trinity Alumni Club of Washington. Ned's looking forward to the warm weather and a new bo<tting season. Those alumni living in the Berlin[New Britain, CT area may note an interesting Victorian barn depicted on the cover of Southern New England's new te1ephone directory. This interesting structure is on the property of JOHN WILCOX, and dates back to the turn of the century. Class Agents: Robe;rt G. Johnson · Richard W. Stockton BillKirtz 26WymanSt. Waban, MA 02168 A thin mail pouch' makes for dull reading,· so send in your news. If there is lione, make it up! JEFF WILLIAMS' . widow, Beth, works in the admissions office at Milton Apademy, where my youngest, Jl'i.ke Hooker, will be a sophomore in the fall. She reports that Jeff, Jt:;. will be. going into his senior year at Lake F,orest College, where, of course, he encountered admissions director, SPIKE GUMMERE. The Williams' daughter, Holly, will be starting her junior year at Milton while their youngest son starts his senior year at the Dublin(NH) School. A newsy note from JOHN KORETZ reports that daughter Le&lre (21) is <t sophomore at Northern Colorado University, and son Jim (24) is a graduate of Ithaca Collegj'lliving and working in St. Louis. John is partner-in-charge of informa,tion technology at Coopers & Lybrand, "inv6lved in helping compa.nies avoid computer abuse." The long-time Winnetka, IL resident is active in Trinity affairs as a member of the executive committee of the Chicago Alumni Association and with his inv6lvement with the Illinois Scholarship Program. He and wife, Carol, have a home .In Scottsdale, AZ to which they repair for winter*golf. Class Agents: Dale N. Peatman Peter Kreisel
The Rev. Arthur F. "S.kip" McNulty, Jr. Calvary Church 315 Shady Ave. Pittsburgh, P A 15206 RODNEY D. DAY ill has been named president of the New York Division of Johnson & Higgins, the interna,tional insurance brokerage and human resource consulting firm. "Rod Day has distinguished himself by developing a remarkable esprit de corps that is invaluable during this difficult period for the insurance industry," said David A. Olsen, preside11t and chief executive officer of Johnson & Higgins, in announcing Day's appointment April 5. "He has brought a 'can-do' attitude and a spirit of innovatiDn to our oldest and largest office as its managing director. This promotion recognizes his status as head of our largest operation and is the first time we have conferre<L such a title on the manager of the New York office." Day is a senior vice .President of the parent• corporation and a member or' its bdard of directors..Established in New York City in 1845, Johnson & Higgins is the largest privately held firm of its kind in the world. Class Agents: Thomas E. Bu:ndy, Jr. Judson M. Robert · Keith S. Wat.son, Esq. 8520 River Rock Ter. Bethesda, MD 20034 DANIEL A. SAKLAD is executive, vice president of Norwest and president over all banking activities iiLMinnesota and Wisconsin. He writes that one son is a freshman at Brown and another son ;is a junior at·Waslt}ngton University in St. L6Uis. Class Agent: Kenneth R. Auerbach
child. We'll share the glad tidings in the nextRqJorter. That's all for now, and remember to keep me posted on your news. Class Agents: Philip S. Parsons, Esq. Richard Roth Thomas S. Hart 20 Kenwood St. Boston, MA 02124 The March 1 issue of the Dallas Morning News describes the career of ROBERT BAKER who is senior vice president-operations at American Airlines, Inc. He is "one of the most experienced managers in the industry, having held posts in the marketing, freight and computer automation divisions" before taking on the operations department in 1985, A March 5 New York Times article announces the inauguration of THOMAS GTJI;OT'tA as Nassau Connty executive. He was sworn in by his father, Frank Gulotta, a retired State Supreme Court Justice. JOHN HEYL has left Bowdoin College to become vice president for resources development at the National Trust fot Historic :Preservation in Washington, D.C. ANTHONY K. BAKER, ROLAND 0. DENOIE, and THOMAS S. GULOTTA, county executive of Nassau County, Long Island, NY, presided over a ribboncutting ceremony at the grand opening on January 27 of the Yellow Rose Deep Pit Bar B Que restaurant · owned by Baker and DeNQie in Freeport, NY. Class Agent: William H. Schweitzer, Es.9.
. Peter J. Knapp • 20 Buena Vista Rd. We~>.!:' Hartford, CT 06107
. Robert E. Bclckley 20 Banbury Ln. .West Hartford, CT 06107.
±'lothing like a little writer's cramp to initiate a call for my succes.sor as our Class Secretary. Don't run away"so fast! · THAYER BIGELOW has been ele<:ted This is really a relatively easy undertakvice president of the alumni association ing for anyone who has any fun at all of the Darden School of Business Admin- with the written word. It's fun to bear from all 9f you periodically, and it's alistration of<the University of Virginia. Thayer has been on the Dard~n alumni ways nice to h';'tve your wife think you association board since 1933. As noted were so ;popular at Trinity because so in the previous RqJorter, Thayer is now many know your n;:tme at reunion time. president of Time Inc.'s American Tele.- . Any takers? We. only need one. Let me vision and Communication Corporation hear .from you, in Englewood, CO.. (liiditor's · note: BILL BLOCK writes that he was reThayer as$Umed a new posititYn which cently named president! ol Toledo Blade was announced after the Glass Notes were Company. I think that's a newspaper, written. SeeHeadUner alw'l{e,) .but. then I dq, 'remember the leather Wo:td has \lMtf received that CHED jacket and boots, so I'm not totally sure. MARKDVICH has joined Bank of BosCongratulations, Bill. ton Connecticut, Waterbury, as vice PHIL MAYER writes us from Morpresident-corporate banking. gantown, WV where he now serves as JIM ROO.SEVELT dropped us a line associate professor of orthopedics at to share the news that he has been ap- West Virginia University. Hey Phil, I pointed vice president and assistant gen- haveU:.t been able to get my driver back eral counsel of TRW Inc. in Cleveland, to parall~ on the backswing. Any sugOH. Jim rep6rts that he <tnd his family gestions? have taken up cross-country skiing. MARK SHAPIRO, ESQ. has been ap· DAN SWANDER sends more infor- pointed assistant district attorney of mation about his firm, Swander, Pace & Bernalillo County in Albuquerque, NM. Company of San Francisco. If offers I he<tr that's rough country out there. management consulting services to food, ROBIN TASSINARI sent me a very food service and consumer products .nice note quite a while back that I know businesses. As of Januarjt, Dan had a I neglected to recognize. You remember staff of six and says he's. really having a Robin. He's the guy with all the kids and Daddy Warbucks' retinue to boot. Robball. As of this writing YOUR SECRE- in's brood includes: Kate, 15; Sam, 13; TARY and his wife, ANNE M.A. '76, are Ben, 11; Meg, 9; Jessica, 6; Oliver, 5; and awaiting the imminent arrival of our first Cynthia, 2. Thanks to .Robin for keeping
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