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public information specialist in Germany from 1952 to 1954. He was employed in international engineering construction management. Among his survivors are a son, Paul Orde; two brothers, Edgar Orde, of Wethersfield, Conn., and Arnold Orde, of New Hartford, Conn.; and a sister, Margaret York, of Windsor, Conn.
In 1991 the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association named him Retailer of the Year, and in 1993 he received the Renaissance Award from the Hartford Downtown Council. He leaves his wife, Pauline Quintin Tryon, of Farmington , Conn.; his brother, A. Lane Tryon, Jr., of West Hartford; and three stepchildren.
ROBERT GEORGE GIRARD, 1952
ERIC ANDERSON FOWLER, 1954
. Robert G. Girard, 70, of Colchester, Conn. died on Nov. 2, 1995. A graduate of Hartford High School, he was a member of the Brownell Club and the Newman Club at Trinity and received his B.A. degree in 1952. In 1957 he received his LL.B. degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Before attending Trinity he served with the Navy during World War II. He was an attorney in general practice with the former Hartford law firm of Burke and Burke. In 1978 he joined the state Office of Attorney General and served 11 years as an assistant attorney general. At the time of his retirement in 1989, he was working in the worker's compensation division. He was a member of the Hartford County Bar Association. Surviving are his son, Paul Girard, of Hartford; two daughters, Ann Kilrain, of Colchester, Conn., and Audrey Pinnone, of Marlborough, Conn.; and six grandchildren.
Eric A. Fowler, 62 , of Westtown, Pa. died on Aug . 22, 1995. A graduate of the Millbrook (N.Y.) School, he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, the Young Republicans Club, and the soccer and lacrosse teams at Trinity. He received his B.A. degree in 1954. He worked in executive capacities for several companies; most recently he was president of Brandywine Aero Inc. of West Chester, Pa. A loyal Trinity alumnus, he was an active member of the Philadelphia Alumni Association. In recognition of his efforts on behalf of Trinity, he received a 150th Anniversary Award from the College in 1973 . He was a director of the Delaware County American Cancer Society, a committeeman of the Devon Horse Show and the S.S. Hope, and participated in the activities of Boy Scours, Little League and Bryn Mawr Hospital. His family designated Trinity as the recipient for memorial gifts, for a purpose to be determined at a later date. Among 'his survivors are three sons, Eric A., Jr. '77, Hunter A. '78 and Peter A.; and a daughter, Catherine.
WILLIAM SEYMOUR TRYON, 1952
William S. Tryon of Farmington, Conn. died on July 21, 1995 at age 64. A Wethersfield, Conn . native , he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity and the soccer team at Trinity and received his B.S. degree in 1952. After serving with the Army from 1952-1954, he was employed in managerial positions with Milliken Woolen, Inc. , Celanese Fibers Co., Burlington Industries and Paul Scott, Ltd. In 197 6 he became general manager of Stackpole Moore Tryon Co. in Hartford; he was named president and chief executive officer in 1979. A champion of downtown Hartford's revitalization, he was the fi rst president of Business for Downtown Hartford, a position he held from 1990 to 1993. He was instrumental in instituting such programs as the Hartford Guides.
PETER STRETCH, 1955
Peter Stretch, 61, of Port Angeles, Wash. died of a heart attack on Oct. 25, 1995. After attending high school in Garden City, N.Y., he came to Trinity, where he was a member of the Canterbury Club, Alpha Chi Rho fraternity, the soccer and lacrosse teams, and the Trinity Pipes. He also served as president of the Christian Association. He received his B.A. degree in 1955. In 1958 he received his S.T.M. degree from General Theological Seminary. He was an associate in the Order of the Holy Cross. From 1958 to 1968 he was rector of the Church of the Nativity in Lewiston, Idaho. He served on the board of examining chaplains and was rector of Christ Church from
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1968 to 1972, when he moved to Spokane, Wash. While in Spokane he served as secretary for the Diocesan Council at the Diocese of Spokane, as chairman of the Department of Missions, and as a rural dean and member of the Standing Committee. He was also a delegate for the Provincial Synod and deputy to the General Convention from 1991 to 1994. He retired in 1995 . Active in Habitat for Humanity, he was a member of St. David's Episcopal Church in Spokane, Wash., and the Rotary Club and the board of the American Red Cross in Lewiston, Idaho. He leaves his wife, Beverly-Ann Longman Stretch; three sons, Robert and William, of Seattle, Wash., and James, of Spokane, Wash.; a brother; and three grandchildren. MARK AARON BERKLEY, 1958
Mark A. Berkley of Tallahassee, Fla. died of pancreatic cancer on Sept. 6, 1995 at age 59. He received his B.S. degree from Trinity in 1952 and, subsequently, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins U ni- 路 versity. He held postdoctoral fellowships at Brown University and the University of Washington in Seattle. - In 1967 he became an assistant professor at Florida State and in 1975 was named professor. In 1957 he was named co-director of the psychobiology/neuroscience program there. His research, focused on the central visual system, was continuously funded by NIH and NSF. The author of numerous articles, he was editorial referee for many journals and a member of scientific review committees for NIH and NSF. He served as associate editor of the journal, Behavioural Brain Research. He leaves his wife, Dr. Karen]. Berkley, of Tallahassee, Fla.; and two daughters, Lara and Tamara. JOHN PHILIP CROWE, 1958
]. Philip Crowe, 58, died unexpectedly on July 15 , 1995 of hypertension and heat exhaustion while hiking on the Appalachian Trail. He came to Trinity from Chicago, Ill. and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, the Tripod staff, Psi Chi, the Psychology Club and the baseball team. In 1962 he received his MBA from Cornell University. He served in the Army from 1958 to 1960. A DuPont Co. employee for 33 years, he worked first in the finance
department, and then as a senior consultant in the international compensation and benefits relations departments. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Read Crowe, of Wilmington, Del.; a son, Brian, of Chester Springs, Pa.; a daughter, Linda Fisher, of Middletown, Conn.; his father, Byron L., Jr., of Mokena, Ill.; and a sister. DAVID WILLIAM MARDEN, 1966
David W. Marden of Springfield, Mass. died on Sept. 11, 1995 at age 51. A graduate of high school in Amherst, Mass., he was elected to Pi Gamma Mu at Trinity, became a junior adviser, and was named to the Dean's List. He received his B.A. degree in 1966. He had served as a second lieutenant in the Army. H e had been a teacher and coach at East Longmeadow High School in East Longmeadow, Mass . DAVID GEORGE NOONAN, 1968
David G. Noonan , 48, of Boston, Mass. died of complications from AIDS on Aug. 14, 1995. After graduating from high school in West Hartford, he came to Trinity, where he was a Capital Area Scholar, earned Phi Gamma Delta prizes in math, and participated in the Chapel Choir and the Glee Club. He had been employed as project manager for Master Software, Inc. in Watertown, Mass. Among his survivors are his mother, Estella Noonan, of Elmwood, Conn.; a brother, Ralph Noonan, of Elmwood, Conn.; a brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Vickie Noonan, of Glastonbury, Conn.; a niece; and a nephew. JOHN GUSTAF WHITE, 1973
John G . White of Oceanside, N.Y. died on March 3, 1995 of complications from AIDS at age 44. After graduating from Hononegah High School in Rockton, Ill. , he attended Trinity as an Illinois Scholar. He was a member of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity and the crew team and received his B.A. degree in 1973. In 1974 he earned his M .S. degree from the University oflllinois Graduate School of Library Science. He received his J.D. degree from Fordham University in 1982 and was admitted to the New York Bar. After receiving his law degree he worked as an attorney at Goldome Realty Credit Corp . in
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