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She worked with Ballantine Books and McGraw Hill in the publishing industry. Her first novel, Listen.~{'K In, co-written with her sister Amy under the pseudonym, Sorrell Ames, was published in June of 1998 by Penguin Putnam. Emily was also a healer, practicing massage therapy, reiki, and therapeutic touch in Pennsylvania. She leaves her husband, Anthony D. Shore '80, and their three children, Isaac Brown (11), Lucy Bailey (eight), and Abel Everett (five), all of Elkins Park, PA; and her parents, Shirley Brown and Everett Leonard of Hingham, MA. Contributions in Emily's memory can be made to the Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study Group, 550 North Broadway, 9th floor, Baltimore, MD 21205-2010.
Master's HARRIET RUCKER CROWELL SMYTH, M.A. 1975 88
Harriet R.C. Smyth of New Preston, CT died on Sept. 29, 1998 at age 72. She attended Barnard College and graduated form Western Connecticut State College before receiving her M.A. degree from Trinity in 1975. The author of Amphibians and Their \Vtzys, she taught English at Torrington High School for more than 20 years. She leaves her daughter, Rux Martin, of Marblehead, MA; a granddaughter; and a brother.
Honorarii HENRY REGINALD ROBERTS, Hon. 1970 Henry Reginald Roberts, 82, of Hartford died on Sept. 23, 1998. A 1937 graduate of the University ofToronto, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1945, he began his career with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, a CIGNA predecessor. He was named president and chief executive officer in 1961 and, in 1976, he left active
management to become chairman of the board. He was a director of Southern New England Telephone, General Foods Corporation, and Emhart Corporation. He provided leadership to many community organizations, including the University of Hartford, Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, and the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce. He held honorary degrees from Clarkson College and the University of Hartford, as well as from Trinity, which awarded him the honorary doctor of laws degree in 1970. Among his survivors are his wife, Margaret Fisher Roberts, of Hartford; four children, Michael Roberts, Barbara Roberts, William Roberts, and Margaret Roberts Brenner; and eight grandchildren.
ROGER CARSON WILKINS, Hon. 1973 Roger C. Wilkins, 92, of Delray Beach,FLdiedonSept.17, 1998. A graduate of the University of Maine, he received honorary degrees from the University of Hartford, Ricker Collegiate Institute, as well as Trinity. From 1929 to 1973, he was employed at Travelers Insurance CGmpanies, rising to the position of president and chairman of the board. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant with the Navy in the Pacific Theater. He held many positions of leadership and was affiliated with several community institutions including: Allis-Chalmers Corp., United Technologies, Connecticut Bank and Trust Co., Connecticut Natural Gas Co., Wells Fargo Mortgage Investor, U.S. Chambers of Commerce, Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce, Hartford Hospital, Hartford Institute of Living, and St. Joseph College. He belonged to country clubs in West Hartford, Gulfstream, FL, and Manchester, VT. Among his survivors are his wife, Evelyn Wilkins, of Delray Beach, FL; two granddaughters; a grandson; and five great-grandchildren.
Faculty FRANCA TRINCHIERI CAMIZ
Franca Camiz died at home in Rome, Italy on January 11, 1999, after suffering the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. A passionate, committed member of the faculty of the Trinity College/Rome Campus, Camiz inspired hundreds of students in her classes over the two-plus decades that she taught at the Rome Campus. She received a B.A. degree from Wellesley College and an M.A. from Radcliffe College, and completed course work for a Ph.D. at Harvard University. She began teaching at Trinity's Rome Campus in 1975 and lectured at the College in Hartford several times. Throughout her career she served as a teaching fellow at Harvard College, and as a research editor for the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia ofWorld Art, and she taught at various American programs in Rome. She was a prolific scholar, noted for her publications on Baroque art and in particular Caravaggio's paintings. She participated at the symposium held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1990 on Caravaggio's rediscovered "Lute Player." She leaves her husband, Paolo, a professor at La Sapienza, the University of Rome; two sons, Alessandro and Daniele; two sisters, Camilla Trinchieri and Carol T. Sutherland; and her mother, Cathleen Reeder Trinchieri. Her father was the late Alfredo Trinchieri, an Italian diplomat who had served as Counsel General in
the United States, first in New Orleans and then in Boston. An endowed scholarship fund, the Franca Trinchieri Camiz Memorial Scholarship for the Rome Program, has been 'established at Trinity by Franca Camiz's friends and family members and with the support of the College. The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of both need and merit to a student approved to participate in the Rome Program, with some preference given to students who plan to study art history. The award will be made in addition to regular financial aid and is expected to enable students to attend the Program who might otherwise not be able to. The scholarship will be perpetual, with a new recipient being selected each semester. To contribute, send a check to the Trinity College Development Office, attention Roxanna Cistulli. In the memo line of the check, please specifY "Franca T. Camiz Memorial Scholarship Fund."
VERNON LEROY FERWERDA Vernon L. Ferwerda, 80, of Simsbury, CT died on Dec. 1, 1998. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University and later became a professor at Trinity and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He was Executive Secretary of the National Council of Churches, a member of Immanuel Church in Hartford, the Lions Club, and the Boy Scouts of America. He was an ordained lay minister in the Vermont Conference of Churches. Surviving are his wife, Anna Silva Ferwerda, of Simsbury, CT; two sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Dianne Ferwerda, of Marshfield Hills, MA, and Neil and Joan Ferwerda, of Cobalt, CT; and five grandchildren.