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Alumni Fund Goal: $200,000 Class Secretary: Alden Gordon, f=ine Arts Department, Hallden 114, Trinity Co llege, 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106-3100 e-mail: alden.gordon@trincoll. edu Reunion Committee: Laurence Ach; Michael Carius; Carl f=ridy; William Glahn; Edward Hill; Michael Loberg; Bill Marrimow; Alan Mendelson; Michael Michigami; Keith Pinter; Nathaniel S. Prentice; Matthew S. Simchak Larry Ach was first after the last issue to respond. Larry writes, "The latest Reporter motivated me to give you an update. I was very sorry to read of Doug Watts' passing; I remember swimming laps in the old pool alongside nim. "] recently accepted a new position as senior vice president at Klingenstei11 , Fields, a private investment management firm in New York. I thoroughly enjoy the investment profession (I call it "getting paid to go to school") , and unlike an increasing number of my peers, I intend to work for the foreseeable future. My wife Susan continues to enjoy her part-time position as career coun selor at a local college, Marymount Manhattan. We spend many weekends out at our house in the Hamptons, and have enjoyed recent travels to Morocco, Hungary; Czech Republic, France, and Argentina. Cycling has become my major exercise, and I have found cordial like - minded souls botl1 in the city and in the country. l am also very active with two not- for- profits here in NY Our chjJdren are progressing nicely: Rachel Ach '04 received her MSW last year from Columbia and has an interesting and demanding social work job with a physician's group in NY; Ben graduated from Emory last month, is a counselor at his old can1p up in VT for the summer, and then will search to find a job in NY Have not had that much contact with my classmates, but l do look forward to catching up at the reLL11ion ." Bill E;:lliot checked in from Roa110ke. " I spent four months in NYC this winter and early spring, taking classes in painting and drawing at the National Academy School (a new endeavor for me) , and while I was there l got in touch with another former roommate , Jay Millard '70, and witl1 Keith Pinter. Both are doing well and look great. (Millard's a little thin on top, but so am I.) We had not seen each other for almost forty years, so it took almost a minute and a half before it seemed like only yesterday. They both knew my wife Diane, whom I dated while at Trinity, so when she can1e up to visit, we all met for dinner at a lovely bistro in the West Village, The New French, where my daughter Emily is a chef It seems one's recollection of events improves greatly with time. "I stay in touch with John Rice, famous realtor of Portsmouth, NH - we spent a week in Alaska together some years ago, but mostly e-mail these days. Roanoke, Virginia, where I live and pretend to work, is short on Trinity grads, but we do have a fine arcrutect in the person of Gregg Lewis '80something, leader of the green movement in design here. If any Trinity folks are passing through the Blue Ridge MoLL11tains, look us up." Fred Stroock writes, "Enjoying retirement in Rancho Mirage, CA. Younger daughter was just married. Having fun with our two grandchildren who live in Sacramento, California. Renewed an
old friendship with Walt Harrison '68, and fellow Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brother. Walt is now the chair of the NCAA Committee on Academic Performance, a group I had previously worked with during my tenure as associate athletic director at USC and UCLA. One of my good friends and golfing partners is Carrington Clark '60, who spends his winters in the CA desert." Steve Rorke sends this rallying cry for reunion to members of Theta Xi. "I attended a Theta Xi reunion on June 6 organized by Ralph Oser as part of the '68 reunion. We gathered at a restaurant in downtown Hartford and had a great time getting re-connected. l had not seen many in 40 years (how did I get so old?). We all had gray hair, but are in good health. The only member of my class present was George Simon and hjs wife Lynn. They live in Chicago. Since the reunion, I have had lunch with David Downes '67 l had a nice conversation with Nat Prentice who filled me in on some of my lacrosse teammates. lf I can get my TX brothers to attend the '69 reunion, I'll be there ." Witt Barlow and lus wife Maria and family are moving to South Dartmouth, MA Your Secretary and wife Jean Cadogan cai1 now cJajm that we have completed the Trinity tri fecta - our three children all have or will be attend ing the college: Alex Gordon (B.A. Honors, Phj Beta Kappa, 2005) ; Alden Cadogan Gordon ' ro , Presidential Scholar) ; and Anna Gordon ' 12. I have been awarded an Andrew W Mellon Fellowship in tl1e Department of European Painting at the Metropolitan Museum for 2008-2009 to complete the manuscript "The Marquis de Marigny; Directeur des Batinlents du Roi: Art Patron in the Enlightenment." And to prove that I am not dead wood, I am a collaborator for the exrubi tion French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour (FRAME Museums, Paris, Somogy; 2008) that will be shown at tl1e Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours (France) opening in October, 2008 and at tl1e Portland Museum of Fine Arts (Oregon) ope1ung in February, 2009. I attended the Class of 1968 Reuruon this past June and was delighted to see, too briefly; Gerry Pryor '68, Michael Conforti '68, Peter Alsop '68, Peter Johnson '68, Mark Loether '68, Elric Endersby '68, Biff Maddock '68, Don Callaghan '68, Sandy Tilney '68, Bob Harrity '70, and Bill Peelle '70. By the time you read this, there will be only one more issue of the Trinity Reporter before we convene for our 4oth Reunion in June 2009 1 Talk to your friends and send word of your plans in time for the next Reporter deadline on October I , 2008.
Alumni Fund Goal: $125,000 Class Secretary: John L. Bonee Il l, Esq., 19 Scarsdale Road, West Hartford, CT 06107-3339 e-mai l: john.bonee.l970@trincoll.edu ; fax: 860-522-6049 Class Agent: Ernest J. Mattei, Esq. Your Secretary very much enjoyed the lovely 6oth birthday party of classmate Carlo Forzani put on by his wonderful daughter, Elena, at his home and back yard/garden in the bucolic Litchfield Hills thjs past )LL11e. Somehow it actually made becoming 60 (as we all currently are!) feel good, espec ially when listen ing to the Mediterranean
love songs bellowed out by tl1e as he strolled through the guests became qwte sentimental and quite, speechless at one point.
accordion singer assembled. Carlo almost, but not Classmates Alan Gladstone, MD and l;:rnie Mattei were also in attendance along with Jim Wu '71. Many thanks to al l of you who have sent me congratulations on the opening of my new law office in West Hartford Center. Please remember, lunch is on me to anyone who wishes to visit! Please call. Ralph Oser '68 did a great job organizing the TX Reunion for his class this year. Many others attended. I represented our class and Bi ll Reynolds represented 1971. It is fun to attend a gathering by Trinity grads outside our class. We should all consider it on occasion. Randy Mann has written that he wishes our class notes section would become more of a "helping hand network" for classmates in need. He finds it impossible to believe that every one of us has nothing but good news. in rus case, he would very much like to hear from us in connection with some of his economic ups and downs. As your secretary, l am actual ly most reluctant to focus on the negative, especially unless you specifically direct me in writing to do so. Certainly, this current economy has presented huge cnallenges and difficulties for probably most of us and we should remember to call and help one another as best we can. I really do appreciate the fact that Randy nas needled me into this reminder. Rai1dy can be reached at Randolphmn@yal100.com. He has moved to LA from Santa Fe and he did write to say that he appreciated the piece from Charley Taylor on the Buckley/ Duffy debate. Randy still wonders why we had to have it in the horrible old gym instead of in the new CineStudio. I am not sure CineStudio was ready at that point. Stan Robinson says tl1at he enjoys reading about our classmates in the Reporter. ln January 2007, he drove to Rangeley, ME, and spoke at the .Rangeley Congregational Church's memorial service for Hugh Ogden. He said it was a touching service and the locals yearned to hear about Hugh's other life as a teacher. Stan last visited Trinity in September 2006 to watch the Colby/ Trinity football game as his youngest son, Ben, was a tight end for Colby: He found it strange sitting on the Colby side. finally, Stan mentions that he and his wife, Beth, live in a r50 -year-old Victorian in Tilton, NH , where he also locates rus law office. He hopes to make it to our 4oth. Glenn Gamber was among the many alumni (including myself) who were caught in the enthusiasm of the Trinity baseball team this year. He picked up the story of "the streak" somewhere near the end and found himself checking the Trinity Web site frequently to stay updated. G len writes that he actually sat at work watching the psychedelic image of the video feed of the game with John's Hopkins that ended the streak. Being basically paranoid by nature, Glen assumed that the fact that he watched the gaine was the jinx that resulted in Trinity losing it. Hence, he did not watch the end of the second game, and he is convinced that by not doing so he played a small part in Trinity winning. In any event, he was surprised by what a thrill he got out of following the story. He is not even that much of a baseball fan. Peter Brinckerhoff, a huge baseball fan , writes that he tl10ught be might be retired when his TV TRINITY REPO RTER
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