class notes !=rank Patterson has spent 57 years in commercial real estate and, to the best of our knowl edge, is still going strong. Maybe he now limits his clients only to those with tennis rackets. John and Pat Grill are wintering i11 Boca Raton , FL They are "home sitting" while their son and family are traveling the world. Gus Stewart reports: "In late January while I was working at the top of a ski lift at the Mt. Wachusett Ski Area, 'business' was slow, giving me a chance to visit with the occasional skier. I struck up a conversation with a gentleman- one thing led to another- and he said he had attended a small college in Hartford, CT. "Could it be Trinity?" I asked. "Yes," he replied. What year? "1950." "Welcome, classmate," was my answer. It turned out to be John Trousdale. I looked up his information when I returned home that day and found that he was a member of the mighty, undefeated football team of 1949. (He came back to the ski area a week later with his son.) Small world. Jim and Lee Glassco will be competing in the Virginia O lympics. Jim will be in six swimming events. Lee will be running in the 5k and rok races. Good luck to both of them! Will their next stop be China? Give us a report for the next news letter edition. Please contact us with any latest information so we can let our classmates know about our activities.
Alumni l=und Goal: $37,000 Class Secretary: Richard G. Mecaskey, 11428 Cedar Glen Pkwy #Cl , Cleve land, 01-1 44106-2631 e-mail: richard.mecaskey.1951@ trincoll.edu Class Agents: Timothy R. Cutting; David !=. Edwards
Greetings to former classmates from dreary, never-ending winter cold and more -snow-acoming Cleveland: three feet of snow and counting in March is too much. I'm yearning for warm summer nights and the crack of the bat, presumably a lot of you are too. There are bright spots, however, when talking to former classmates. I had a really interesting talk with Bill G riffin, who lives in Easton, MD. Bill lived in the greater Hartford area during his college years and as a day student didn't get to know a lot of people. Since college, he has built a successful insurance business, which is now owned by his children, in the Easton area. Bill's DNA is also kind of interesting. He is an accomplished pilot; his daughter is a pilot for Fed Ex; and he has a son who was a Navy pilot, is still flying Gulfstreams in the reserves, and now is a pilot for American Airlines. In addition to all of this, Bill reports that he is involved with quite a bit of fund raising for institutions such as the local hospital and community college. 1 hope he will attend our next reunion. Got a nice note and follow- up call from Stanley Anderson, who now resides in Lewisburg, PA, which I think is well known for its penitentiary (presumably it is noted for other reasons as well). He is still doing some part- time work but seems to spend a lot of time traveling. Stan reported that he took an ocean cruise with Leslie and Bill 44
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monrh rail and ferry boat tour throughout Europe, while Leslie and Bill continued their trip, cru ising around various Mediterranean ports. Stan's trip ended with his return to the states on the Q.짜2. I naturally followed this up with a call to Bill Hardy, which was sort of a one-sided conversation until Bill installed his hearing aid. At first it took some convincing that I was not calling to raise money for Trinity, which, like a lot of us, l 've done plenty of in the past. We had a long and enjoyable conversation, d iscussing the good old days, skiing, his boat (for sale, I'm advised) , and politics, which was, and still is, a favorite topic for both of us. Unfortunately, I missed Les lie who was playing in an out-of- town tennis tournament, which presumably is one of the reasons she looks so fit. Tried to reach Jerry Hansen who was out at the time. Had a nice talk with Georgia, who sounded great and advised that all is well with the Hansen clan. Finally, I'd like to say how much help I get from Dave Edwards, who seems to talk, at some time or other, to just about al l our classmates. I wi ll try to follow up with some of the people he has contacted for future class notes.
Alumni l=und Goal: $80,000 Class Secretary: William J. Goralski, 49 Blueberry Ln., Avon, CT 06001-4012 e-mail: wi lliam.goralski.1952@ trincoll.edu Class Agents: John S. 1-lubbard; Lyndon 1-1 . Ratcl iffe; David R. Smith Bill Gannon and Don Rathbone vacationed in B.Wl. for eight days in February when they rented a boat and sailed to various ports in the Caribbean, within 20 miles of their home port of Tortola. The following week, Don went skiing at Stowe, near his home in Shelburne, VT. A week later, Bill flew to Seattle to visit his son, Greg. They went skiing on a local mountain one day before flying to Hawaii for a week with Greg's friends. Highlights of their trip to Honolulu were swimming at Waikiki beach and touring the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. (Will someone please remind these guys that they have 79th birthdays coming up in April and June!) George E. Smith has written a novel , entitled , Gold, Silver, and Guns, and it was recently published by Juniverse. The back cover of the book states: "George has worked in South Africa, Chile, and western United States as a mining technologist and adviser." The fo llowing passage is an introduction to his debut novel: "The story of Ribera (Riverbank) is the early history of people struggling to survive and prosper during the 186os in southern Arizona. The domination of Spanish and Mexican rule is beginning to wane; Ind ians are being squeezed on to reservations against their will. Miners are streaming into the territory from the West; home -steaders and ranchers are arriving daily from the East to start new lives. The Americanization of the great Southwest is under way." Please look at the pages in this magazine about Trinity authors for more information about his new novel and how you may obtain a copy. In '48, six graduates of Trinity School, located at 139W 91st Street, NY, NY, matriculated at Trinity
College. They were: Bill Dougherty, Bill Goralski, Greg Knapp, Doug Lee, Dick McCrehan, and Dick Norris. They will be celebrating their Goth Reunion at Trinity School on May 2-3, 2008. Ali those mentioned above attended the 5oth reunion IO years ago and most plan to go this year. Concerning reunions, Tom DePatie, our class president, writes that he, Bill Vibert, " Bid " l=uller, an d Rick Hungerford are making plans to attend their 6otl1 reunion in June at Loomis School in Windsor, CT (now named Loomis Chafee School). The Class of '52 mourns the death of attorney Charles E. Moller, Jr., who died on March 4, 2008. He had a successful law practice in Wethersfield, CT, and also served as town cow1sel for a number of years. Our condolences go to his family. Class of '52 scholarship report: through the generosity of members of our class and friends of Trin ity College, the scholarship, which was instituted in '97 at tl1e 45th Reunion, is now funded at $630,025. Our thanks to all who donated to the fund during the last year. Scholarship follow - up: Kristina Depeau '01 , the recipient of our class scholarship from 2001 -2005, spent two years at Harvard as a research intern at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. During this period she also studied and received an M.A. from BU. This year she is at Yale University Hospital as an intern and is interviewing for medical school. The Alumni Office reports that Robert E. Mansbach, Jr., was elected to the position of treasurer for the law firm of Zimmerman, Kiser, & Sutcliffe in Orlando, FL
Alumni l=und Goal: $50,000 Class Secretary: Stanley R. McCandless, Jr., 3712 Rice Blvd., 1-louston, TX 77005-2824 e-mai l: stan ley.mccandless.1953@trincol l.edu Class Agents: Richard T. Lyford, Jr.; Joseph B. Wollenberger, Esq.
Don't forget my e- mail is stanmac1@sbcglobal. net, and if that does not work for you, try 713-6691830 or 3712 Rice Blvd., Houston TX. 77005. I was in panic mode when we returned from vacation on Marcl1 IO, because I was facing a deadli ne for my duties as class secretary. I had not one item from anyone. Do I dare say we went skiing at Heavenly V.-tl ley NV/ CA. The snow was great. My skiing now-a-days is far from great and consists of a half day. On top of the mountain there is a run called the O lympic Downhill - sounds impressive. Well, it is wide, not too steep, and long. Three or four of those guys and I headed back down the mountain. l sent out a broadcast message to as many email addresses that 1 had and that were still working. "How about a line on what you have been up to? But make it fast and not too long." Look at what my panic plea tllrned up, thank you once again for being so responsive. John Larson wrote: "Just back from a week visiting the Mayan ruins in Mexico. It was with Elderhostel (my 6th with them) and was, as usual, very well run. This was my first trip without Priscilla. Am now getting ready to escape VT's "mud season" for a month in FL Tonight I hope