SUV abruptly stopped and out hopped John Theodoracopoulos. John, ever the bon vivant, apparently hasn't aged a day since college. This was confirmed by John Dalsheim, who tells me Theo showed up at hi s raucous birthday parry i.n mid March at tl1e soon-to-be-defunct La Tour on the Upper East Side. Also present were Dave l-lughes, who drove down from Simsbury; and erstwhile Upper-East-Sider Bill I-latch. From Cleveland, the news from Peter Voudouris is that he is now a partner at Tucker Ellis & West, where he is a tort specialist representing phys icians, nurses. and hospital systems. He and his wife have three boys, so he continues to be active in soccer as a coach and also finds time to run the occasional marathon. (Isn't having three boys enough of a marathon, Peter?) I'd like to close with one final thought. There's an old saying that we're born with the face God gave us, but we die with the face we deserve. I submit the same holds true for friendships. At Trinity; friendships came so easily they were practically given to us, but since graduating we've put many of these on hold. And every year we lose a tiny bit of that urge to get back in touch. I urge you to break this cycle and re-connect here in these pages. Send in your news and share it with your classmates. People really do want to hear from you. You may also be surprised who comes back into your life all these years later.
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Alumni l=und Goal: $125,000 Class Secretary: Joseph P.
Cataldo, ~sq., 3 Audubon Tr., Norfolk, MA 02056 e-mail: joseph.cataldo.1988@ trincoll.edu; fox: 508-520-0699 Class Agents: Jeff Baskies; Constantine Andrews; Scotland Davis; Gina Doyle; Lisa Godek; Bruce 1-lauptfuhrer; Bryant McBride; Art Muldoon; Wendy Pierce; Tara Gans The Alumni Office reports: Scott Butera has been named president ofTropicana Entertainment. Paul l=etherston has been named Boulder's depu ty city manager for administrative services, effective this spring. Scotland Davis' artwork has been commissioned to appear on a new Virginian winery's first season red and white wine bottles.
Alumni l=und Goal: $40,000 Class Secretary: Jeffrey S.
Jacobson, 15 Iron 1-lollow Rd ., Sharon, MA 02067-2863 e-mail: jeffrey.jacobson.1989@ trincoll.edu; fax: 617-439-8474 Class Agent: Donna 1-laghighot Bryan l-lauptfuhrer reported good news. He and his wife Linda had their first child, a daughter, Amanda Jean, in November. Congratulations to them! Chris Leary and his family (wife and four kids) spent their winter weeks on the slopes of Stratton and he reports that brother Jon and his kin were able to make it to his place in FL for their vacations. Real estate is still moving in Cambridge, MA, writes Linda Morelli, who is a realtor in that area. My colleague and buddy John Germain and
wife Maia have welcomed their third child (and third son!) into the world on March 9. John reports there will be no more attempts for a girl! Katherine McGowan l-lesse and her husband Tom welcomed their daughter, Ava Katherine, on Decemebr 21. Kay sent in a picture and, I agree, she is a peach. Ava is their first child. I heard from Edith Silver Walker about her recent trip. The following is an excerpt: "My husband and I had a Shanghai C hristmas . We then flew to Bali, which is safe and wonderful, yet heart-breakingly deprived of tourists. We left our comfort zone to explore the neighboring island of Lombok. . . my most vivid memory is motorbiking through a village with an indigenous Sasak wedding procession winding up the sunny road. Another etched memory is local men inviting my husband to join their high -caliber game of volleyball, their mosque towering in the tropical background. We sent them three new volleyballs to replace theirs held together by threads." The Reverend Andrew C. Blume, wife Jaclyn, and son William have moved back to NYC as he has accepted a position as rector of Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church. The church is located on 87th and West End Ave., and it turns out that Barbara Scudder Pritchard is a parishioner there! Good luck at your new post, reverend. Mike Miele, Ted Lyon, and Jason Hicks '90 made their way down to FL for a weekend of golf with Jay Williamson. All reports are that the boys had fun! It was nice to hear from Jonas Katkavich. He pointed out that we bumped into each other ro years ago at a party in NH! He has since completed a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, then worked at a community mental health clinic in Wellesley, MA, and finally as a school psychologist in Westborough, MA. He now heads to the Farmington, CT, area as his wife, Kate Windsor, has taken a position as the new head of Miss Porter's School. Jonas went skiing in Park C ity with Mark Eller, Mike Rorick '88, Chris Harges '88, Rich Diforio '88, and Amani Martin '88. This annual trip honors Jay Blum '88, who died in a plane crash in '05. My old Trinity Club of Boston partner, Doug MacDonald, reported from LA . . "He attended a taping of 'Jeopardy' at the Culver City Sony Studios in LA, where Mike Vanderbilt flew out from NY to compete. Doug unfortunately notes that he did not get any of the questions that Mike got- good going Mike! The air date is May 19." Patrick Trostle recently joined Jenner & Block as a partner in the NY office. Donna l-laghighat was kind enough to pass along an update from her and husband, Chris Dickinson, who are back from Europe. Chris is busy in the Institutional Solutions group at The Hartford, and Donna, among other projects, is raising funds as our class agent. They plan to celebrate Todd Gillespie's birthday in NY upon the timing of this update. My wife Nikki and I had a good winter of skiing and snowboarding with my boys at Mount Sunapee, as daughter Ava still has another year of babys itting until she joins us. The Miele's came up to visit a couple of times, and we saw the Lyon's (they have a house a few miles away) as well. Also, I just got back from skiing with Matt Gandal out west. Matt put it appropriately; we felt young and old all at the same time!
Jay !=lemma reports: "Every year, the 960 members of the Golf Writers Association of America turn in their best articles of the year to compete in the GWAA writing contest. In my first full year as a member, I won two honorable mention (fourth place) , awards covering competitive golf for Cybergolf The first was in the "Special Projects" category for a piece I wrote about the Hootie and the Blowfish NCAA Collegiate Invitational Tournament. The second- and this is the one that was an even bigger thrill - was the "News" category for my piece on "John Daly. The Devil's Golfer," which I wrote in the media center during the first day of last year's PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OK. The "News" category is ultra-competitive as not only am I up against magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest, newspapers sum as the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, and LA Times but all of the other 450 organizations that cover major golf championships. ''Anyway, none of this would have been possible without the sage advice of writing professor H . McK.im Steele gave me while at Trin. His example of diligence, precision, and wisdom is the cement that holds together every piece I write- that and the bit about 'make the last sentence of one paragraph blend seemlessly and smoothly into the first sentence of the next.' Of course, the only advice of his I always disregard is the bit about toning down any deplorable excess of personality. It's taking those risks that always made my papers a more interesting read, even if they were a drop less 'scholarly.' Thanks, Professor Steele; your example as a writer and professor was only surpassed by your example as a paragon of altruism, grace, and class. Other than my dad and Marino, I've seen no one to match you."
Alumni l=und Goal: $30,000 Class Secretary: Timothy J.
Callahan, Jr., 264 Lowell Ave., Newton, MA 02460 e-mail: timothy.callahan.1990@ trincol l.edu Class Agents: Peter Den ious; Pamela 1-l ickory ~sterson ; Alexis Brashich Morl edge Well 2007 was a very big year for classmate Meg Watters. Meg has been living in the UK,
pursuing a Ph.D. in the rather esoteric field of 3- D archaeo-geophysical data visualization at the Univ. of Birmingham. With her Ph.D. recently co mpleted, Meg was married in October. Although Meg se nds no details about the lucky guy. she does note that she is dragging him back stateside. Meg and her new husband will be relocating to Boston, and she is looking forward to catching up with Boston-area Trinity friends and their families. Congratulations on a whirlwind 2007, Meg. Not to be outdone, Erin Black writes that 2007 also brought many exciting life changes to her and her growing family. Says Erin: "I have been busy building my family and career in Tacoma, WA. My husband, Chris, and I had a son in 2005, Editorial note: Some class notes were edited
for space. For the unedited version, please log in to the Alumni Comm unity on the Trinity alumni Web site at www. trincoll.edu/alumni.
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