class notes found on Facebook, send news- or I will return to fabrication. There is another place on the Internet to find members of our class: NYTimes.com. Carl Guerriere, one of the genuinely serious and motivated IDP students who graduated with us, is now executive director of the Greater Hartford literacy Council. Before signing up for Facebook so you can make this secretary's life easier, search for the December 21, 200B New York Times story of how Carl and his organization are making life better for Hartford children for whom English is a second language. Keep at it, Carl, your work is hope and change rolled into one and put in action. The Alumni Office reports: E. Macey Russell was mentioned in MA Lawyers Weekly on January 19, 2009. The Office of Communications reports: Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group will provide the food and refreshments at Citi Field, the new home of the New York Mets. Meyer, who already owns six restaurants. a jazz club, and two hamburger stands, is launching a premium restaurant-cafe-bar-lounge complex and a terrace-cumfood court for general ticket-holders at the field.
Alumni Fund Goal: $200,000 Class Secretary: Dede Seeber Boyd, 23 Grove Avenue, Modison, CT 06443 e-mail: dede.boyd.198l@trincoll. edu
The Alumni Office reports: Paula Lin joined VoiceOverXtra.com as senior editor. The magazine is the voice-over industry's online news, education, and resource center. The Office of Communications reports: Paula Lin was featured in an article in Seif Employed that focused on her company, Definitive Enterprises, LLC.
Alumni Fund Goal: $200,000 Co-Class Secretary: Jennifer Zaccaro, The Taft School, 110 Woodbury Road , Watertown, CT 06795-2100 e-mail: jennifer.zaccara.1982@ trincoll.edu Co-Class Secretary: Barbara Sherman Levison, 160 Riverside Drive, #l2A. New York, NY 100242107 e-mail: barbara.levison.1982@trincoll.edu Class Agents: Patty Hooper Kelley, Claudia Piper, Betsy Swindell, Bill Talbot
Thanks for responding to my plea for news. have heard from lots of you. Rob Ahrensdorf writes that he has been promoted at Shamrock Foods in Phoenix to business process improvement manager, in addition to his corporate marketing duties. He would welcome e- mails from classmates interested in benchmarking their process-improvement work with him, or sharing ideas: Rob_ Ahrensdorf@shamrockfoods. com. Personally, he is in the college search with his eldest son. Rob writes that he would also welcome ideas from classmates who are in his position of not technically qualifying for financial aid, but not able to simply write the big check either. Nancy Kessler Netcoh is an empty nester. Her 56
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son, Steve, will be graduating from Trinity in May 2009, and is thinking of becoming a professor of English. Steve had his senior seminar in English with Professor Kuyk. the very same guy who was Nancy's senior seminar professor! Lisa Donahue Chizmar writes that she is a new Facebook user and wonders if anyone in the class of'B2 is using Facebook. Certainly more and more adults are "Facebooking" to find old friends and for business reasons. Ellen Lasch writes that she received news from Gwen Illich Neuman. Gwen continues to enjoy life with her family in Pennsylvania. She has children in high school and college, and a recent graduate, Jonathan, who is working as a paralegal in a Princeton law firm . They enjoyed family time this year in San Francisco, Captiva, and Ocean Grove on the Jersey shore, where generations of lllichs have owned a beautiful and quirky house. Gwen counsels troubled children in schools and is currently attempting to train a new German shepherd puppy! Thanks to Ellen for that update. She is a neighbor of mine, so I routinely nag her for Class of 'B2 news. Carl Rapp sends lots ofnews from Pennsylvania: "My wife and l still live in Bucks County, north of Philly, with our two daughters, Emma (9) and Charlotte (B) . Neither of them is short. Both are Brownies, with developing Viking-esque athletic prowess, and each a good student and Obama fan. I'm in my eighth year at Philadelphia Gear. Our company primarily serves the energy industry and we are also a defense contractor to the Navy, so business is thankfully good. Spoke recently with Dr. John Meany, who splits his time between Arizona, where he has his practice, and San Diego. We are planning to meet again at March Madness in las Vegas with another Trinity grad who must remain nameless in the event his wife is perusing these pages. Also checked-in with Tony Fischetti, who is still at Greenwich Academy, and debated the merits and predictable outcome of Brett Favre wearing a Jets uniform this past season." Diane Brouder Phimister writes: "I have been busy working in private practice as a family therapist in East Lyme, CT, where I live with my husband, Don, and two sons, Ro.nan, 5, and Will, 4. We live in a handyman special that also keeps us busy, as well as a large blueberry patch. Not much else is new. Would like to know if any classmates live in southeastern CT!" Steve Ansdager answered my call for notes by sending the following update: "I've been in Chicago for over 22 years- seems like only yesterday that I moved out here. I don't think I'll ever get used to the cold! I talk to a number of Trinity alums from time to time. Jim Phelps Lives out here and last year, while I was watching the evening news. I saw him standing behind Mayor Daley while Daley was giving an award. Jim is a teacher in Chicago. and from what I understand, a pretty good one! I called Bern Dempsey to congratulate him on the Ph.i.llies winning the World Series, but I didn't hear back. Bernie, you still owe me a call, buddy I saw Scott and Annemarie Taylor while visiting Charlotte, NC, last summer- it was good to see both of them. And finally, I travel on busi ness to Stamford, CT, a few times a year. While there, I sometimes have runner with my old fraternity brother, Al Subbloie." Palmer Sloan is a real Trinity newsie, as you will see from her update which follows.
"I am the lower school librarian at Greenwich Country Day School, which satisfies my love of teaching and books. It is fun being so close to New York; it is easy to meet lots of authors and publishers. My Trinity ties are very strong. My head library volunteer is Belinda Terry, wife of Luke Terry '62, Trinity trustee. Belinda is the Trinity squash mom, so she has introduced me to the delights of being a Trinity squash fan. It is a pleasure to watch the best team in the country. I am proud to have one of my former students, Wesley Wynne ' II , on the team. Another former student, Tommy Melly, son of Tom Melly ' Bo, is a sophomore at Trinity. I an1 delighted my godson, Ian Bain, son of my dear friend Sharon Saul Davis and her former husband Peter Bain 'Bo. is a first-year student this year. Sharon is godmother to my three children and very involved, kind , and a lifelong friend . My niece, Portia Smith 'u, daughter of Hunter Sloan Smith 'B5, is a sophomore and a member of the a cappella group, The Pipes. "I have three children. My eldest, Spike Harckham, is a junior at Trinity He is a member of the excellent a cappella group, The Accidentals. Both Spike and Portia sing with the accomplished Chapel Singers. Spike is fan1ous for stealing the Trinity lemon squeezer his first year. My other son, Heath Harckham, was one of the graduation speakers at Greenwich Country Day last year and is enjoying his sophomore year at Millbrook School. My daughter, Haley Harckham is in the eighth grade at GCDS." Sandy Connelly has a daughter, Whitney, graduating Trinity mis May! Sandy completed her K-12 principal certification and is glad to be finished with graduate classes. he also saw Chrisy Masters Jones at a friend's 5oth birthday party. Does that mean we are all almost 50? Bill Griswold has become director of the Pierpont Morgan library and Museum in New York. Bill was formerly director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Andrea Scully Keogh is principal of Andrea Keogh Fine Arts and studied decorative arts as part of the Attingham Summer School in the UK. From my home front in Manhattan, all is well. My middle son, Sam, is a junior in high school, so the "college thing" looms. As I write this, I marvel at the fact that when this publication is read, our country will be lead by Barack Obama. What historic times we were able to witness firsthand. I en joy watching Steve Elmendorf as a guest pundit on the Fox News Charmel. He truly followed his political calling which was apparent even our freshman year. Please note that we have stale contact information for IO 'B2 classmates. They are missing news about their classmates and all of the devel opments at our college. Please contact us if you _ can help us locate any of tl1ese classmates: Alden Fallows, Jamaal Kantey, Suzarme Martini. Whitney Palaclie, Kathy Paquette, Cathy Rocca Pearlman, Adrei Poludnewycz, Elizabeth Powell, Marjorie Sheffield, and Betsy Tyler. lastly. on a horrifically sad note, our classmate, Dan Duerr, died of a heart attack on December 15, 200B. Dan was married to Kathy. and they had four children ranging in age from 12 to 22. He was a science teacher at Vero Beach High School in Florida. He and Katl1y were also studying to become foster parents. Dan's son, Isaac, recalled