CLASS NOTES designed to fill in the blanks about what some of our classmates have been doing. We also shared our answers and were surprised by some facts: Holly lived next door to the Village People in New York. Sarah Wright Neal is a Latin teacher. Ted worked as a ranch hand in Wyoming during summer vacations. For those of us who live in the suburbs, discovering Phil Renzullo wrote his dissertation on voles drew many comments. And then which married couples were 1979 classmates; two pairs were at Reunion: Mike Preston and Tami Voudouris Preston, plus Dave Duncan and Susie Saltonsall Duncan. Bruce Somerstein, Jim Cropsey, and Jane Terry Abraham won the prizes for getting bingo first. Eric Samuelson came to Reunion after participating in a union rally in Trenton, New Jersey, to protest the state not paying pension contributions. Our class may be the only one at Trinity to have two former local union presidents in its ranks. Both Eric and Ken have led CWA locals; Eric at Montclair State and Ken at the Albany Times Union. Stapley Wonham Emberling took a break from copyediting the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management to attend. Stapley also is a freelance writer. Her son, Ryan Emberling, graduated with the Class of 2013 and is tutoring math while considering applying to graduate school. Stapley’s daughter, Rachel Emberling, is a junior at the University of Vermont. Linda Scott came south from UMass Amherst, taking a break from her counseling work. Linda was featured on our Fun Facts Bingo for having a gumball machine in her high school locker. While many classmates spent the weekend in the College and even survived two nights in a dorm room, some attended briefly: George Brickley was at Reunion Saturday just weeks after daughter Hannah Brickley graduated with the Class of 2014. She was tri-captain of the volleyball team. George still holds eight Trinity hockey scoring records and is on the record lists for NCAA Division III hockey. Jennifer Davis Imhoff also made it in for lunch Saturday. Jennifer teaches in Norwalk, Connecticut. D. Eliot Klein appeared Friday and stayed through the Saturday afternoon lecture on “The Civil War Sesquicentennial: Reflections and Connections.” Francie Dobbin Thayer appeared Friday as well. Also attending were Judith Feinberg McGhee, Andrew Escoll, Lynne Bachofner, Jane G. Beddall, Lynn M. Milling, Julie A. Pahl, Laura McCanless Gakos, and Don Silk.
We tallied 39 classmates at Reunion, and everyone should be mentioned. If we missed you, please get in touch with Ken. Special thanks to the Reunion Committee of Ted Almy, Holly Singer-Eland, Tami Preston, Mike Preston, David Rosenblatt, Dave Duncan, Andrew Walsh, Anne Fairbanks Childers, Deborah Cushman, and Jeff Seibert for their work. Deborah forwarded more class news. I’d like to thank her for handling the report for the last five years. Phyllis St. George sent along the latest news on her short film The Therapy Killings. It’s been accepted to the fifth annual World Music and Independent Film Festival Awards from August 21-22 at the National Naval Museum in Washington, D.C. Gary Savadove wrote that he and his wife, Meredith, are loving life in Italy. “We live in northeastern Italy, about an hour from Venice, 30 minutes from the Adriatic, an hour from the Dolomites, and easy access to all the wonderful towns in northern Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, etc. Keeping quite busy between work and making the most of the opportunity. Life is good!” Lynn Butterfield Wong celebrated her 57th birthday and her son Gregory’s graduation from UCLA during Reunion Weekend. “We are celebrating the joy of our twins, Amanda and Gregory, graduating with honors from college this spring. Amanda earned a B.A. in clinical psychology from William Jessup University and starts work on her M.A. this fall in social work. Greg earned a double B.S. in biochemistry as well as microbiology, immunology, and molecular genetics. We had great family celebrations including our oldest, Billy, who is opening up his own business catering sushi. Ed and I are both healthy and enjoying our kids’ milestones. I know many are celebrating the same–congratulations!”
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/ REUNION • JUNE 5-7, 2015 / Class Secretary: Vacant Class Agents: Scott A. Lessne, Esq., Harry J. Levenstein Co-Class Secretary: Susan Walsh Ober, 469 Valley Rd., Watchung, NJ 07069-6041; susan.ober.1981@trincoll.edu • Co-Class Secretary: Tabitha Zane, 8805 Salute St., Raleigh, NC 27615; tabitha.zane.1981@ trincoll.edu • Class Agent: Peter J. Whalen Tabitha Zane: My son has finished his first year at East Carolina (Go Pirates!). I have become an avid cyclist and also regularly compete in sprint triathlons. Last September I completed the Olympic distance race at the
Nation’s Triathalon in D.C. I am in my 12th year at Highwoods Properties heading up investor relations. My love of travel has kept me busy. My vacations have taken me to the Galapagos Islands, Istanbul, Reykjavik, Berlin, and Kenya, where I went on safari. In September I am headed to Rio. Dave Giblin: I’ve had recent conversations with Mike Smith, George Tilghman, and Brian Finnerty to catch up and plan an NYC get-together. All are doing well. I was recently reappointed to vice chair of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority by Governor Patrick and am continuing on as the chairman of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau. My new day job is vice president of sales for the Northeast for Marriott International, and I have taken over international inbound sales. I have several overseas trips coming up, including an August trip to Brazil and a trip to Japan, China, and Spain in the fall. My oldest daughter graduated from Lesley University and is working full time (enjoying the raise!). Middle daughter will be a junior at Colby, and youngest son off to St. Mark’s in the fall. Diana (Furse) Fiske: Will ’82 and I just moved to the Hadlyme section of Lyme in southern Connecticut after 25 years in the same house in Simsbury. Moving was an ordeal (clean out your closets NOW while you have a moment!). Goodbye suburbs; hello rural Connecticut! Don’t forget the milk–the nearest grocery store is 20 minutes away. We love it ... no traffic lights or street lights, weekly farmers’ markets abound, and more than half is open space/conservancy land. Ready to hike, bike, kayak and relax. Will still working in the Legal Department at The Hartford, and I will be looking for tutoring and other volunteer opportunities in the local schools. Sarah, 22, graduated from Bowdoin ’13; now living and working in NYC at J.P. Morgan. Hannah, 21, in her final year at Washington & Lee–loves her southern school and working hard on applications for med school after graduation in 2015. Life is good. Love seeing fellow Trinity people! Dutch Barhydt: Our older son, Brooks ’08, will be married in late June to Andrea Chivakos ’08. Former Trinity Chaplain Dan Heischman is officiating, and the colors for the wedding are blue and gold, naturally. Hilary and I took out the pictures from our wedding 32 years ago in the Trinity Chapel. It was great to relive that day and see pictures of so many good friends from the Class of ’81. Our younger son is a naval officer and currently stationed in the Washington, D.C. area. I am in my seventh year at Salisbury School, and Hilary joined us a year ago as dean of studies. We have a house on campus and a small home in southern Califor-
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