CLASS NOTES nia. We welcome visits from old friends. Tony Docal’s son Tommy ’14 graduated from Trinity with degrees in economics and psychology. He noted that Tarek Nakhla’s son Alexander ’14 graduated as well, along with Robert Aiello’s niece Nicole Soviero ’14. He wondered whether others of our classmates had children graduated–please let us know! John Mattar and his wife, Jeanne (Reggio ’83), celebrated their 30th anniversary last summer, taking a cruise in Alaska. He said, “It was even better than many friends had told us it would be. It certainly was very different from our typical Caribbean vacations. For many years, we went to St. John, which is an amazing place. Other great beach/snorkeling trips have been Aruba, Grand Cayman, Bonaire, and Curacao. My band Without a Paddle is doing well, and we are having a great time. We play bluegrass, gospel, country, western swing, and even some swing/jazz standards. Our Web site is www.withoutapaddleband.com.” Tracy (Newman) Benham writes, “My husband Bill and I are proud to say that our son Jonathan just graduated from Masuk High School in Monroe, Connecticut, as well as the Regional Center for the Arts in Trumbull, Connecticut, as a music major. He will attend college locally in the fall. He is unsure of his major, but music will always be his passion!” Nancy Lucas just got back from a fantastic vacation in Amsterdam and Greece. “It was fun to be in Amsterdam with my adult daughter unencumbered by arbitrary ‘age of majority’ restrictions, but the highlight of the trip was spending quality time in idyllic locations in the Greek Cycladic islands with Erika Berry and Curtiss Kolodney. Erika has been going to Santorini for years and introduced us to some of her friends and favorite locations. Because Erika was working most of the time, Curtiss patiently shepherded us to all the touristy places (as well as a few more ‘hidden’ gems). We all ferried over to Naxos, where Erika and Curtiss own a beautiful villa high up on a hill with breathtaking views of the Aegean. It was really a perfect sojourn, and I am most grateful to E. and C. for the hospitality and especially to Erika for helping me plan the whole thing.” Susan Walsh Ober will get to hear more about Nancy’s trip as she is continuing the tradition of celebrating her birthday with Nancy in July this year in their old stomping ground of Park Slope Brooklyn to see a Nick Cave concert. Nancy’s daughter will be a sophomore at Buffalo University and Sue’s son will be a junior at Boston University and daughter will be a freshman at Wheaton College (Massachusetts)! Sue is also happy to report that she’s back in touch with Kelly
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Co-Class Secretary: Mark R. Thibault, 642 Lincoln Rd., Grosse Pointe, MI 48230-1220; mark.thibault.1982@trincoll.edu • Co-Class Secretary: Joseph H. Upton, 2019 Seneca Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2614; joseph. upton.1982@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Lisa D’Addeo Bohman, Patricia Hooper Kelley, Wilfred J. Talbot III Steve Andsager reports that all is well in Chicago. “With three kids in college (Butler, Pepperdine, and Illinois vet med), it looks like I will be working a few more years. My current role at Towers Watson has me traveling throughout the Midwest.” During a recent visit to Detroit, Steve was able to meet up with Bern Dempsey, “an old college roommate.” (Odd, no effort made by Steve to connect with your loyal scribes while he was in Motown. This misdeed will not go unpunished!) Henry DePhillips informs us that after more than two decades of not being in contact with fellow Trinity crew teammate Dan Bradshaw, they are now both working for Teladoc in Nashville, Tennessee. Henry is corporate chief medical officer, and he claims “business is great and we are having fun.” Another story of classmates turned co-workers comes from Sarah Glynn Peters, who moved back to West Hartford, Connecticut, a couple of years ago, after six years in Dallas. She is now the librarian at Cheshire High School: “On my first day on the job, I ran into Lori Ardolino Albino, who has been teaching English there for many years.” Karen Boudreau (Miller) shared this little nugget: “Last fall, Barb Sherman Levison hosted a girls’ weekend up in Kennebunkport, with Ellin Smith, Victoria Lenkeit Scanlon, Minnie Mahoney Hickes, and me. We had a wonderful time, but Barb will probably tell you more about that.” (No word from Barb on the gathering; we suspect that is intentional.) When she isn’t laying waste to bucolic seaside communities in Maine, Karen claims to be enjoying her job as chief medical officer at BMC HealthNet Plan, a nonprofit Medicaid health plan in Massachu-
setts and New Hampshire. Her “biggest Trin news was watching our daughter Madeleine ’16 and her teammates row through an amazing season, culminating in their thrilling comefrom-behind win at the NCAAs, where the team took the Division III Championship! I’m still hoarse from cheering them on!” Ward Classen dropped us a note to claim proud parentage of a future Trinity graduate. Ward lives in the Baltimore area, and his son, Pierce ’15, is scheduled to graduate next spring. Speaking of graduations and catching up with classmates, Brook and Jack Scott “are happy to report that our son, Will, graduated from Colby College and is working for Oracle in Boston. We will be visiting our daughter, Blair, in Argentina in the fall while she studies abroad with some Villanova classmates. I (Brook) had a fun visit with Ginny Knetzger (Unger) in Philly in February. I also enjoyed lunch with my fellow CBRE colleague Kevin Doyle in Boston in May.” Nancy Kessler Netcoh is happy to report that her company’s line of wall decor is now being sold on wayfair.com. She has co-owned a wall art and destination apparel company, Graffi*tee Studios, for the past six years and was happy to transition to the e-commerce business model just as she moved to Cape Cod full time with her husband, Frank Netcoh ’81, this past January. More importantly, Nancy also reported that she and Frank “recently celebrated 30 years of marriage … thanks to a great start at Trin!” Alice Ronconi writes, “All is well in Las Vegas. I’ve been promoted to vice president of finance and customer marketing at Waymark Insurance Services. My youngest son, Armando, is entering his senior year at Marquette University, so only 10 more payments to go! Woo-hoo! On a sadder note, my father, A. Brooks Harlow, Jr, Trinity Class of ’57, passed away on April 15 after a three-year bout with cancer. At his memorial service, my godfather and fellow classmate from ’57, Don Finkbeiner, shared some wonderful tales. They were both Alpha Delta Phi brothers and roomed together for three years.” We’re sorry for you loss, Alice. We conclude our report with this missive from Carl Rapp: “My wife and I are still living just outside Philly. I’m now in my third year with Timken and head up their Power Systems group. We make and repair gears, motors, generators, and bearings and serve energy and marine markets. So I spend time in and around power generation facilities and on Navy ships. We operate facilities around the world, and I continue to travel a fair amount. Our Viking daughters, Emma and Charlotte, are heading into 10th and eighth grade respectively at