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to Las Vegas in December 2018. They roomed together at Reunion in the same Crescent Street town house as Eric Samuelson, Jim Cropsey, and Ken Crowe. Jim saw Jim Davis pop in as they chatted on the quad. Tim Michno reports daughter Jenna ’11 was married in 2018. Ron Kaufman, Will Fornshell, and Seth Price attended the nuptials. The foursome also plays a great round of golf. Sarah Neal noted son Oliver graduated from Queen’s University School of Medicine in Kingston, Ontario, and moved to Halifax with wife Haylie for a residency in neurology. Bill Hagan says he was coming for dinner Saturday night but surprised everyone by showing up for lunch as well with wife Kathy. Jeff Seibert and wife Jane ’80 were headed to Berlin and Dresden, Germany, for a bike trip. They went to Amsterdam and Belgium last year. Andrew Escoll remains an avid mountain biker, noting he’s “still crashing.” Getting together is still what it’s about. Laura McCanless Gakos says she, Jeff and Jane Seibert, Don Silk and wife Cathy, Bruce Somerstein, and Jack Kassel spent a weekend with Kevin and Leslie Maloney at their South Carolina beach house. They played cornhole, which also was a hit at Reunion. At breakfast Sunday, there was still a good turnout before departing campus. Andrew Walsh left Port Washington on Long Island to make it back for Saturday’s dinner and was at breakfast Sunday. So was Mark Frase ’80. Cindy Flanagan Goss, Stapley Wonham Emberling, and Diane Molleson also were at breakfast. Barbara Karlen Blitstein says it was good to catch up with Mike Tinati and Tami and Mike Preston, and bio-chem classmates Bob Chaffee, Barry Perlman, and Dave Rosenblatt. Lisa Gillette also was heavily involved in the conversations. Do you remember Lisa’s sophomore pet skunk?
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Clint Brown sent regrets, as he had to attend his daughter’s graduation from Dartmouth College. Regina Griffin says she hopes to return for our 50th. And Lynn Kennedy says she was on the road for business and wouldn’t be able to swing by Hartford. The Reunion Committee of Jane Terry Abraham, Jim Cropsey, Ken Crowe, Barlow Peele, Dave Rosenblatt, Jeff Seibert, Holly SingerEland, and Bruce Somerstein worked hard planning the Reunion. Everyone received a pint glass with a special 40th Reunion logo that Jim masterminded. Jim also was behind the “Bantam Crows at Dawn level of Outstanding Achievement” certificates handed out at dinner to spark conversation. It moved Scott Claman to shout, “I took the Tripods!”
REUNION • JUNE 4 –7, 2020 Class Secretary: Peter S. Jongbloed, 536 Boston Post Rd., Madison, CT 06443-2930; peter. jongbloed.1980@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Scott Lessne, Esq., Harry Levenstein The Class of ’80 carries on the legacy tradition at Trinity. Congratulations to those in our class with children or other relatives who graduated in the Class of 2019 on a wonderful day (May 19): William Duggan, son, Will; Mark Leavitt, niece, Lucille; Cynthia Rogers, cousin, Eliza; and Sandra Yearley, daughter, Emma. Will and Eliza already started their strong attachment with the college by being awesome student workers in the Alumni Office. Big kudos to Charles “Chuck” Tiernan III, a New Haven attorney, on his appointment by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission. He will be its chairperson and for the next three years, with fellow commission members, will handle the important work of reviewing and recommending attorneys and judges for the appointment to Connecticut’s three courts— Superior Court, Appellate Court, and Supreme Court—as well as for the chief judge of the Supreme Court. Always a fun time when you can catch up with your freshman roommates. For me, I recently spoke with the talented Bob Flaherty, a Wheaton suitemate who helped me better appreciate Trinity as a freshman. Bob continues to be the director of faith formation at St. Peter Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a practicing attorney in Massachusetts who still enjoys righting wrongs and protecting the elderly from fraudsters. Bob explained that Tricia Beaird ’81 made a surprise appearance at a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast he hosted at work. In early March, he and classmate Peter Lyons met up in Boston. He is in regular contact with Michael McGovern, who moved to Providence. Last May, Bob met with Wendy
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Mains ’81 and husband Wayne in Boston and introduced them to seafood restaurant Legal Harborside. Also, he and Paula Sarro ’81 remain in touch and are planning to meet in New York this summer. Steve Jacobs lives and practices law in New Haven, Connecticut, with his father, Richard L. Jacobs. He reports that he is enjoying life and is the proud father of a 6-year-old son. Steve was with his father when we met and spoke about one of his many federal court cases. Rod Wolfson writes that he has moved from private architectural practice to becoming the in-house architect at Swarthmore College, a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for planning and managing capital projects. Rod reports, “I’m enjoying working in this community that is guided by its founding Quaker values and with beautiful historic buildings.” Please continue to email oldlilacs@comcast. net to report noteworthy events about yourself or our classmates. Your class scribe thanks you.
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Co-Class Secretary: Susan Walsh Ober, 130 Skyline Dr., Millington, NJ 07946; susan.ober.1981@trincoll. edu • Co-Class Secretary: Tabitha N. Zane, 1620 Kersley Cir., Lake Mary, FL 32746-1923; tabitha. zane.1981@trincoll.edu • Class Agent: Penny Sutter Grote • /groups/391695640890482 Dave Giblin reports, “With the last child off at college, we sold the house and moved to an apartment in the Navy Yard in Charlestown, Massachusetts. City living with views of Boston Harbor and no maintenance plus a 14-minute commute! Lifestyle change to say the least!” Dave is the vice president of sales for the Northeast for Marriott International. Shaun Finnegan was married to Rosanne Tierney in January 2019 and honeymooned in Turks and Caicos in May. Shaun and Rosanne just returned from a quick trip to Florida, had dinner with Michael Scinto ’80 and wife Laurie on Amelia Island, and are looking at properties in the same area. Shaun’s two children are making their way through college. Shaun is vice president at People’s United Bank in Worcester, Massachusetts. John Farmelo and wife Laura Hopkins moved to Stonington, Connecticut, to retire, but they are both back at work. John has just started a new business, Stonington Yacht Sales, located at Dodson Boatyard. Laura is the senior vice president for advancement at the Mystic Seaport Museum. In the area? Pay a visit, and go for a boat ride! John recalls a recent gathering of Alex Kirk, Faraj Saghri, Ken Savino, Bob Aiello, and Peter Whalen—details to remain confidential—but they had a blast! Bob Williams couldn’t make it. Next stop: Dead & Company with Alex … some things never change.
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