CLASS NOTES
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Class Secretary: Peter S. Jongbloed, 536 Boston Post Rd., Madison, CT 06443-2930; peter. jongbloed.1980@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Scott A. Lessne, Esq., Carol A. Goldberg, Harry J. Levenstein Greetings from your class scribe on his maiden voyage. Thanks to Chuck Tiernan for the nomination and to former secretary Tom Casey for the words of advice. Here we go. Approximately 54 of us able to return to campus celebrated our 35th Reunion during a beautiful three-day weekend. We hung out together on the quad catching up, participated in classes and presentations, and even delighted in watching American Pharoah win the final leg of the Triple Crown. Those recorded making it back are Gary M. Abramson, V. John Alexandrov III, Susan S. Angelastro, Cynthia Rolph Ballantyne, Patrice Ball-Reed, Suzanne Blancaflor, Anne Briglia, Margaret Zox Brown, William R. Bullard II, Paul M. Canning, Giuseppe Capasso, Thomas D. Casey, Nancy E. Ceccon, Kathleen F. Connor, Nina McNeely Diefenbach, Leslie L. Finch, Robert P. Flaherty, Jr., Mark W. Frase, Jordan S. Fried, Elizabeth T. Gildersleeve, Carol A. Goldberg, Stephen M. Greene, Anne Knutson Hargrave, Robert S. Herbst, Elizabeth Davison Hyde, Peter S. Jongbloed, Patricia Mairs Klestadt, David J. Koeppel, Mark A. Leavitt, Scott A. Lessne, Harry J. Levenstein, Pamela Germain Matt, Nina Chiara McElroy, Michael McGovern, Thomas L. Melly, Catherine A. Menard, Daniel H. Meyer, Bruce M. Mitchell, Richard J. Nahill, AnnieVive Crain Palm, Elizabeth W. Parker, Roger H.P. Read, Lee Clayton Roper, Elizabeth Seager, Jane Dwight Seibert, Elizabeth Curtiss Smith, Paul S. Sperry, Anita I. Spigulis-DeSnyder, Douglas F. Stone, Steven B. Stuart, M. Brock Veidenheimer, Anthony H. Woodson III, Edward M. Wrobel, Jr., and Kathryn Youngdahl-Stauss. So, mark your calendar to join in our next Reunion in 2020. Word is that in October 2014, Chip Adams traveled to Riverhead, Long Island, and dressed as Eagle Captain Frederick Lee to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the 1814 battle of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Eagle against British forces. For those wanting to see and know more, check out the Madison Historical Society’s website. Chip was recently seen mowing the lawn of Captain Lee’s homestead, where he and his family live. Tom McGowan, Chuck Tiernan, William Curren ’75, Rick Hazelton (retired AD, coach, and Trinity parent), Eric Mudry ’94, and I met for lunch in June at one of New Haven’s newest and most appropriately named restaurants. At The Trinity Bar and Restaurant, an Irish bar, conversations turned to preventing concussions in sports and college memories. For those searching for a culinary treat, try “Chuck Tiernan’s Steak Sandwich.” Bill was quoted as saying the sandwich “was better than advertised.” A photo of the sandwich with its namesake appears on Chuck’s Facebook page.
After lunch, Tom and his family headed to Ireland for a family vacation. Please share with me what you’d like your classmates to read about you or others in the next Reporter. Feel free to e-mail me at bantam80@earthlink.net. The Alumni Office reports: Robert Herbst will be inducted into the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Strength Sports Hall of Fame in September.
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/ REUNION • JUNE 10-12, 2016 / 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 Karen Burke-Haynes lives in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area and recently accepted the position of assistant chief medical officer for the North Carolina Medical Board. Karen’s son Bradford graduated in December 2014 from North Carolina State University with a degree in chemical engineering, and her daughter Zoe is a rising junior at St. Mary’s School. The Rev. Peter J. Smith and Carol Baschwitz Smith ’79, after 19 years in Thomaston, Connecticut, moved to Hanson, Massachusetts, where Peter was installed as senior pastor of the First Congregational Church. Peter reports that Hanson is a beautiful town, halfway between downtown Boston and the Cape. Paula Lin reports that her acting/modeling career is moving along. She writes, “Latest with me: Performed as Cheryl Shaw in the upcoming fall premiere of the comedy motion picture Mint On Card (www.youtube.com/watch?v= SwIMLSYgNdM); appeared in the latest international music video ‘I Can’t Lose,’ produced by Mark Ronson (‘Uptown Funk’); acted as instructor in Pearson educational video; recognized in the prestigious IMDb as film actress; projects and auditions as they come! Thanks for watching if you do! Best to all, Paula” Andrea Balas Weaver writes: “I am working in Vienna, Virginia, as a pediatrician (part time) for the same group I have been with for more than 13 years. My husband, Rick, is an electrical engineer, and our daughter Maggie will graduate from high school in 2016.” Please join our Class of ’81 Facebook group!
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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, Wilfred J. Talbot III We had a few graduations, a pending matriculation, and other news to share. At least four of our hallowed class witnessed – through misty eyes – their offspring commence from our alma mater in May: Pierce Classen (Ward Classen), Oliver Maggard (Margaret Petrie), Emily Gutermann (Peter Gutermann), and Annie Upton (Sue
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and Joe Upton). Ward tells us that Pierce is working for MetLife’s capital markets group in real estate finance. As for Ward, he recently left CSC, where has worked for 23 years, to join Accenture supporting its digital and strategic offerings practice. Debbie Mandela Meyers youngest son, Ben, graduated from Connecticut College in May. Debbie tells us that “Ben has accepted a position as digital editor at Bonnier Publishing, working for Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. He has moved to Newport, Rhode Island, with his brother, who is a program manager for US Sailing. (Yes, there’s a theme here.) I am the director of alumni relations at The Taft School – soon to be the assistant director of marketing and communications at same. Jeff and I just celebrated 31 years of marriage (how are we that old?).” Diana Rose Carpenter, daughter of Matt and Ellin Carpenter Smith, will be a freshman at Trinity this fall. Diana Rose is a third generation Bantam in the Smith family. Matt proudly reports: “My father, David R. Smith, graduated from Trinity in 1952. My mother, Joan Parsons, received her master’s from Trinity in 1954. While five of my eight siblings attended Trinity, Diana Rose is the only one, so far, of the next generation to choose to attend.” Matt and Ellin live in Connecticut and are “looking forward to seeing the Trinity campus through new eyes over the next four years.” Anthony Fischetti is “just finishing up my 15th (gulp) year teaching (U.S. history) and coaching (football, basketball, golf ) at Brunswick School in Greenwich. The days may be long, but the years certainly fly by … took my 17-year-old daughter, Jordan, who’s finishing up her junior year at Greenwich Academy, to Trin for alumni visiting day last month. Still keep in touch with Vought, Gutermann, Sinsheimer, Austin, Pace, Rapp, Lindquist, and Flynn.” Alice Ronconi resides in Henderson, Nevada, and reports that “the past year has had its ups and downs. My father, A. Brooks Harlow, Jr. ’57, passed away after a long fight with lung cancer. My siblings and I attended a wonderful memorial service for him at Fay School, where we inaugurated the first Brooks and Mimi Harlow Tennis Tournament that raised money for scholarships in their honor. We just finished attending our youngest son’s graduation from Marquette University, where he graduated cum laude with a B.A. in theater arts and a minor in dance. Massimo and I are adjusting to our new reality, empty-nest syndrome, and are in the process of figuring out what we want to do between now and full retirement.” The Alumni Office has learned that / Fall 2015 /
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