CLASS NOTES
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Class Secretary: Mary Kate Morr, 4121 Knox Ct., Denver, CO 80211-1653; mary.morr.2012@ trincoll.edu • Class Agents: James J. Armillay, Jr., Esq., Kathryn K. Bernstorf, Mary K. Morr, Nicole Lustig Pasternak, Lily F. Pepper, Naomi C. Sobelson, Erica F. Taylor, Kathryn T. Van Sickle, William A. Yale The Class of 2012 had a great time celebrating our 5th Reunion this June! More than 120 alumni returned to campus and reconnected while lounging on the quad, having dinner at Trinity Restaurant, and dancing to throwbacks at Psi U. We had 114 donors (beating our goal of 110) and raised a total of $9,250. Thanks to everyone who made a gift to the Trinity Fund and to all the members of the Reunion Committee for planning such a fun weekend! Five years out, our classmates have a lot to celebrate. Stephanie Fisher graduated from Husson University in May with her doctorate in physical therapy. Alison Wettstein earned an M.B.A. from the Stern School of Business at NYU with concentrations in corporate finance and marketing. She works in brand management at Bayer in the Consumer Care division. Adam Boynton received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. His research focused on developing luminescent ruthenium probes for DNA mismatches, and he’s continuing to work in his lab postdoc while he looks for a job in industry. Many other 2012 alumni are on their way to graduate degrees. Courtney Duffy is starting her M.B.A. at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business this fall, along with fellow 2012 alumni Archi Vamathevan and Kayla Demers. After having lived in Boston, San Francisco, and D.C., Courtney is looking forward to returning to New England for a few years. Elle Lucadamo is pursuing an M.S. in natural resources and environmental science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Virgil Bisio ’12 and Pornpat Pootinath ’14 were married on May 27, 2017, at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York. The happy couple celebrated with Trinity alumni from the Classes of ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, and ’16.
Jeffrey Stuart ’12 and Rachel Leitner (Binghamton ’12) were married at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange, New Jersey, on November 18, 2016. Those in attendance included Will Moreton ’12, Jeff Devereux ’12, Rachel Stuart, Jeffrey Stuart ’12, Michael Schlesinger ’12, Ned Dutton ’12, Sam Pach ’12, and John Michael Mason ’12.
Champaign. She plans on graduating in May 2018 and moving back to Chicago. Congratulations also are in order for several recent marriages and engagements. Jeffrey Stuart and Rachel (Binghamton ’12) were married on November 18, 2016, at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange, New Jersey. Classmates Michael Schlesinger, Ned Dutton, Jeff Devereux, John Michael Mason, Will Moreton, and Sam Pach attended. Virgil Bisio and Pornpat Pootinath ’14 were married on May 27, 2017, at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow Lorenzo Rakesh Sewanan ’12, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and an M.D. in the joint degree medical scientist training program at the Yale School of Medicine, has been selected as a 2017 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. He is the first Trinity alumnus to receive the graduate school fellowship — which provides up to $90,000 in financial support over two years — for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States. Thirty fellows were selected this year from 1,775 applicants. Sewanan was born in Paramaribo, Suriname, to Indo-Caribbean parents who migrated there in the 1970s from Guyana. In 2008, the family left Suriname and
moved to the United States. At Trinity, Sewanan was a QuestBridge College Match Scholar who majored in physics and mechanical engineering with a minor in writing and rhetoric. He studied abroad in Australia and Asia, engaged with the community through educational and public service initiatives, and conducted research on electric fish neuroethology with Trinity Professor of Biology Kent Dunlap. Under the guidance of Dunlap and Trinity Science Center Director Alison Draper, Sewanan was awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship for his research on intervertebral disk biomechanics in the lab of Nadeen Chahine at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.
Meanwhile, Jim Armillay and Amanda Sweat recently celebrated their engagement. The couple met while at Trinity and look forward to a September 2018 wedding at the Boston Public Library. Amanda graduated from Harvard Law School this May and began working with the New Hampshire Public Defender. Jim is clerking for the Honorable James A. Gibbons in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It’s exciting to think about what our class will accomplish during the next five years. Please continue to send updates to me at mary.morr.2012@trincoll.edu. From the Alumni Office: Jeanika Browne-Springer shared that she was heading to Panama to teach/volunteer this past summer! Check her out at www.hartford schools.org/more-than-200-connecticutteachers-to-engage-the-world-this-summerto-bring-experiences-back-to-the-classroom.
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/ REUNION • JUNE 8-10, 2018 / Class Secretary: Emily A. Lindahl, 6 Foster St., Apt. 2, Boston, MA 02446-4935; emily. lindahl.2013@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Perin B. Adams, Caroline E. Brewster, Malcolm X. Evans, David D. Hill, Jesse L. Hunt, Megan A. Ingersoll, Alexander C. Raffol, James C. Thaler, Dobromir G. Trifonov Drew Littlefair welcomed Drew, Jr. into the world with wife Paige, and he’s growing up fast! The family is happily living in Newport Beach, California, where Drew is working in insurance and still trying to figure out how to hit a golf ball straight on the weekends. Diana Lestz is graduating magna cum laude from the University of Hartford with a master’s in accounting and taxation (M.S.A.T.) and will be moving to Chicago during the summer.
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Co-Class Secretary: Cameron M. Stacy, 410 Kings Hwy., Carnegie, PA 15106-1017; cameron.stacy.2014@trincoll.edu • Co-Class Secretary: Carlos A. Velazquez, 206 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Hartford, CT 06105-2519; carlos. velazquez.2014@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Nicole R. LeClair, Ann W. Murdock, Katherine C. Weatherley-White, Sarah M. Whitham We are proud to announce that Eva Lauer graduated from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law in December 2016 and passed the Florida Bar in April 2017. She is working as an attorney in Vero Beach, Florida, and will return to UF this fall to begin the master’s in taxation program. The Cobblestone Corridor recently was nominated for nine New England Emmy Awards. The show premiered on CPTV (PBS-CT) last fall. Erik Bloomquist is the mastermind and creative genius behind this show.
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