at the Stanfo rd Breast Cancer Clinic. H e was considered an advocate and fri end by his pati ents, many of whom were going throu gh chemoth erapy. H e leaves his wife, C heryl Shapiro. Jay Herman Blum, 1988 Jay H . Blum, 39, of Berwyn , PA, died in the crash of a small plan e he was piloting on July 10, 2005. After graduating from St. Andrews School in Middletown, D E, he attended Trinity with th e Class of 1988, w here he was a four-year member of th e crew team . Altho ugh he started off his career as a salesman for a E uropean textile manu fac turer, he eventually took up his ho bby of fl ying full rime. In 2003, he was the featured pilot in a flying documentary, R ace Two Zero Inbound, which made him well kn own in pilot circles . Fo r about a year, he was a member of an eight-pilo t group called the Vultu re Formati on Team , w hich fli es military types of maneuvers in so-called kit planes o r experimental aircraft, which are fre qu ently self-assembled. In 2004, he placed fourth in his class when fli ers raced fro m D ayton, OH , to O shkos h, WI. H e leaves his wife, Terry, of Berwy n , PA; brother, Nicholas Blum '94; sister, R obin Sm..ith; and niece, H eath er Keefe '86.
IDP Jennifer Lassek-Tolo, 2003 Jennifer Lassek-Tolo, 39, ofWest H artford, C T, di ed o n July 8, 2005, in a car accident. She received her B.F.A. from Trinity in 2003. An accomplished artist, she was a realist figurative painter, rendering many po rtraits of her children . H er art is described in the Hariford Courant obituary as like her, "sensual , spiritual, and mischievous." She was a teacher at the G reater H arrford Academy of th e Arts, and an active member of the H artford art communi ty. Sh e leaves her husband, D avid Tolo; daughters, Cam bryn, Gabriella, and R achel; parents, Barbara and Art; and brother, To ny.
DEATHS Th e College has rece ived word of the following deaths, but informatio n fo r compl ete obituaries is unavailable: Albert Stephen Anthony, 1937 Sanfo rd Cobb, 1947 Leroy Kem ,Jr., 1947, M '50 Jo hn Brent Blythe, 1950 William Michael Gannon , 1952 Edwa rd Plumstead So uth , 1952 Joseph Lloyd Gage, Jr. , 1960 M atthew Dickinson Forrest, 1961
Trinity Reporter Vol. 37, No.2 Winter 2006 Vice President for Alu111ni R elations a11d Com111unications: Kathleen O 'Connor Boelhouwer '85 Editor: Drew Sanborn Mauager of Creative Services: Rita Law Des1g11er: James Baker Comriburing Writers: Carlin Carr Steve Veshosky Julie Winkel Sports Editor: David Kingsley
Ahmllli Tr11stees: Peter R . Blum '72, Robert E. Brickley '67, PhilipS. Khoury '71 , Elaine Feldman Patterson '76, R. Kevin Smith '87, Harold A. Smullen, Jr. '76 Tmstee Ex-Officio: James F. Jones, Jr., President and Trinity College Professor in the Humanities G. Keith Funston Tmstee: Emelie E. East '94
Trustees Emeriti: Evan S. Do belle, Thomas S. Johnson '62, Edward A. Montgomery, Jr. '56, Borden W Painter, Jr. '58, Douglas T. Tansill '61
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Charter Tr11stees: E. Thayer Bigelow, Jr. '65 , Saundra Kee Borges '81 ,Alfonso L. Carney, Jr. '70, Rodney D. Day III '62, Raymond E. Joslin '58, George A. Kellner '64, Peter S. Kraus '74, Mark A. Leavitt '80, Michael D. Loberg '69, Alexander P. Lynch P'03, '04, '07, Haig G. Mardikian '69, Mitchell M. Merin '75, Wenda Harris Millard '76, Mary Penniman Moran '76, Alice M. O'Connor '80, Charles R. Perrin '67, Margaret-MaryVoudouris Preston '79, Paul E. Raether '68, William H. Reynolds, Jr. '71 , Edward C. Rorer '65, Cornelia Parsons Thornburgh '80, W. James Tozer '63, William H. Turner III '62, Margaret ].Young '76
NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Executive Committee: Samuel Bailey, Jr. '62, Hilary A. Burrall '03,John S. Hamblett '84, Mary Jo Mate! Keating '74,Wendy Bidclleman Kingsbury '81 , Karen Fink Kupferberg '73, L. Peter Lawrence '71 , Malcolm F. MacLean IV '92, H. Conrad Meyer III '77,WJames Murphy, Jr. '90, Virginia Sanchez-Burruss '77, R . Kevin Smith '87, Harold A. Smullen, Jr. (ex-officio), '76, Shawn T. Wooden '91 , Matthew B. Woods '92,WTownsend Ziebold,Jr. '84,Alden R. Gordon '69, Faculty Representative
BoARD OF FELLOws Burt Adelman '72, Khooshe AdibSamii Aiken '82, Andrew Aiken '83, Sophie Bell Ayres '77, Harvey Bumpers '78, Kathrine Kawamura Corliss '76, Samuel B. Corliss, Jr. '76, Peter Gleysteen '73, S. Randolph Gretz '70,Joseph H. Head '84, FrankVJudson '77, Donna M. Katzman P'05, Elliot M. Katzman P'05, Michael J. Kluger '78, Elissa Raether Kovas '93, Alexander H. Levi '67, Kevin]. Maloney '79, Paul F. McBride '78, Robert B. McKeon P'04, Joy Tomlinson McLendon '79, Thomas L. Melly '80,James]. Murren '83,Josh P. Newsome '95, Benagh Richardson Newsome '95, E. Carter Norton '79,Althea Leidy O'Shaughnessy '78, Peter B. Pfister '81 , Ann Martin PfiSter '82, Steven D. Roberts '78, Allan M . Rudnick '62, Andrew D. Smith '65,Andrew R.Taussig '73, Karen Kelsey Thomas '78,Justin Van Etten '96, Timothy J. Walsh '85, Lorraine Saunders White '84,Joy K.Wright '95
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