In Memoriam We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the families of these graduates and friends of Trinity-Pawling.
1952 Edwin F. Armstrong July 5, 2017 Hilton Head, SC 1955 Hugo E. Giargiari, Jr. January 6, 2017 Ashland, MA 1961 John M. Walker, Jr. May 2, 2017 Alexandria, VA 1962 Kimon J. Quigley Beverly Hills, CA 1964 Foster "Buck" Orton, Jr. April 20, 2017 Essex Junction, VA Thomas S. Smith March 25, 2017 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 1969 Bruce B. Allen, Jr. November 26, 2016 Ridgefield, CT 1974 Chris R. Erickson November 20, 2014 Kiowa, CO 1977 David "Cricket" I. Kirchmaier July 13, 2017 Maumee, OH 1980 Thomas K. Keresey January 1, 2016 West Palm Beach, FL 1996 Kristopher S. Quintiliani August 13, 2016 New Milford, CT 2002 Patrick R. Pippo August 4, 2017 Cortlandt Manor, NY
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EDWARD A. ARDITTI, SR., P’94 Trinity-Pawling’s Arditti Fellowship award was established in 2000 by Edward Arditti ’51 and his son Ted ’94 as a way to honor our teachers for their distinguished work and dedication.
Edward A. Arditti, Sr., age 84, of Conover, NC, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2017 at his residence, following a period of declining health. Born May 9, 1933 in New York, NY, the son of the late Albert Aaron Arditti and Diana Rebby Arditti. Ed was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Conover, NC and was the founder and CEO of Regency House Inc., Ardex Inc., and Highland Glass Industries. Ed graduated from Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY in 1951 and attended Columbia College, Columbia University, NYC, where he was enrolled in US Navy Contract Midshipman Program until 1954. He started his business career as a salesman for City Service Oil Co. in 1955 until 1959. In 1960 he joined the family gift and glass import business as Vice President. In July 1969, while on a business trip to Atlanta, he met the love of his life, Shirley, and they married in November 1969. He was blessed with 3 sons, 2 daughters, 7 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. The couple moved to Hickory, NC in 1970 where he was the founder and CEO of Regency House Inc., Ardex Inc., and Highland Glass Industries. In 1980, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. appointed Ed North Carolina Ambassador to the World, in recognition of his companies being the leading exporter of North Carolina Furniture to the rest of the world. In 1992, he founded the Edward A. Arditti Charitable Foundation and served on the Board of the Catawba Medical Foundation for many years. Ed and his wife Shirley were benefactors in 1998 providing the indoor swimming pool at the Fitness Plus Center on the hospital campus and were Lenoir-Rhyne Honor Roll Donors. Active at The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, they created The Shirley and Edward A. Arditti Endowment for Kidney Transplantation, The Joshua Thomas Arditti Endowment for Cancer Research and The Edward Thomas Arditti Fund for Urology. Ed retired in 2004 after battling kidney disease and he received a life saving kidney transplant in 2007. He devoted his remaining time and efforts to his wife, family, friends, church and charitable pursuits. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Shirley Samples Arditti; daughters, Dr. Joyce Arditti, PhD. of Blacksburg, VA; and Denise Arditti-Agenos and husband Guy Agenos of Kill Devil Hills, NC; sons, Dr. Douglas Arditti, DNP and spouse Rob Chamberlain of Portland, OR; Jeff Arditti and wife Elizabeth of Hickory, NC; and Edward "Ted" Arditti, Jr. and wife Kristin of Hangzhou, China; brother, Arthur Arditti and wife Shirley of Englewood, FL; and grandchildren.