College-Age Alumni Luncheons

The annual celebration of college-age alumni kicked off the second semester with the IB Diploma ceremony and young alumni luncheon. Teachers and staff joined graduated Titans in the Speight Alumni Room for a catered lunch to catch up on the latest achievements, adventures and accomplishments.

Congratulations to Class of 2022 graduates Estelle Kang, Emery Lauer, AC Tetterton, and CJ Rufe who received their IB diplomas in the ceremony before the college-age alumni luncheon!

In October, IB coordinator and science teacher Elizabeth Kelley joined Head of school Rob Short and alumni relations coordinator James Flowers ’16 at Christopher Newport University in Newport News to catch up with Luke Zamagni ’22, Maxwell Reece ’22, Ethan Rosen ’21 and Brendan Kelley ’21. Topics of conversation at the CNU college luncheon revolved around technology, physics and college life in close proximity to the shore.

In November, Rob and James paid current Keydets and Generals a visit at Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University in Lexington. Carter Steward ’19, Ty Barker ’19, Andrew Arnold ’20 (W&L), Carter Hugate ’20, and Max Cullen ’21 all attended the visit at the PX before they went about the rest of their day. Former Trinity parent and VMI graduate Steve Hupp and current VMI professor and Trinity alum Rebekah Martin ’09 joined as well.

In Sympathy

The Trinity community offers its condolences to families of the following people who have recently passed away. We apologize for any unintentional omissions.

As of February 28, 2023

Robin M. Courts, former faculty member, passed away on March 30, 2017.

Henry Modlin Jr., grandfather of Sallie Ellett ’16, passed away on August 3, 2018.

Mary Baxter, mother of Harry Baxter ’12, passed away on November 24, 2022.

William W. Moseley, father of Billy Moseley ’78, passed away on July 23, 2019.

Marlene A. Short, mother of Head of School Rob Short and grandmother of Rebecca Short ’21 died on March 15, 2022.

Betty Anne Blumenthal Burkholder, former faculty member and parent of Karl Funderburg ’78 and Gretchen McCue ’85, passed away on April 20, 2022.

Ruby Cash, mother of faculty Angela McMurtry and Robin Dudding and grandmother of Jason McMurtry ’00 and Holly McMurtry ’07 died on May 11, 2022.

Phil Bavaro, father of staff member Jason Bavaro and grandfather to Kayla Bavaro ’20, passed away on June 2, 2022.

Richard Lee Higgins, father of faculty member Christy Darlington and grandfather to Becca Darlington ’10 and Shelby Darlington ’12, died on June 22, 2022.

Nan Rolling, former faculty member, passed away on September 12, 2022.

Elizabeth Lyne Girone ’77 died on September 23, 2022.

Colleen Berry Hiller, mother of Shannon Hiller ’24, passed away on October 13, 2022. Staff member Walter Burke passed away on November 15, 2022.

Ann Ross Gunn, mother of Ken Gunn '76, passed away on November 16, 2022.

John A. Zaun, grandfather of Christopher Thurston ’08 and Beeba Thurston ’09, died on November 17, 2022.

Virginia Goodman, former faculty member and widow of Robert Goodman, mother of Martha G. Goodman ’75, Robert C. Goodman III ’76, Alice Brown ’85, and grandmother of Ellie Sherrill ’05 and Will Ericson ’09 died on December 21, 2022.

Harold L. Cole, III, father of Hayden Smith ’18 and Carthen Smith ’19, passed away on December 26, 2022.

Rev. Isabel Boyd Fourqurean Steilberg, widow of Rev. Robert Steilberg, died on February 11, 2023.

Trinity community was saddened to learn of the passing of Jinny Goodman (wife of the late Bob Goodman, first headmaster of the school) over the 2022 winter break. In Morning Meeting on January 4, Head of School Rob Short offered students some words of remembrance for Jinny Goodman’s enduring love of the school and pride in all of the students’ accomplishments — from the art room to the playing fields to the performance stage. An accomplished artist herself, her watercolors were put on display in the Goodman Room for a week in remembrance of Mrs. Goodman.