Reunion Weekend June 5-8, 2008


Class of 1978 30th Reunion - It's Your Year
 
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* Class of 1978 Event Spotlight *
Friday
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Trinity in Hartford – Past, Present and Future
Featuring Jeffrey DuFresne ’78, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute, Professor James Flannery ’58 Winship Professor of Arts and Humanities at Emory University, Jason Rojas, Director of Community Relations at Trinity College, and Andrew Walsh ’79, Associate Director of the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. Hear about Trinity’s evolving role in Hartford including the recent launch of the Center for Urban and Global Studies. Learn about Hartford’s economic landscape and future opportunities as well.

Saturday

10:00am
Class Meetings and Election of Class Officers
1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973,
1978, 1983

1:30 - 2:30pm

Like You’d Understand, Anyway
A fiction reading and Q&A with Jim Shepard ’78, 2007 National Book Award Finalist and J. Leland Miller Professor of English at Williams College, introduced by Milla Riggio, James J. Goodwin Professor of English, Trinity College. Click here to see a review of this book in the New York Times.


2:45 - 3:45pm
Wall Street Meltdown: Lessons from the Recent Credit Bubble
Join Steve Pearlstein '73, Washington Post columnist; David Lauretti ’68, Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Group, Babson Capital Management LLC; and Gary Markoff '78, Senior Vice President-Wealth Management Corporate Client Group Director,
Citi Smith Barney, for a provocative discussion.

2:45-3:45pm
Making a difference: Trinity graduates shaping the world
Featuring Bob Carey '78 Vice President, Resettlement, International Rescue Committee, Chair of Refugee Council USA; Jan C. Gimar ‘73, Senior District Director, Boy Scouts of America, Paul Hillman '98, Filmmaker and Environmentalist, and Alan Kramer ’68
Connecticut State Department of Education - Sheff Office. Moderated by Walter Harrison '68, President, University of Hartford. Learn from these alumni about their work in various sectors.

Class Reception and Class Dinner

Party on the Cave Patio.
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Class information:
Officers:
Robert Carey, Co-President 
Vivi Dunklee Duke,  Co-President 
Andrew Terhune,
Vice President
Kathryn Maye Murphy, Secretary

REUNION Committee
:
Robert Carey, Jeff Dufrense, Vivi Dunklee Duke, Ken Grossman, Stuart Kerr, Michael Kluger, Thomas Lenahan, Kathryn Maye Murphy, Christina Orsi Lirot,
James Smith, Andrew Terhune



Online Community
Looking to contact a classmate, read recently posted class notes or post a message to the password-protected Class of '78 discussion group?

Visit the online community to access the alumni directory.
(Registration required.)

Any news to report?
E-mail your class secretary!


Reunion Giving
Have you contributed to your Reunion class gift yet? Click here for details

For questions related to the class gift or reunion giving, please contact
JoAnn Acquarulo in the Trinity Fund office.

For program-related questions or suggestions, please contact
Kristen Blake Gordon in the Alumni Office.