Personal Memories

Susan Thomas Schlett ’84 writes about her journey as an engineering major and her role in helping Trinity secure a SWE charter and ABET accreditation.

When Trinity marked 50 years of coeducation, it sparked a realization in Marvin Peterson ’60. He may be the only remaining member of the Board of Trustees from that era.

Rosanne Demanski ’95 grew up in the Elmwood section of West Hartford and, as a young child, climbed the trees in her backyard to look at the Hartford skyline.

Dutch Barhydt ’81, M’04, P’08 shares fond memories of McCook Auditorium.

Bob Ebinger ’67 reflects on the role the Austin Arts Center played in his time at Trinity.

Matt Glasz ’04, co-captain on the Bantam football team, recalls the undefeated season in the fall of 2003.

Brendan McGowan ’06 shares memories of being a news writer at-large for The Trinity Tripod.

The Bicentennial resurrects fond memories of Trinity for Stan Marcuss ’63 that continue to this day.

Steve Barkan ’73 remembers actions students took to protest the Vietnam War during his years on campus.

Scott Cassie ’82 on the oasis of green calm provided by the Funston Courtyard.

Brendan McGowan ’06 remembers a conversation on the Main Quad from the fall of his senior year.

I made Dean’s List as a freshman, struggled as a sophomore, and did fine from then on with some very special classmates and friends, mostly from Q.E.D.

Her real name was Starr, but we, at least the particular circle I was in along with Kit Briggs ’69, Bill O’Reilly ’71, Russ Kelly ’71, and Chuck Shouse ’71, also called her ‘the Quad Queen.’

A Tripod editor taught me how to write by rejecting my words nearly in their entirety and assisting me in a total rewrite.

Discovering the fundamental skeletal pattern shared by all vertebrates, and deeply understanding the oneness of us all , is among the lessons that Emmett Miller took from Trinity.

Sometimes you get lucky. I did.

“Whether we meet in our offices in Jackson or virtually across the country, the Tripod will continue,” wrote Brendan W. Clark ’21, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, at the start of the pandemic.