In many ways they grew up together and Trinity-Pawling was their proving ground. Earlier this month the Class of 1966 reunited to celebrate their 50th Reunion. The weekend gathering was coordinated by co-chairs, David Bagdasarian, Jud Hartmann, and Randy Woods who began contacting classmates 24 months prior. Their efforts paid off with 35 registrants and the class was recognized with the John L. McIlwaine Bowl for having 33% of their class in attendance at Reunion Weekend.
Coming from as far away as Hawaii, California, Arizona, and Colorado these men and their wives reconnected, shared stories from their Trinity-Pawling past and updated one another on their individual journeys over the past 50 years. Events planned exclusively for the class included a dedication of THE CREATOR’S GAME, Jud Hartman’s artist’s model of the 16’ monumental bronze sculpture that is permanently installed in front of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in Maryland. The group was also treated to the tour of a 1966 retro dorm room created by current senior and vintage buff Louis Inghilterra ’17. Complete with formerly contraband items such as a portable stereo as well as must have items such as a 1964 Olivetti-Underwood Studio 144 typewriter; the room offered a step back in time. Borrowed from the School Archives and hanging on the wall was an original and one of a kind drawing by Eric Holch ’66 on a T-P laundry bag that Eric had left when he graduated. It is a framed treasure that few will have the privilege of seeing.
Boarding school stories of a dog and chipmunks secretly kept as pets, a story of a hidden room, and the dorm room with a trick lock were shared and remembered. We also learned of Trinity-Pawling high school prom dates Betsy L. and Penny B. who married their dance partners, Kurt Jones ’66 and Schuyler Peck ’66, respectively. We know they’re charmers, but who knew that the Fighting Gentlemen were such good dancers?
We hope to see you all back on campus soon and often.
For those of you with Reunions on the horizon: Get here! Bring yourelf and your stories home.
See you October 6 and 7, 2017.