{"id":5695,"date":"2019-09-30T16:20:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter\/?page_id=5695"},"modified":"2019-09-30T16:20:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:20:23","slug":"reunion-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-fall2019\/along-the-walk\/reunion-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos by Wallace Black, Sarah McCoy<\/em><\/p>\n

More than 1,000 alumni from classes ending in 4s and 9s and their families returned to Hartford June 6\u20139 to spend time \u2019neath the elms at Trinity College\u2019s Reunion Weekend.<\/p>\n

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Alumni celebrating the 50th anniversary of Trinity\u2019s participation in the Henley Royal Regatta with an evening row<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All-Reunion festivities included a Saturday night dance party, and each class enjoyed its own slate of activities, including visits to the Wadsworth Atheneum and bar trivia in Vernon Social. In addition, alumni were able to mingle with Bantams of different generations at events including the LGBTQ+ and Friends Reception, the Alumni Row and 50th Henley Anniversary Celebration, and \u201cA Conversation with the President,\u201d featuring Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney and Eric Estes \u201991, the incoming president of the newly renamed Trinity College Alumni Association. The brothers of Delta Phi also joined together for the dedication of a plaque in memory of the fraternity\u2019s beloved cook, Emma Kirkley.<\/p>\n

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Bill Marimow \u201969, Steve Chawkins \u201969, Andrew Julien P\u201919, and Helen Ubi\u00f1as M\u201909, during a panel discussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A special event this year, the panel discussion \u201cThe Dangers of Fake News: How to Detect It and How to Debunk It,\u201d included three distinguished alumni and one Trinity parent from the journalism industry. Bill Marimow \u201969, vice president and director of strategic development for The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>; Steve Chawkins \u201969, retired newspaper reporter, columnist, and editor; Andrew Julien P\u201919, publisher and editor-in-chief of The<\/em> Hartford Courant<\/em>; and Helen Ubi\u00f1as M\u201909, columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em> and Daily News, <\/em>addressed current issues in journalism. Marimow, the panel moderator and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, cautioned the audience to \u201cread broadly, read deeply, and read skeptically.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Class of 1969 attendees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Half-Century Club festivities marked the enduring commitment that alumni celebrating their 50th Reunion have to one another and to Trinity. The Class of 1969 raised more than $2.5 million for the college since its last official gathering five years ago and exceeded Reunion records for yearbook submissions, sharing stories of life since graduating from Trinity. The Class of 1969 also set a new record for 50th Reunion attendance with 93 classmates registered and on campus.<\/p>\n