200 Stories

During the Great Depression, A. Raymond Madorin ’35 served as Trinity’s director of food services and kept a Great Dane in his college housing.

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.

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.

My friends and I were eating dinner in Mather when someone shouted that it was snowing. We grabbed our coats and hats and rushed outside to see the first snowflakes of the season.

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.

“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.

Sometimes you get lucky. I did.

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.

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

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.

Robert Stepto ’66, retired in 2019 as the John M. Schiff professor emeritus of African American studies, English, and American studies at Yale University, where he taught for 45 years.

Being yourself can allow cultural shifts for the better. Let all Trinity College students continue to be social change agents! 

On a cloistered south wall at Trinity is my granddad’s name along with his co-worker, Mr. Lumpkin. Two Black men included among a most diverse listing of those skilled in building a most sacred space. 

Trinity is like an oasis for students who want to go to school inside a city but want the comfort and safety of a secure home base. The curriculum is extremely challenging, but the professors are all in.

The academic community is a living, breathing collective reflection of the society at large. This I learned as a student, as a president, and as a trustee, writes Walter Harrison ’68, H’18.

Having met as undergraduates, the Lorings continue to feel grateful for relationships and experiences that began at Trinity.

“There seems to never have been a time when I didn’t know U2 because of the stories [my uncle] told about that concert,” writes Melissa Kotulski M’05.

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

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

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

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

Consuelo Pedro ’15, Elena-Marie Pedro ’17, and Anneliese Pedro ’20, who hail from Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean, all majored in the sciences at Trinity.

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.

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

Years before any of them knew they would attend Trinity, Alfred J. Koeppel’s three children had a tradition on the Main Quad.

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