56 THE TRINITY REPORTER CLASS NOTES something he had never done before, so he decided to jump out of an airplane from 18,000 feet. “The roar of sound hurtling through space at over 120 miles an hour, the below-freezing-cold temperature, and my eyes telling me that there was only air between me and the ground was an extreme experience.” Here’s a link to the video of Tom jumping from the airplane: https://bit. ly/3fiTFNS. REUNION • JUNE 9–12, 2022 1982 Class Secretary: Ellin Carpenter Smith, 932 Windsor Ave., Windsor, CT 06095-3422; [email protected] • Class Agents: Patty Hooper Kelley, Tom Mathews, Bill Talbot • /groups/TrinColl1982 Over the course of this past year, we’ve shared stories of all the different ways we’ve been commemorating 60 years young. In recent months, I’ve started to hear of class - mates who are entertaining a new opportu - nity ... early retirement. My first thought was that we are way too young to retire. But then I started to see how it was going for those who are leading the way into this new phase of our lives. I checked and apparently for years now, the proportion of people who plan to retire younger has been increasing. According to consumer research firm Hearts & Wallets, in 2020, 18 percent of people cited 59 as their target retirement age, up from 11 percent in 2018. So here we go. I’ll start with my best friend, Vicky Lenkeit Scanlon , a woman who began her profes - sional career when we were just juniors in college. While we were chilling on the quad and figuring out what we wanted to be when we grew up, she was working and studying to become an actuary at the Travelers Insurance Company. She continued on that path until motherhood took precedence. Later she put her talents to work at Loomis Chaffee School, where her husband headed up the English Department. She and Jeff have made the momentous decision to seize the opportunity to retire early to their charming home on the Cape. I will miss living 12 houses away here in Windsor, but I admire her sense of adven- ture. Looking forward to seeing what’s next for her. Quite sure it will be wonderful. Next, we have Tom Mathews . His update indicated that he already enjoys retirement and working in a wine shop for his retire- ment gig. “Hope I can get back to teaching classes again soon in a post-COVID world. For other excitement, I am planning to take my mother to Italy to celebrate her 80th birthday.” After the pandemic prompted three successive postponements, he hopes the fourth time is the charm. Following the graduation of his twins from Wake Forest (cum laude) and Elon (summa cum laude), he declared that “academically they obvi- ously take after their mother! Now the house is full again until virtual work ends. Come on, end of all things COVID!” In previous notes, I shared the news that Barb Sherman Levison is thoroughly enjoying a life of tennis and golf alternately in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bonita Springs, Florida. For other classmates, the world of work continues to excite. Jim Dod wrote to say he and wife Cathy are empty nesters. “Kinda like it. Spending way too much time on weekends fixing up a 100-year-old family summer home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, but I’m fully stocked with power tools. So, I’ve that going for me, which is nice. Unlike many other professions, business as a psychologist was gangbusters over the pandemic. Teletherapy was a godsend, and I’m worn out. Not a complaint. Scott Cassie , Tom Tarca , Kenny Papa , and Tom Mathews , and I are celebrating our 60th birthdays (pandemically belated) together on a golf trip to Palm Springs later this year. The razzing has already begun.” Judy Bolton-Fasman has completed a personal masterwork. She wrote to share the news that her debut book, Asylum: A Memoir of Family Secrets , will be published in early September. “And yes, the Asylum of the title is Asylum Avenue, referring to my childhood address in West Hartford. Let the double entendres begin!” You can find more essays on her website, www.judyboltonfasman.com. I Googled her new publication and came across a review that says it all. “ Asylum is a deeply moving memoir that investigates the ever-complicated knot of familial love, loss, and longing. Judy Bolton-Fasman beautifully captures that urge so many of us have to better understand those loved ones who were close to us yet nonetheless eluded our grasp.” To wrap up these notes, our class pres - ident, Scott Cassie , offers an invitation to us all. “As always, I hope these Class Notes find you, families, and friends well. I’ve got nothing pithy to share for this edition, though I could always go on about my kids. I’ll save that for Reunion. Which leads me to the point of my note. I sincerely hope to see you at our upcoming 40th Reunion come June 9–12, 2022. To be honest, the save-the- date email back in April from the Alumni Office was quite a shock. ‘40? How is that possible?’ I asked my dog, who has been my constant work-from-home assistant for the last 15 months. But it’s time. Time to see one another again. Time to remember and also time to celebrate in those small conversations and with the larger planned events. We all have done so much, large and small, since each touched ‘the Book’ at graduation on that soggy day in May 1982. I am sure we all will continue to be busy up until June. However, I hope that you will have time, and can take the time, to be a part of this Reunion. I look forward to seeing you all then, ’neath the elms. The last word goes to Jim Dod , who shared these deep thoughts about Reunion. “I hav - en’t been back to Trin since the last Reunion I attended. I can’t remember when that was. Of course, I can’t remember what I had for breakfast either. Oh, the brain cells I must have destroyed in college!” We are looking forward to welcoming you back in June. 1983 Class Secretary: Thomas M. McKeown, 2400 Winding Hollow Ln., Plano, TX 73093-4109; thomas. [email protected] • Class Agents: Todd Beati, Tim Dillon Clarke, H. Scott Nesbitt, David Walker • /groups/295955824253432 Jean Walshe took to my travel theme to inform that she is looking forward to returning this summer to Stockholm and its beautiful city by the sea. This proved less difficult since she possesses an EU passport. Jean will be spending time at friend’s cottage in the archipelago and enjoying Swedish summer traditions. Jean still resides on Martha’s Vineyard and invites anyone with plans to visit to look her up. Work travel has been somewhat back to normal for Jeff Bamonte since the spring started. On the personal side, he had a nice get-together with friends and family on Amelia Island in April at the Ritz-Carlton. His clan all converged from Rhode Island; Miami; Charleston, South Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee. Jeff plans to continue traveling among Rhode Island, Nashville, and Charleston for the summer, mixing work with time off. On a proud parent note, his daughter Lauren graduated from Vanderbilt University, summa cum laude, in May 2021 and will be attending the University of Virginia School of Law in August 2021. I heard from Ron Carroll and Steve Gomes recently with a nice update. Steve works with Trinity as a program lead for the school’s Tech-Edge program. Ron works with the IT team at State Street Bank and has a consult - ing company on the side. So, Steve invited Ron to present on the topic of agile software development. I understand it was a big hit with the students. Ron also took advantage of the trip to see Tom Merrill at his Madison, Connecticut, home to discuss great point guards in NBA history (i.e., Walt Frazier). Tim Yasui continues to provide updates on the Hollywood projects he is involved in. Opening nationwide this summer is a movie he associate produced called Death Rider in the House of Vampires that stars Glenn Danzig and Julian Sands. His next film will be a horror project called Frost that he