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Mrs. Laura Sea rles Library TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY

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TRINI Y REPORTER VOLUME 7 NUMBER 5

JUL 12 1977 HARTFORD. C~N ' '路

TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

APRIL, 1977

Ware Appointed Development Director: Rees To Retire Early in March President lockwood announced the appointment of Constance E. Ware of West Hartford as director of development effective August 1, 1977. Mrs. Ware has been associate director of development since 1974 and will succeed Judson M . Rees who has reached mandatory retirement age. In announcing the appointment, President Lockwood remarked, "We are delighted that Mrs. Ware will serve as a senior officer of the College and be responsible for this most important operation. Mrs. Ware will be assuming

Ware her duties as director of development at a time when we expect Trinity's $12 million capital campaign will have reached a successful conclusion."

PROFESSOR August E. Sapega, chairman of the Engineering Department, inspects one of the earliest models of an internal combustion engine. Built in 1894 and bought by Trinity in 1898, the belt-driven gas engine is still operating and will be donated to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. at their request.

During this campaign which has reached $11.1 million of its goal Ware has been responsible for the major gift solicitation and has directed regional campaigns throughout the country. Ware joined the Trinity administration in 1964 and served as assistant to the director of development in 1970. Currently she is a member of the board of Hartford Architecture Conservancy, the Hartt Opera Theater Guild, where she served three terms as president, and a member of the board of the auxiliary of the Institute of living. Active in community affairs, she has served as vice president and board member .of the Hartford Symphony Auxiliary; vice president of the Coordinating Council for the Arts; member of the board, Friends of Hartford Ballet; member of the Task Force for Voluntary Action Center of the Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce; member of the presidential search committee, Manhattanville College; member of the Scholarship Committee of the Connecticut Bank & Trust Co .; president of the Connecticut Manhattanville Club; and chairman of the individual subscribers section, United Way. Ware, a native New Yorker, is a graduate of Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York. She is married to Richard H. Ware and they reside with their three sons in West Hartford.

TRINITY IS NAMED A BICENTENNIAL COLLEGE by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut. The official certificate and appropriate flags were presented April 4. Present for the ceremonies were (left to right) President Lockwood and, representing the student group responsible for the honor- Robert F. Phelps, Jr. '78, Michael L. Smirlock '78, Russell D. Yang '78, Leigh S. Breslau '78- and George W. Cyr, program coordinator of the Bicentennial Commission.

Legislative Interns Assist Lawmakers, Research Book The recent announcement that the General Electric Company will provide a research grant to partially fund a book on the Connecticut General Assembly is another indication of the growing influence of Trinity's legislative Internship Program. Many other colleges in the past have borrowed and adapted concepts from Trinity's program - among them in New England the University of Rhode Island, the University of Massachusetts, Smith College, and the University of New Hampshire. But so far as is known, none has received funds to further research projects conducted as part of the course. Work on the book began last July after the Trinity interns published the findings of another project dealing with "The Influence of the News Media on the Connecticut General Assembly." Director of the program, Dr. Clyde D. McKee, associate professor of political science, said that his students were concerned that the important work of the state legislature has relatively low visibility and is not understood by many students and the _ g~nml public. The plan for the book (funding arrangements are not complete as yet) is to have selected experts who are legislative staff members, legislators and "outside" critics write short chapters explaining their understanding of the structure, procedures and partie-

ular bills of the governing body. The target date for distribution is next fall. The legislative Internship Program at Trinity has been in existence for the past ten years. During this time, students have worked either full or part-time for various legislators in both political parties. The program is designed to be at least the equivalent of a full semester's work. As McKee defines it, "The purpose of the course is to provide an in-depth examination of the legislative process and its relation to the political forces influencing it." The program itself began almost by accident in 1967 when the State Minority Leader telephoned McKee with a plea for help. He needed research done on a number of upcoming measures and his budget precluded hiring additional staff. After some discussion an agreement was reached which, among other things, gave McKee veto路 power over assignments, and the first class was taught from the Minority leader's office with the politico in a front row seat. That happened to be a good year for relevant issues. Both the 18-year old vote and the clean water bills were about to move out of committee. (Continued on page 2)

PHOTOGRAPHED in the lobby of the State Capitol are interns Gary Deane '78, Dan Meyer '80, and Ann Thorne '78.


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