Alumni
Marcellus and his wife, Angela, visit the Christkindlmarkt on Marienplatz in Munich, Germany, in 2019.
Catching up with Marcellus Rolle ’94 By Katie Hammett, Director of The Trinity Fund and Major Gifts
We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Marcellus Rolle ’94, who shared with us how the Trinity community helped to inspire his lifelong love of learning and mold him into who he has become today. Tell us about your time at Trinity. What are some of your favorite Trinity memories? I started at Trinity School in 1987, when I was five years old. I still remember the first day of school, riding up the hill to the front entrance, seeing the school emerge from 62
the trees, filled with excitement and anticipation for what I would learn and do that day. My early years were shaped by teachers like Ms. Bitsy, Ms. McCutchen, and Ms. Vickers, and I will never forget the excitement for UGA football and the Atlanta Braves during Friday celebrations with Ms. Mo, and how Ms. Burris taught me how to type on a keyboard. However, it was Ms. Songster (Berry) and Ms. Shuford who truly shaped the person I am today. Collectively, they inspired me to learn, research, and challenge conventional thinking. They helped show me how every aspect of my education fit together and that, with the right approach, no task was unattainable. Where did you go when you left Trinity? What did you study? After graduating from Trinity in 1994, I went to Lovett. I then attended Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, where I majored in sociology with a concentration in communications and media studies and minored in French.
