Class Notes
Reach out to old class mates by submitting your news to Class Notes featured in TCD’s alumni ezine and annual Trinity Today publication. We'd be delighted to hear from graduates with news of themselves or their peers.
Submissions should be no more than 50 words and ideally be accompanied by a photo. News may be submitted here or emailed to alumni.relations@tcd.ie. Class notes sent via the web may appear in Trinity Today, our quarterly e-zine or on the alumni website. For more class notes visit the class notes archive.
Peter is compiling details of the college's old ties, scarves and blazers. If you know the designs of any old club or society garments he would like to hear from you. In particular, he is looking for designs for the DU Boxing, Lawn Tennis, Harriers and Athletic, Swimming and Squash clubs, the tie of The College Pen (c1930), and the undergraduate(SRC) tie of the early 1950s -- but all information is welcome. Contact Peter at pehenry@tcd.ie or 1 Upper Rowe Street, Wexford.
(Paul) Ranjith Lewis B.A., Ph.D. (2001)
Since graduating with a Ph.D. from Trinity College in 2006, I have been living in Aarhus in Denmark. I am currently employed as Situation Manager for a large customer by IBM. My role is to manage problem escalation, lead the problem resolution team, report and communicate with leadership, and conduct lessons learned sessions.
My girlfriend (Sharon Conheady) and I just got engaged to be married. We met each other at Trinity and graduated in 2001 - Sharon studied CSLL and I studied CS. We got engaged while on holiday at a Cowboy Ranch in Wyoming - I've attached a few pictures in case they are of any use. Despite some friends' suggestions I'm afraid we are not planning to call any future children Hamilton, Berkeley and Lecky!!
Conor Kostick B.A., Ph.D. (2001)
Conor was awarded the Special Merit Award 2009, by the Reading Association of Ireland for his works of teenage fantasy fiction: Epic, Saga and Move. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_Kostick
Dr Kenny has recently had a major piece of research published in Nature Neuroscience on the topic of the addictiveness of junk food. Read the article in the UK Telegraph here.
This year Eoin opened a new design studio in Trinity’s Technology and Enterprise Campus to launch GiveGold an ethical gold brand creating wedding rings and gold jewellery made from gold from small south American mining communities. The studio, in the Design Tower is open to the public by appointment.
Cathal Brady BA Mod. B.A. (1993)
After years in Software Development and Business Development roles with various companies, I started Ultan Technologies (www.ultantechnologies.com) in Dublin in 2009. We specialise in Business Intelligence Solutions (which can automatically measure and analyse any aspect of a company's performance) and Business Software Solutions - see website for more details.
Sara is now under contract at London-based publisher HarperCollins. She writes historical fiction. Her last book "The Secret Mandarin" reached number 9 in the UK Heatseeker Chart. She is also working on a children's picture book which will be on the shelves in the spring of 2011. She tweets as sarasheridan.
Charles J. Dorman, Ph.D., (1985)
Charles Dorman was one of the microbiologists recently elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Fellows of the Academy are elected annually through a highly selective, peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology. There are now over 2,000 Fellows representing all subspecialties of microbiology, including basic and applied research, teaching, public health, industry, and government service.
Michael J. O’Connor M.B.A. (1978)
Michael is a board certified commercial and consumer bankruptcy specialist (American Bankruptcy Board of Certification). He is admitted to the New York State Bar, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Michael is a Chapter 7 Trustee and was appointed to the Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York in 1986.
Michael J Mc Cann B.A., M.A. (1976)
Michael has been among the first twelve graduates to be awarded the new M.A. in Specialist Translation by the joint Universities of Bari, Genova and Pisa, with a thesis on Metaphors in Financial Reports. A director of the InfoMarex Translation Agency, he is the first non-Italian to be awarded the new degree.
Letitia C.A. Pollard, B.A. (1973)
Recently unshackled from full-time employment, Letitia has been appointed Membership Convenor of the Irish Byron Society www.irishbyronsociety.ie, which meets regularly at the United Arts Club in Dublin. She is also a volunteer committee member of the Irish Georgian Society www.igs.ie. Both societies maintain her interests nurtured at TCD in the 1970s.
Rosemarie Rowley B.A., M..Litt. (1969)
The pioneering eco-feminist collection of poetry "The Sea of Affliction" by Rosemarie Rowley, has just been re-issued by Rowan Tree Press, Dublin. First published in 1987, this has become a marker for environmental poetry and activists since then. Rosemarie’s first poems were published in the TCD literary magazine, Icarus, in 1967.
Anne edited the 'The Magnificent McDowell – Trinity in the Golden Era' which is currently on sale in the Trinity Library Bookshop. Anne plans to presentthe original letters from alumni that make up ‘The Magnificent McDowell’, to The Manuscripts Room, to mark Professor McDowell’s 97th Birthday, in September.
Michael Martin B.Dent.Sc (1963)
Michael Martin B.Dent.Sc. (1963) is coordinating the 50 year reunion of the Medical and Dental Classes of 1963 planned to take place in 2013 and would be delighted to hear from other members of the class. Email Michael Martin to your register interest.