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Patrick A. Sullivan, ’96, was eighty-seven at his death, eighty-six years after his family had moved to Eastport, Idaho where his Dad served as an officer in the US Border Patrol. The family moved to Spokane in 1941 and most of his life was spent there. Pat was always either singing or playing one of his many instruments; at last count, he could play at least eight. Pat was a proud Gonzaga University graduate, both undergrad and law school. He was the Gonzaga band director during his undergraduate years and put himself through law school playing in a jazz band he created. After graduating with his law degree in
1959, he went on a blind date cooked up by his father and the father of Diane Zack. After a whirlwind three week courtship Pat’s duty in the Army Judge Advocate’s General Corps called him to Louisiana. He proposed long distance and they married on a leave three months later. During his assignment as a JAG officer Pat served as Chief Contracts Counsel for the Boeing Company, Saturn Branch, where he met regularly with NASA and space personnel such as Werner Von
Braun. Pat wrote many of the orig-
inal contracts for the Apollo Space
Program for the Saturn V Booster.
After service, Pat and Diane re-
turned to Spokane where Pat’s specialty
was construction law. Pat is survived by Diane, their four children and multiple grand and great-grandchildren.
Colin J. S. Thomas, Jr., ’82, passed on August 26, 2022 at the age of eighty-five, preceded in death by his wife of fifty-three years, Susan Timberlake Thomas, and survived by his three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Cal grew up in Ruxton, MD, where he acquired the nickname “Pinny.” Cal served in the Marine Corps and obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia, after which he joined Susan’s father firm in Staunton, VA. Cal served as president of both the Augusta County Bar Association and the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. He was active in the College, serving on and chairing sev- eral committees. Cal taught at the National Institute for
Trial Advocacy and at the Trial Advocacy Institute at the University of Virginia, which he helped found in 1988. Cal enjoyed history, reading, poetry, hunting and fishing.
Harry J. Trainor, Jr., ’01, passed away at home on October 10, 2022
at the age of seventy-seven, survived
by Leslie Billman, his wife of thirty-four years, his daughter and two granddaugh- ters. His friends observed that he was never without a bottle of Windex (without explaining why that was) and that he never missed an airline flight (without needing to explain).
Robert Lewis Trohn, ’83, died peacefully at his home on July 17, 2022 at the age of ninety-one. He was born on Dec. 28, 1930, in Stamford, Connecticut to Phil- ip and Beatrice Osman Trohn. While at the University of Florida, Bob asked his sister Susan about a beautiful sorority sister and was introduced to Doris Moss. Two weeks later, Bob proposed. Doris would become his lifelong partner – sixty-three years of marriage. Bob be- gan his legal career as a criminal prosecutor, an assistant county solicitor, and an assistant City Attorney before founding his own firm. In his thirties Bob taught him- self to sail and before long he was competing, including an annual race from St. Petersburg to Mexico. But apart from sailing, Bob rarely travelled, believing that the most interesting and beautiful place on earth was his house on the Manatee River. Bob is survived by Doris, three children and seven grandchildren.
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