Month: October 2026 (Page 1 of 2)

Staley Tylor Tregellas was born on May 17, 1956 at New York Hospital in New York City.   Fortunately, his parents decided to call him by his middle name, Tylor/Ty, to minimize the number of times each day that he would have to spell both his first and last names.  He was raised in the Yorkville neighborhood of NYC and learned to ride a bike at Carl Schurz Park, a couple of blocks from his home on East 86th Street.

Ty went on to The Buckley School for grades 1 – 8, and then he attended Deerfield Academy and graduated in 1974.  He was then enrolled at Trinity College, where he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and he spent the fall semester of his junior year at Institute for European Studies in Vienna Austria.   He graduated with a BA in Economics in the spring of 1978.

After graduating from college, Ty pursued a position in architecture, but soon learned it was an uphill battle without a corresponding degree. Fortunately, a sympathetic architect connected Ty with the VP of Operations at Turner Construction, and after a series of interviews, he was off to Houston to learn Line & Grade and help build the 50 story Capital National Bank Building and the 20 story Meridien Hotel which were built on a common site in downtown Houston.

In 1981, Turner transferred Ty back to NYC where he worked as a cost engineer, superintendent, project engineer, and project manager on a variety of projects, which ultimately led to a position as the Manager of Business Development for Turner’s NY office.

In 1983, Ty and a friend bought a 7 acre subdivision in East Hampton, NY and  Ty “moonlighted” as the GC and finish carpenter for the construction of an investment property which was completed for a summer rental in 1985.  In the years that followed, Ty built and sold three more houses and also sold the 3 remaining acres.

While working in NYC in the early 90’s, Ty met a gal, Letitia Reardon,  with similar interests and values and they married in August of ’93.  Not wanting to raise a family in NYC, Ty took a position with Skanska Construction in Greenwich at the end of ’93 and moved to a rental house on Renshaw Rd in Darien.  In 1995, their son Gardner was born, and soon thereafter Letitia was again pregnant, so they went looking for a bigger house.  They ended up buying a lovely house on Cecil Place in New Canaan, and in June of ’96  their daughter, Tess, arrived on the scene.   It was a busy house with two kids 54 weeks apart.  However, in March ’99, their daughter, Emma, joined the family, and later that year, Ty returned to Turner Construction at their office in Shelton, CT.

In 2001, the Tregellas family moved to a bigger house at 116 Marshall Ridge in New Canaan.  As tennis and paddle tennis enthusiasts, they joined the New Canaan Field Club where they both played on the inter-club tennis and paddle tennis teams, and their kids all competed in the local and National Paddle Tennis tournaments.  Their son, Gardner, was the winner of the 12, 14, and 18 & Under Boys Junior National Championships.  Ty & Tish also joined the New Canaan Winter Club, where the girls learned to figure skate and all their kids played intramural house hockey.  Ty also served on the Board of the Winter Club and as the chair of the Building & Grounds Committee from 2009-12, and he oversaw the reconstruction of the rink in 2011.

After returning to Turner Construction, Ty served as the Manager of the Special Projects from 1999-2001, Project Executive 2001-2005, and Manager K-12 Education Group/Project Executive 2005-2025.  Some of his noteworthy projects in and around Darien were: Wee Burn Country Club renovation and expansion, Tokeneke School, Darien Police Station Renovation/Expansion, Greenwich Country Day School ( multiple projects), Greenwich Academy (multiple projects), New Canaan Country School (multiple projects), St. Lukes School (multiple projects), King School, New Canaan Library, and New Canaan Police Station.

In addition to Ty’s extensive resume with K-12 construction, he also served on the board of Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, VT from 2000- 2023 and during this time he oversaw the planning and construction a new dormitory, a new Performing Arts Center, and several renovation projects throughout the campus.

In 2021, Ty and his wife separated and he moved to 96 Fitch Ave in Darien.  In 2025, Ty retired from Turner after 46 years “in the business,”  and he subsequently moved in with his “significant other,”  Ann Mileti, in Fairfield, CT.    He is currently enjoying his new retirement schedule which includes lots of pickleball, biking, golf, hiking, reading, travel, visiting all of his kids in NYC, and his new membership to the DMA!

Tim is one of four boys, all of whom grew up in Darien and attended the Darien public schools. He began at Ox Ridge Elementary School and graduated with distinction before moving on to Middlesex Middle School. At the time, Darien had two middle schools—Middlesex and Mather, which was located on the site of the current Town Hall. Tim graduated from Darien High School in 1981.

He went on to attend Hobart College, graduating four years later. Throughout his youth, Tim was an active participant in local sports, including soccer, wrestling, swimming, and lacrosse.

A longtime Darien resident, Tim is married and has three children, all of whom also attended the Darien public schools.

Tim’s professional career was devoted to Equity Capital Markets and Syndicate, with primary responsibilities that included the origination, marketing, pricing, and allocation of equity and equity-related products to institutional investors.

He spent 23 years at Lehman Brothers, where he ultimately ran the Syndicate desk globally and co-chaired the firm’s Equity Underwriting Committee. He later held similar senior roles at Macquarie and Truist Securities before retiring this year.

Family activities remain Tim’s first priority. In his free time, he enjoys working out, fishing, and golf.

Born and raised in Maryland, Peter Knipp attended Princeton University before pursuing graduate studies at the University of Chicago. He began his professional life teaching physics, first at the college level and later in high schools. He subsequently embarked on a second career as a web-development software engineer and has now moved on to what may—or may not—be his final career, as a pickleball instructor.

Peter raised his two daughters in Virginia. One now lives in Seattle, while the other resides in Brooklyn with her husband and their young daughter. Peter is currently single.

After moving to the Northeast in 2009, Peter settled in Fairfield County in 2014 and moved to his current home in Norwalk in 2023. Despite his years in the area, he remains somewhat uncertain about precisely where Norwalk ends and Darien begins. Much of his connection to the Darien community has developed through his enthusiasm for tennis and pickleball, where he has come to know many local residents on the courts.

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Basil first became acquainted with Darien during his college summers, when he taught sailing at Noroton Yacht Club. Raised in Larchmont and New Rochelle, New York, he eventually made Darien his permanent home with his family after returning to the United States in the mid-1980s following several years in London.

A graduate of Ohio University, Basil earned his MBA from George Washington University and pursued a career in marketing and sales of enterprise information technology and software to the financial services industry. He retired in 2017.

While attending Ohio University, Basil met his wife, Leslie, a proud Pittsburgh native. Together, they raised three daughters—Kate, Kerry, and Leah—all of whom attended Darien public schools. In a remarkable display of consideration for their parents, all three chose Colgate University, although each has since pursued her own distinct path. The family has grown to include two sons-in-law and five grandchildren.

Basil remains an active sailor, continuing to race Sonars at Noroton Yacht Club, and enjoys winter skiing in Steamboat Springs. Since retiring, he has devoted more time to travel, taken on the continuing challenges of golf and learning French, and serves as a docent at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

Bob Lindberg and his wife Pamela have lived in Darien since 1990. Their 2 daughters went through the Darien school system, K-12. Their oldest daughter lives in Portland, Oregon and is the mother of 2 lovely grand daughters. Their 2nd daughter is a successful architect and designer based in Providence, RI.  Pamela is an artist with a studio in Norwalk.

Bob grew up in Valhalla, NY just north of White Plains. He attended Dartmouth College with aspirations of becoming a physician. Conveniently, New York Medical College moved their campus from Manhattan to Valhalla during Bob’s sophomore year. It was within walking distance of his family home and the chairwoman of admissions moved in down the street. This deus ex machina was instrumental in Bob realizing his career aspiration. After graduating from NY Medical College and completing his residency, plus a 2 year stint in the National Health Service, Bob began his practice in Internal Medicine in Darien in 1986. One attraction to this area was Stamford Hospital which was the most impressive and well run hospital Bob had witnessed in 7 years of training in multiple institutions up and down the east coast.

Bob retired in 2022 from the Stamford Health Medical Group. He is grateful for his wonderful family, community and a stimulating career embedded in an era marked by astonishing advances in clinical medicine. In particular he treasures the experience of developing thousands of long term collaborative relationships that are so unique to primary care medicine. He was mentored by many wise and considerate patients. One consistent piece of advice was ‘When you retire and have more time…join the Darien Mens’ Association.’