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Strubinger, Taylor

January 4, 2020 /

Over 25 years, Taylor Strubinger is not only one of our longest-standing but also one of our most active members. Taylor has led many of our Wanderings in New York City, including to the Hall of Fame of Great Americans at the Stanford White-designed buildings of what is now Bronx Community College, as well as to the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, including a visit to The Cloisters. He has been active in tennis and hiking and for four years was responsible for the DMA newsletter.

Taylor received a degree in engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and had a long career with two of the nation’s great engineering firms, Bechtel and Fuller Construction. At Bechtel he was manager of operations for projects, including Intercontinental Hotels in Saudi Arabia and China (shortly after the country opened to the West). At Fuller, he was responsible for major construction projects in Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Spain.

Taylor remains active in the Book Group, writes the profiles of new members for the DMA newsletter and recently helped with the DMA’s annual volunteer effort to assure the town’s holiday wreath lights were shining bright.

Edelstein, Gunnar

January 2, 2020 /

Gunnar Edelstein was born 1949 in Albuquerque, N.M. He graduated from the Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., in 1968 and received a B.S. degree in biology and chemistry from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1972.

Edelstein joined the U.S. Navy in San Diego, Calif., and served for seven years as a fighter pilot. In 1979 he joined American Airlines as a flight engineer on Boeing 727s and one year later was laid off and joined Air Products & Chemicals in sales and also served in the Massachusetts Air National Guard flying A-10 Thunderbolts. In 1984, he rejoined American Airlines as a Boeing 727 copilot and retired from flying in 2011.  He has shared his experience with the A-10 as a speaker at DMA.  See “The A10 Thunderbolt, aka the Warthog”

He now lives in New Canaan after 39 years in Darien. Currently with Berkshire Hathaway Real Estate in Darien. He was on the Darien Board of Realtors board for three years and was president in 2011. He and his wife Sarah live in Darien and have a son, Jeff, 26, who is a U.S. Army combat infantryman.

Edelstein is a member of the Silvermine Golf Club, the Darien Sail & Power Squadron and the Noroton Yacht Club. He enjoys golf, sailing, paddle tennis and tennis.

Conze, Frederick

January 2, 2020 /

Frederick Conze was born in 1944 in New York City. He grew up in Greenwich and graduated from Kent School in 1962. He received a B.A. degree in journalism in 1966 from Rutgers University. He then joined the U.S. Navy and served as a lieutenant in the Assault Craft Division in California and Vietnam from 1966-1970.

Conze began his business career with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1970 in corporate finance and later joined Citibank in real estate finance. In 1980, Conze formed Royle Associates, Inc. in Darien, which provides real-estate related services, including construction, project management, legal and regulatory entitlement, and property management. He has been a member of the Daren Planning and Zoning Commission for 19 years, serving as chairman since 2006.  Conze and his wife Carol live in Darien. They have two children and four grandchildren who live in Darien and Kensington, Md. His interests include golf and clocks.

Fitzgerald, Terry

January 2, 2020 /

Terry Fitzgerald was born 1942 in St. Albans, Vt. He attended local schools and graduated Bellows Free Academy in 1959. He attended the University of Vermont receiving a B.A. degree in chemistry in 1963 and an M.D. degree in 1968.  Fitzgerald’s completed his postdoctoral training in Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA., in 1972. He then served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Augusta, GA., until 1974.

Upon leaving the Army, he moved to Darien with his wife, Jacquie, and their three children.

Fitzgerald conducted a medical practice focusing on Clinical Allergy and Immunology in Stamford, Conn., through 2002.  From 1992 to 1994 he also served as Chief of the Medical Staff at St. Joseph Medical Center in Stamford. In 1997, he accepted a position
as Medical Director at Oxford Health Plans and continued in that role when Oxford Health Plans was acquired by United Healthcare. He retired in 2012

Robinson, Tom

January 2, 2020 /

Tom Robinson was born 1948 in Norwalk, Conn., and graduated from Brian McMahon high school in 1966. At Norwalk Community College he received a degree in engineering in 1971 and a degree in science in 1972. He also received a degree in marketing from Pace University in 1976.   He remains active at Norwalk Community College where he is alumni coordinator and a mathematics tutor. He also is enrolled in the mathematics master’s program at Southern Connecticut University.

Robinson’s career in industrial engineering included work at the Kanthal Corporation, Bethel, Conn., that makes electric heat-
ing elements and the Chester Jensen Company, Philadelphia, Penn., that makes refrigeration components for food and dairy
processing. He also had his own business as a consultant and distributor of cooling equipment for computers.

Robinson is a scout master for Boy Scout Troop 2, Rowayton, Conn. He also is a bee keeper, a member of the Rowayton Historical Society, the Norwalk Radio Club and the United Church of Rowayton. He and his wife, Caroline, have three children.

Pratt, Doug

January 2, 2020 /

Doug Pratt was born in 1942 and is the son of a United States Army pilot. He grew up in many different Air Force bases in the United States and overseas. His family also has extensive ancestry in Essex, Conn., and his wife Lynn’s family is fourth generation in Rowayton. Both their children were born in England.

Pratt graduated from the University of Connecticut and began work at the Norden Systems Division of United Technologies while waiting to join flight school.  He went on to serve 12 years as a fighter pilot from 1967 to 1979.

Returning to Norden Systems, Pratt worked on advanced radar systems for the F-22 and the F-35. He has worked on the design of over half the radar programs for military aviation for the past 30 years.

Pratt served two tours in Vietnam, one as Forward Air Controller and one as Aircraft Commander of F-111s and then went on to England for a tour in F -111s. His last two years he was stationed at Can-Air Controller and one as Aircraft Commander of F-111s and then went on to England for a tour in F-111s. His last two years he was stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico.

He served on the Norwalk Board of Education for 12 years and is a life time member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is an avid duffer on the links and plays bridge with a friendly level of aggression.

Gravereaux, Stephen

January 2, 2020 /

Stephen Gravereaux was born 1941 in New Canaan, Conn. He attended the Little Red Schoolhouse, the last working one room school in Connecticut, and graduated from New Canaan High school in 1959.  He received a degree in business from the University of Connecticut and skated on the University’s first hockey team, receiving a letter for three years.

He then joined the U.S. Navy and served three and one-half years active duty on a destroyer followed by 24 years in the reserve. He went on to work for Citizens Utilities, Stamford, and retired from Norden Systems in 1995.

Gravereaux is past president and current treasurer of the Navy League Western Connecticut council and for 25 years was an instructor at the United States Sea Cadet Unit, Stamford, Conn. He is a member of the Town Players of New Canaan at the Powerhouse where he is a set builder and maintenance man. He also serves as curator of the Little Red Schoolhouse Museum and is on the board of the New Canaan Historical Society.

He and his wife Andrea live in Rowayton and have three children; a doctor in Boston, a school teacher in New Jersey and a landscaper in New Canaan. There are seven grandchildren.

Fausing, Vagn

January 2, 2020 /

Vagn Fausing was born in 1944 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He graduated from the Copenhagen School of International Business specializing in ocean transportation, logistics and operations. He then served 24 months in the Royal Danish Air Force as a sergeant in a radar and missile squadron that included training in Texas and New Mexico.

Following military service, Vagn spent 17 years in ocean transportation working in Denmark, the U.S., the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Greece that involved bulk carriers, oil tankers and container vessels. For the past 14 years he worked in Liquefied Petroleum Gas transportation with frequent travel to the Middle East. Today he is a consultant for transportation and distribution to a Malaysian food company.

Vagn lives in Stamford with his wife, May. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. His interests include golf, history, reading, and travel.

Brown, Gehr

January 2, 2020 /

Gehr Brown was born in 1946, Norwalk, graduating from Brien McMahon High School in 1964. He received a B.B.A. degree in accountancy practice from Pace University in 1968 and an M.B.A. in financial management from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1970.

Gehr joined Haskins & Sells in 1970 and in 1975 became a senior financial analyst with Warnaco, Inc. He later joined Cadbury Schweppes, USA, and served in several financial management positions before being named chief financial officer for Peter Paul Cadbury, Naugatuck, Conn.

He also was chief financial officer, Mona Industries, Inc., Paterson, New Jersey. In 2001, he joined Fuji Film Medical Systems U.S.A., Stamford, Conn., as a consultant, retiring in 2012.  Gehr is a member of the Financial Executives International, the American Institute of CPAs and the New York State Society of CPAs.

He and his wife Joanne live in Darien and have one adult daughter. His interests include sports, sports memorabilia collecting, music and jazz guitar in particular.

Spain, Joe

January 2, 2020 /

Joe Spain was born November 7, 1939 in Troy NY and graduated in 1957 from LaSalle Institute in Troy where he played varsity ice hockey for three years.  He graduated from Manhattan College, Bronx, NY in 1961 with a B.E.E. degree. He was president of the Tau Beta Pi electrical engineering national honor fraternity and a yearbook photographer. He received an LLB degree in 1964 from Boston College Law School where he was editor-in- chief of the Boston College Law Review.

Bain, Bud

January 2, 2020 /

Bud Bain was born in 1945 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He graduated from Brien McMahon High School in 1963 and Colgate University in 1967. After working for two years at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, he attended Columbia University and received an M.B.A. degree in 1971.

Bud began his career in municipal bonds at Dillon, Read & Co. He joined Lehman Brothers in 1983, retiring in 1996 after serving as a managing partner and head of the public finance department.

Upon retirement, he devoted two years to family, travel and Colgate University, where he was a trustee. In 1998, he went back to work at the Public Re- source Advisory Group that serves as an advisor to tax-exempt bond issuers.

In 2003, he retired again and has devoted his time to world and domestic travel, children and grand- children. He also enjoys golf, paddle tennis, photography and Colgate University activities.

He and his wife Betsy have been married for 46 years and live in Rowayton, Conn. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Bartlett, John

January 2, 2020 /

John F. Bartlett was born 1942 in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school in 1960. He received a BA degree in history from Washington & Lee University in 1967 and an LLB degree in 1967.

He retired in August 2013, after working for 17 years as a lawyer for Emmet, Marin & Martin. He began his career with the National Housing Partnership in Washington, D.C., and went on to work in New York City for two law firms and a corporation.

In 1978, John and his wife Candy moved to Darien.  They have two daughters and three grandchildren who live with their families in Darien.  John now lives in Norwalk.

He is a member of the Weeburn Country Club, the Tokeneke Club and the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, a Burgundy wine tasting society. His interests include travel and wine collecting.

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