Benjamin Trimble
Memoirs
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Introduction
1941 Russellville, Kentucky
* My Birth
1943 Atlanta, Georgia
* My
Life in West End Atlanta
1952 Decatur, Georgia
* Druid
Hills and Decatur High Schools
* I Begin
My Life with the Violin
1959 Berkeley, California
* Rostropovich
Comes to Berkeley
* My
Car Accident
* Brett
Weston Visit
* Two
Memorable Music Department Performance Classes
* A 1960 Noon Concert
1960 West Lafayette, Indiana
* Graduate
Study at Purdue University
* Chamber Music with
Friends
* My
Marriage to Joanne
* My
Interest in Birds
* A
Trip Around rhe US
* Isle
Royale Backpacking Trip
1965 Manhattan, New
York City
* My Early Teaching Years
* String
Quartets with my Friends
* Living
on the Lower Eastside Manhattan in the 60s
* An
Incredible Christmas Bird Count
* Jury
Duty in Manhattan
* A
1967 Birding Trip to the Caribbean
1968 Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
*Graduate Work at The University
of Pennsylvania (In process)
1972 Glassboro, New Jersey
* My
Glassboro State College Teaching Years
* The
Orchestra Society of Philadelphia
* The Philadelphia Eagles
* My Trip to the Galapagos
Islands
* Mont
Blanc Ascent
* Two Weeks in
Milan, Italy
* Climbing
Hasan Dagi in Turkey
* Marvin
Creamer
1982 Camden, New Jersey
*My
Work at RCA Government
Systems Division
*I
Become a Pilot
1983 IBM (Kingston, New York and Austin, Texas)
* My Life at IBM
* An
Interview with John Cocke
* My Friends in Austin
* My
Flights to the Bahamas
* A
Flight to Newfoundland,Canada and St. Pierre, France
* Wildlife
at my Austin Texas Home
* Two
Flights to Belize and Guatemala
* A
Flight to Alaska
2000 Retirement
* A Trip to Mainland
China
* My
Life with Penny