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