Trinity College President Celebrates 70th Anniversary of Holman UMC
September 2, 2015
Dr. Joanne Berger-Sweeney, the 22nd president of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., returned to the church of her childhood, Holman United Methodist Church, on August 30 to celebrate its upcoming 70th Anniversary. Inaugurated on July 1, 2014, Berger-Sweeney is the first African American and the first female president to lead Trinity College. A native of Los Angeles, Berger-Sweeney became a debutante for Christ over 40 years ago at Holman. “Holman will always be home to me. I buried both my parents, Armeta and Paul Sweeney, Sr., here; I brought my daughter, Clara, to be baptized here, and I asked former