Trinity-Byrnes welcomes a speaker for all history buffs
Back row: Tyler Cook, Weston Nunn, Jan Bays
Front Row: April Munn, Reid Saunders, Mary Donovan Fuller
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Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate school students were in for a special treat when Mary Ellen Donovan Fuller spoke to the student body about her father, James B. Donovan. Donovan was a New York lawyer who engaged in many of the 20th century’s most intense historical events.
Fuller shared with the student body how she personally met Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. She told the students about the planning of the movie, “Bridge of Spies”, which depicts one of her father’s exploits. Spielberg calls Donovan his hero.
Jim Donovan defended the Russian spy – Col. Rudolf Abel. He also made the exchange in Berlin on a bridge and traded him for America’s U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. He had been captured when his plane was shot down over Russia.
Reid Saunders, student at TBCS, Mary Donovan Fuller
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Trinity-Byrnes Collegiate School is a coeducational, non-discriminatory,
college-preparatory day school serving students in grades seven through twelve located in Darlington, South Carolina.
Trinity-Byrnes fosters development of every student’s intellect and character through strong academics, a wide variety of athletics, and extra-curricular activities. For more information contact April Munn, Director of Admissions, at (843) 395-9124, amunn@trinitybyrnes.org.
