Harry Bennett Branch Local Author Series: Charlie Trantanella

Charlie Trantanella, a Stamford native, will discuss his latest book Sister Christian Has Left the Building, a collection of 12 stories written over 19 years that document growing up in Stamford in the 1980s.

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Trantanella, the author of Brown and Blue and Greek: A History of Fraternities, Sororities, and Early Student Organizations at Tufts University and the upcoming biography of the Rev. Mabel MacCoy Irwin Preacher, Teacher, Hater, Fraud, also authored or co-authored more than two dozen technical papers in various scientific and engineering journals.

Born and raised in Stamford, Trantanella graduated from Westhill High School, earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona. After working at Hittite Microwave Corporation in Woburn, MA, as an integrated circuit designer, where he focused on the design of mixers and multipliers for high frequency communications and satellite systems, he left the electronics industry in 2006, obtained his teaching license, and became a long-term math substitute. He also joined Custom MMIC Design Services in 2007 as Vice President of Engineering, and remained with the company through its 2020 acquisition by Qorvo, Inc.

Trantanella lives in Westford, MA, with his wife, Valerie. They have two grown children, Emily and Ben. He returns to Stamford a few times every year to visit family and friends, and is always happy to hear when Westhill beats Stamford High in anything.