The Currys

Cindy (Chmura) Curry ’76 and Steve Curry ’77 

Cindy and Steve grew up only a few miles apart in the Windham area, but didn’t cross paths until they attended a concert at Eastern. “It was 1972 when I was a freshman,” said Cindy. “Some local rock and roll band was playing at the armory across the river. Some mutual friends said, ‘Oh, Steve Curry’s over there.’ I thought he was cute, so I went over and started talking.”

The next day there was another dance. This time Steve mustered up the courage to talk, but when he looked for Cindy, she was nowhere to be found. On Sunday morning he decided to visit her at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street — Cindy’s college job. “I was pretty shocked; I wasn’t sure I’d see him again.”

Steve sat at the stool of the long, diner-style countertop and the two casually chatted as Cindy worked. Soon they were officially dating. “The rest is history. We married in 1978.” Even though they were both education majors, the only class Cindy and Steve ever had in common was archery in Cindy’s senior year. Concentrating in English, she was usually in Shafer Hall while Steve, concentrating in earth science, was in Goddard Hall. They were both commuters, so their on-campus hangout was the Student Union, where they’d meet for lunch and play pool.

Now retired, Cindy and Steve spent their careers as educators predominantly in the Connecticut Technical High School System. “We like to say we were both techies,” said Cindy, who worked at Windham Tech before moving to EastConn, a nonprofit educational center. Steve became the science consultant for the entire technical school system.

The two have been married for 38 years. They reside in Ashford and fill their time gardening, volunteering with a number of organizations like the Mark Twain House and the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and traveling. They’ve toured Europe, taken a Viking Cruise and only have 13 more states to visit before seeing all 50.